Qiiintinia.] XXV. SAXIFBAGEAE. 137 



Tribe II, CUNONIEAE, — Leaves opposite, stipulate. Stamens twice as many as oalyx-lobes. 

 Styles free. 



4. AcKAMA. Leaves unequally pinnate. Elowers panioled. Calyx valvate. Stamens, 10. 



5. Weinmannia. Leaves unequally pinnate. Plovyers racemose. Calyx imbricate. 



Stamens 10. 



* RIBESIEAE. — Leaves alternate, simple. Stipules adnata to the petiole or 0. Fruit a 

 berry. 



* EiEES. Calyx superior. Ovary 1-celled. 



1. QUINTINIA, DC. 



Calyx-tube obconic, superior ; teeth 'b, persistent. Petals 5, deciduous, 

 imbricate. Stamens 5. Ovary inferior, 3— 5-celled, the apex broadly conical, 

 narrowed into a conical furrowed persistent style ; stigma capitate, lobed ; 

 ovules numerous. Fruit a 1-celled capsule, opening at the apex in valves, 

 which separate up to the stigma. Seeds numerous, with a loose winged testa. 

 Shrubs or trees, with alternate exstipulate leaves and numerous axillary or 

 terminal racemes. 



The genus contains 2 species endemic in New Zealand, and 2 or 3 others in Australia. Named 

 in honour of La Quintinie, a French botanist. 



Leaves oblong, 3in.-6in. long, remotely serrate. Eaoemes often crowded . . 1. Q. serrata. 



Leaves 2in. long, very obtuse, obscurely sinuate-serrate . . . . . . var. elli^tica. 



Leaves broadly obovate, acute. Petals broad . . . . . . . . 2. Q. aeutifolia. 



1. Q. serrata, A. Cmm., Precurs. «. 315. A shrub or small tree, 



12ft.— 20ft. high. Branchlets, leaves, and racemes clothed with small scurfy 



scales, excessively viscid when young. Leaves petioled, very coriaceous, 



3in.— 6in. long, fin.— lin. broad, linear-lanceolate or oblong, subacute, margins 



remotely irregularly obtusely serrate, yellow-brown when dry. Racemes 



3in.— 4in. long, crowded in the axils of the upper leaves, many-flowered. 



Flowers lilac-coloured. Capsule ^in. long, woody. — Hook., Ic. PI. t. 558 ; 



Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 78; Handbk. N.Z. PI. 58; A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. 



Exped. i. 666; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 125. 



NOBTH Island : Auckland, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki. Sea-level to 3,000ft. Tawheuwhezi. 

 Kumarahou. New Zealand lilac. Oct,, Nov. 



Var, elliptica. " Very similar to Q. serrata, but smaller. Leaves ljin.-2in. long, on rather 

 longer petioles, very obtuse, broader and very obscurely sinuate-serrate." Flowers unknown. — 

 Q. elliptica, Hook f.. Pi. N.Z. i. 78 ; Handbk. 59. NORTH Island : east coast, Golenso, ex Handbk. 

 Sir Joseph Hooker states that Mr. Colenso's " specimens are only in bud and fruit, neither of 

 which shows any difference from Q. serrata." I have leaves from the Urewera Country which may 

 belong to this form, but have not seen flowers. 



2. Q. aeutifolia, n. s. A shrub or tree, often 20ft.— 40ft. high ; trunk 

 1ft.— 2ft. in diameter. Branchlets, leaves, and racemes clothed with small 

 scurfy scales, viscid when young. Leaves petioled, broadly oblong or obovate- 

 lanceolate, always narrowed below, 3iii.— 5in. long, lin.— Ifin. broad, acute or 

 shortly acuminate, submembranous or coriaceous, obscurely sinuate-serrate. 

 Racemes solitary, axillary, much shorter than the leaves. Petals rounded- 



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