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PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Genus Quintinia. 



Shrubs or trees with alternate leaves, and axillary or terminal racemes of 

 white or lilac flowers. Calyx-tube 5-toothed. Petals 5 ; stamens 5. Seed 

 winged. Q. serrata and Q. acutifolia are both endemic in New Zealand. (Name 

 in honour of La Quintinie, a French Botanist). 2 sp. 



Q u i n t i n i a se r rata (The Serrated Quintinia) . 

 A small tree, sometimes 20 ft. in height. The young shoots are extremely 

 viscid, and the whole plant is covered with small whitish scales. Leaves 



Fig. 54. Ixerba brexioides (J nat. size). 



3 in. -6 in. long, oblong, roughly serrate, leathery. Flowers in. in diameter, 

 pale-lilac. Racemes axillary, 3 in. -4 in. long. Called by settlers New Zealand 

 lilac. Maori name, Eumarahou. North Island only : Auckland, Hawke's Bay, 

 and Taranaki. Fl. Oct. -Nov. 



Genus Ixerba. 



An evergreen tree, with thick, leathery leaves, and flat panicles of white 

 flowers. Calyx 5-lobed ; petals 5 ; stamens 5. (Name an anagram of Brexia.) 

 Isp. 



Ixerba brexioides (The Brexia-like Ixerba). 



A beautiful tree, sometimes 70 ft. in height. Leaves 3 in. -7 in. long, 

 coarsely-serrate, & in.-l in. broad. Flowers 1 in. across. Petals waxy, white, 



