98 XXII. COEIAEIEAE. \Coriaria. 



long. Pedicels very slender. Mowers as in C ruscifolia, but smaller. — DC.^ 

 Prod. i. 470 ; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 45 ; Handbk. 47 ; Lindsay, Contrib. to N.Z. 

 Eot. 87. ■ 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : from the East Cape to Southland. 1,000ft. to 5,000ft. Said 

 to grow on Stewart Island, but I have not seen specimens. Tutupapa. Tutuheuheu. 



Large forms are very close to the preceding ; alpine forms are easily distinguishable. 



3. C. luridaj n. s. Whole jolant lurid-purple ; herbaceous. Stems de- 

 veloped from the subterranean bases of old branches, erect, strict ; angles 

 winged. Branches 3in.-4in. long, weak, simple, opposite or 3-nate, ascending. 

 Leaves sessile or scarcely petioled, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, iin. 

 long, 3-nerved, the intramarginal nerves often indistinct. Eacemes 3in.— 4in. 

 long, erect, very slender, many-flowered ; rhachis and pedicels pubescent. 

 Mowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Stamens in the female flowers repre- 

 sented by thread-like staminodia. Styles 1—5. 



SOUTH Island : mountains of Canterbury and Otago, from 1,200ft. to 3,500fl. Nov., Dec, 



Easily distinguished by its lurid hue and strict habit, but presenting no structural points of 

 difference. The flowers are usually restricted to the middle portion of the stem. The subterranean 

 portions of the stem are often matted. 



4. C. angUStissima, Hook. /., Handbk. N.Z. Fl. 47. Herbaceous, 

 usiially forming broad patches. Stems springing from the bases of subterranean 

 branches, flexuous. Branches and ultimate branchlets filiform or almost capil- 

 lary, drooping or suberect. Leaves very numerous, opposite or subopposite, 

 ^in.— iin. long, g^gin.— ^-'^in. Ijroad, narrow-linear, subulate or acuminate, very 

 shortly petioled, margins usually involute. Racemes few, rarely branches. 

 Bracteoles nearly as long as the leaves, glabrous or puberulous. Flowers very 

 small, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Sepals oblong- ovate or broadly ovate, 

 acute. Styles variable in number. Staminodia thread-like, thickened at the 

 tips. Fruits large, black, glossy. 



NOBTH Island: Mount Egmont (?), Handbook. SOUTH Island : mountains of Canterbury 

 and Otago, but often local. 2,000ft. to 4,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



A beautiful plant, of plumose habit. Some varieties make a close approach to small forms of 

 C. thymifolia. The Mount Egmont habitat is probably erroneous. 



Okdbe XXIIL-LEGUMINOSAE. 



Calyx 5- rarely 4-toothed or the sepals free. Corolla of 5 petals or fewer, 

 perigynous, irregular or rarely regular, usually free, rarely coherent. Stamens 

 10, rarely fewer or indefinite, usually 9 with the filaments united and 1 free, or 

 all united, or rarely all free, perigynous. Ovary of a single carpel, sessile or 

 stipitate ; ovules several, attached along the upper angle, abruptly narrowed into 

 a straight or oblique style. Fruit a 2-valved pod (legume), rarely indehiscent or 

 spirally coiled, 1 or more seeded. Seeds usually without endosperm. Herbs, 

 shrubs, trees, or climbers. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, usually stipulate, 

 compound or rarely simple. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes, spikes, 

 fascicles, or corymbs. 



