138 XXV. SAXIFEAGEAE. [Ixerba. 



ovate. Filaments shorter than the anthers. Capsule rather larger than in 



Q. serrata. — Q. serrata yS, T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 125, f. 6 and 7 (not 



of Hook, f .) . 



SOUTH Island : West Coast, from Nelson to Hokitika, T. K. Dec, Jan. 



This must be regarded as a somewhat critical species, and is advanced with considerable hesi- 

 tation. It diSers from Q. serrata in the large dimensions, broader and less coriaceous acute leaves, 

 shorter racemes, and especially in the broader petals and very short filaments. — Q. serrata R 

 Hook, f., Handbk. 59. 



Var. lanceolata. Leaves broadly lanceolate or ovate-lanoeolate, narrowed at both ends, 

 acute. East Cape, Bishop Williams ! Nelson, Gheeseman ! 



2. IXERBA, A. Cunn. 



Calyx-tube adherent with the base of the ovary ; lobes 5, imbricate. Disk 

 5-lobed. Petals 5, large, inserted beneath the disk, clawed, imbricate. Sta- 

 mens 5. Ovary conical, 5-lobed, 5-celled, narrowed into a twisted beak-like 

 furrowed style ; stigma acute ; ovules 3 in each cell. Capsule thick, coriaceous, 

 shortly ovoid, 5-celled, dehiscing loculicidally through the style ; valves co- 

 hering below, 2-fid above ; cells 1— 2-seeded. Seeds large, oblong, compressed, 

 shining ; f unicle thick ; endosperm scanty. A shrub or tree, with~ alternate 

 opposite or whorled exstipulate leaves and cymose or panicled flowers. 



The only species ; endemic. Etym. An anagram of Brexia. 



1. I. brexioides, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 580. A large shrub or tree, 

 sometimes 50ft.— 70ft. in height, with trunk 1ft.— 2ft. in diameter. Leaves 

 3in.— 7in. long, Jin.— lin. broad, coriaceous, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or 

 subacute, distantly obtusely glandular -serrate, glabrous. Flowers large, in 

 terminal cymes or panicles. Pedicels articulated, downy. Calyx-lobes broadly 

 ovate, downy or pubescent. — Hook., Ic. PI. t. 577-578 ; Hook, f ., Fl. N. Z. i. 

 82 ; Handbk. 59 ; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 48. 



NOETH Island : from Ahipara and Whangaroa North to the Urewera Country and northern 

 portion of Hawke's Bay. Sea-level to fully 3,000ft. Tawari. The flowers are called Whakou. 

 Nov. to Jan. 



Perhaps the most beautiful tree in the flora. 



3. CARPODETUS, Forst. 



Calyx-tube adnate with the ovary; lobes 5 or 6, small. Petals 5—6, 



spreading, inserted beneath the epigynous disk. Stamens 5 or 6, inserted with 



the petals ; filaments short. Ovary inferior or half-inferior, 3— 5-celled, with 



numerous ovules in each cell. Fruit globose, almost fleshy, indehiscent, girt 



round the middle by the cicatrix of the calyx-limb, 3— 5-celled, many-seeded. 



Seeds small, pendulous ; embryo minute ; endosperm fleshy. A shrub or small 



tree, with alternate exstipulate leaves. Flowers in axillary cymes. 



The only species ; endemic. Etym, Prom the Greek, in allusion to the fruit being girt by the 

 calyx-limb. 



1. C. serratus, Forst., Char. Gen. 34, t. 17a. A shrub with spreading 

 branches, rarely a small tree with slender stem, 15ft.-30ft. liigh ; trunk 5in.- 

 6in. in diameter. Branchlets, petioles, leaves, and pedicels pilose or pubescent. 



