84 XIII. GEEANIACEAE. [O.valis. 



Var. corniculata. Stems decumbent. Leaves stipulate. Pod Jin.-fia. long or more. 



Var. stricta. Erect or suberect. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers small. Capsule large. — 0. 

 striata, L. ; 0. Urvillei, 0. propinqua, 0. divergens, O. lacicola, A. Cann., Precurs. n. 584, 586, 588, 

 590. In warm situations. 



Var. microphyUa. Stems procumbent, slender. Leaves stipulate. Leaflets usually small. 

 Flowers large. Sepals narrow-linear, obtuse. — 0. microphyUa, 0. exilis, A. Cunn. 



Var. cUiifera. Stems procumbent, filiform, often matted. Leaflets ciliated. Peduncles 

 1-flowered. Flowers small. Sepals obtuse. Capsule broadly ovate. 0. tenuicaulis, 0. ciliifera, A. 

 Cunn., Precurs. n. 589, 591. 



Var. crasslfolla. Stems rigid, matted. Leaves small, thick, pilose. 0. crassifolia, A. Cunn., 

 Precurs. n. 592. 



2. O. -magellanica, Forst. in Comm. Gotting. ix. (1789) 33. Glabrous 



or pubescent, 2in.— 4in. high. Rhizome slender, simple, creeping. Petioles 



more or less hairy. Stipules large, often persistent on the rhizome after the 



leaves have fallen. Leaflets obcorclate, glaucous beneath. Peduncles radical, 



longer or shorter than the leaves, 2-bracteolate, above the middle, 1-flowered. 



Sepals ovate, blunt, silky. Petals white, oblique, often lobed and ciliated. 



Capsule globose. — Hook, f., Fl. Antarc. ii. 253, M. N..Z. i. 42, t. xiii., Fl. 



Tasm. i. 39; Handbk. 38; P. Muell., PL Vict. i. 76; Benth., Fl. Austr. i. 



300. 0. cataractae, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 585 ; Hook., Ic. PI. t. 418. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : Bay of Islands to Otago, but often local. Sea-level to 3,500ft. 

 Also in Victoria, Tasmania, South Chili, and Fuegia,. Aug. to Oct. 



This species is closely related to 0. acetosella., L., of the Northern Hemisphere. 



■■' O. variabilis, Jacq., Oxal. 89. Stemless, tuberous. Leaves all radical, 

 lin.-3in. long. Petioles hairy. Leaflets rounded at the apex, cuneate below, 

 hairy, often cihated. Peduncles shorter or longer than the petioles, hairy. Sepals 

 linear, acute, glabrate or silky. Flowers large. Petals crimson, red, or white. 



NOBTH Island : Auckland ; New Plymouth ; a garden escape, scarcely naturalised. Aug. 

 to Oct. South Africa. 



*0,hirta, L., Sp. PI. 434. Ehizome tuberous, creeping below, branches 

 spreading above, hairy. Petioles extremely short and broad or rarely 0. Leaflets 

 very shortly petiolulate, linear-obovate or spathulate, refuse. Flowers solitary on 

 axillary peduncles, exceeding the leaves. Calyx silky. 



NORTH Island : Auckland : a garden escape, scarcely naturalised. Sept. South Africa. 



*0. cerin.Vi% Thunb., Diss. Oxal. li. Stemless or nearly so, glabrous. Petioles 

 radical, 5in.-9in. long. Leaflets broadly cuneate, deeply oboordate. Peduncles 

 6in.-12in. high. Flowers in terminal umbels, drooping in bud. Pedicels slender, 

 pubescent. Sepals linear, blunt, with purple tips. Flowers large, yellow. 



NORTH Island : Auckland, Wellington, &c. : in cultivated ground and on shaded banks. 

 Scarcely naturalised. South Africa. 



Oedee XlV.-RUTAGEAE. 



Flowers regular, perfect or rarely unisexual. Calyx 4- or 5-lobed or 

 divided, imbricate, rarely valvate. Petals 4 or 5, free or rarely cohering, hypo- 

 gynous or slightly perigynous, imbricate or valvate. Stamens as many or twice 

 as many as the petals, rarely more, inserted at the base of a swollen disk • 

 anthers versatile. Ovary of 2-5 coherent 1-celled carpels ; styles united from 



