Elaeodendron.] xvii. celasteineae. 89 



climbing. Leaves opposite or alternate^ entire or toothed. Stipuleis, when 



present, minute, fugacious. Flowers small, in axillary cymes or racemes or 



terminal panicles, regular hermaphrodite or polygamous. 



The order must be considered of doubtful ooourrence in New Zealand. I am indebted to Sir 

 Joaepli Hooker for descriptions of three species of Elaeodendron, which he has kindly copied and 

 forwarded, nothing being known of the plants in the colony. 



1. ELAEODENDRON, Jacq. f. 



Calyx 4—5- rarely 3-cleft. Petals as many as sepals, spreading. Stamens 



inserted under the margin of a thickened disk ; filaments short. Ovary conical, 



usually 3-celled, rarely 2- 4- or 5-celled ; style very short ; cells 2-ovuled. 



Drupe succulent or nearly dry, the putamen hard, 1— 3-celIed. Seeds exarillate, 



usually solitary ; testa membranous or porous ; endosperm scanty or copious. 



Glabrous shrubs or trees, with opposite or alternate entire or crenate leaves, 



and small flowers in dichotomous axillary cymes, often clustered. 



The genus comprises about 40 species, distributed through East India, South Africa, and 

 Madagascar, &c. Two species are found in Australia, one in Norfolk Island, and a few others in 

 New Caledonia, California, China, and Japan. 



Leaves oblong or obovace, ouneate at base . . . . . . 1. E. Novae- Zelandiae. 



Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, fleshy . . . . . . . . . . 2. E. camosum. 



Leaves ovate, scarcely attenuate at base . . . . . . . . 3. E. punctulatum, 



1. E. Novae-Zelandiae, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi. (1863) 

 i. 602. Branches somewhat terete or trigonous. Leaves alternate, oblong or 

 obovate, cuneate at the base, acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous ; blade much 

 longer than the petiole. Flowers polygamous. ^Nlale flowers : anthers subses- 

 sile, dehiscing longitudinally; style 0. Female with staminodia ; style angular; 

 stigma 5-lobed. Fruit unknown. 



New Zealand. A. Cunningham, No. 67, Herb., Kew. 



2. E. carnosum, Turcz., I.e. Branches terete. Leaves alternate, 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, rounded or attenuate at the base ; blade three times 

 longer than the petiole, obtuse, entire, fleshy ; veins not reticulate. Racemes 

 axillary, longer than the petiole, many-flowered. Filaments short ; anthers sub- 

 rotund, dehiscing horizontally. 



New Zealand. Collector's name not stated. 



3. E. punctulatum, Turcz., I.e. Leaves alternate, ovate, entire, scarcely 

 attenuate at the base, shortly and obtusely acuminate ; blade three times- longer 

 than the petiole, inferior surface rough with minute raised points. Peduncles 

 1— 2-flow8red, axillary, forming small umbels. Drupe 1-seeded. 



New Zealand. Collector's name unknown. 



Oedbe XVIIL-STACKHOUSIEAE. 

 Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx 4-5-toothed or -lobed, imbricate. 

 Petals 5, perigynous, clawed, free at the base but more or less united above, 

 forming a tubular corolla rarely quite free, with spreading or reflexed lobes, 

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