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New Zealand (Middle Island). Queen Charlotte's Sound. — 1773, G, 

 Forster. (Northern Island.) Parasitical on Metrosideros tomentosa, or 

 Pohntu-Kana of the natives; is also occasionally on the branches of Vitcx lit- 

 ioralis, \\\eh Puriri, in the forests of Wangaroa. — 1826, A. Cunningham. — 

 1834, R. Cunningham. 



Folia subpetiolata, opposita, ovalia, ohtusa, erecto-patentia. Flores ex 

 axillis vel cicatricibus foliorum oriuntur, pedunculati, saepe solitarii, ssepe 

 etiam bini, terni, quaterni, in singulo fascicule, aurantio-coccinei. 



9. Genus Corneis affine. 

 Alseuosmia. 

 Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbo supero 4 — 5-fido, deciduo, laciniis 

 ovatis aestivatione valvata. Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo elongato 

 calyce multoties longior, fauce imberbi-limbus 5-partitus regularis, la- 

 ciniis ovatis acutiusculis, margine divisis sinuato-repandis persestiva- 

 tione valvata. Stamina 5, sequalia, brevia, ori tubi inserta et cum la- 

 ciniis alterna. Discus epigynus. Anthera ultra faucem exsertse, bi- 

 loculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes : ovarium biloculare, loculis 2 — 5 

 ovulatis vel indefinitis. Stylus elongatus, filiformis, glaber, longitudine 

 staminum. Stigma depresso-capitatum indivisum. Bacca turbinata, 

 obovata, glabra, infera, 1-1 ocularis, polysperma, aut interdum abortu 

 oligosperma. Semina obovata, curvata, obtusa, latere exteriore con- 

 vexa, interiore angulata, medio interiore umbilico instnicta. Testa 

 brunnea, Isevis, crassa, rugulosa, pulchre reticulata. Albumen copiosum, 

 carnosum. Embryo minutus, rectus, albumine 4 — 5'** brevior, dicoty- 

 ledoneus, juxta basin albuminis. Cotyledones subfoliacei, sibi incum- 

 bentes. Radicula brevis, crassa, obtusa, ab umbilico remota. Plumula 

 inconspicua. Frutices erecti, sempervirentes, 2 — 3 pedales. Folia al- 

 terna, exstipulata, petiolata, oblonga, subinttgra seu lohata. Petioli bast 

 dilatata. Flores odoratissimi, pedicellati, bracteati, laterales seu termi- 

 nales, solitarii aut fasciculati, subracemosi. 



Flores harum plantarum in sylvis natalibus suis, gratissimum late 

 spirant odorem, unde nomen Generis, ex aX<ros lucus, et svQ(r{jt,iii 

 gratus odor. 



487. A. linariifolia, foliis (uncialibus) lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis mar- 

 gine revolutis, floribus terminalibus solitariis aggregatisve, ramulis virgatis 

 pubescentibus. 



New Zealand (Northern. Island). Margins of dry woods, Baiy of Islands. 

 — 1826, A. Cunningham. 



488. A. ligustrifolia, foliis (uncialibus) oblongis oblongo-lanceolatisve ob- 

 tusis margine revolutis integerrimis vel rarissime parum dentatis subtus dis- 

 coloribus, floribus lateralibus, ramulis tenuissime pubescentibus. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Shaded woods at Wangaroa. — 1833, 

 R. Cunningham. 



489. A. Banksii, gracilis, foliis elliptico-oblongis rhomboideisve obtusis 

 basi attenuatis longe petiolatis margine revolutis subintegris dentato-repandis 



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