Carpodetus.] xxv. saxifeageae. 139 



Leaves petioled, ovate-oblongs acute or obtuse^ sharply serrate^ fin.— liin. 



long. Flowers small, white, in broad axillary cymes or panicles, shorter than ■ 



the leaves. Calyx-lobes pubescent. Fruit the size of a small pea, black, 



shining when fully ripe. — G. Forst., Prod. n. 11; A. Rich., Fl. N.Z. 366; 



A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 575; Hook., Ic. PI. t. 56-1; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 78; 



Handbk. 59; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 47. 



North Cape to Stewart Island. Sea-level to 3,000ft. Putaputaweta. Punaweta. Nov. 

 to Jan. 



4. ACKAMA, A. Ounn. 

 Flowers unisexual. Calyx-tube 5-lobed ; lobes valvate. Disk crenate. 

 Petals 5, inserted beneath the disk. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals ; 

 filaments subulate, unequal. Ovary superior, hairy, 2-celled ; styles 3, persist- 

 ent; ovules on parietal placentas, numerous. Capsule small, coi'iaceous, turgid, 

 2-celled, septicidally dehiscent. Seeds ovoid, apiculate, pilose ; embryo cylindri- 

 cal; endosperm fleshy. Dioecious or polygamous trees, with unequally pinnate 

 stipulate leaves and cymose or panicled flowers. 



Besides the present species, which is endemic, another is endemic in Australia. Btyii. An 

 anagram of the Maori name. 



1. A. rosaefolia, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 520. A large shrub or tree, 

 20ft.— 40ft. high ; trunk sometimes 2ft. in diameter. Branchlets, midribs, 

 leaves, and pedicels more or less clothed with brown pubescence. Leaves oppo- 

 site, 3in.— lOin. long; leaflets 3—10 pairs, oblong, decreasing in size downwards, 

 lin.— Sin. long, acute, margins sharply toothed. Stipules interpetiolar, ovate, 

 deciduous, toothed. Flowers ianisexual, minute, sessile on the slender branches 

 of axillary panicles, which are longer or shorter than the leaves. Ovary pilose 

 or silky.— Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 79; Handbk. 60; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. 

 t. 63. Weinmannia rosaefolia, A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped. 671, t. 84. 



NORTH Island : from Ahrpara and Mongonui to Hokiauga and Whangarei, but often local. 

 Makamaka. Sept. to Nov. 



5. WEINMANNIA, Linn. 



Calyx inferior, deeply 4— 5-lobed, imbricate. Petals 4 or 5, inserted 

 beneath the lobed disk. Stamens 8—10, inserted with the petals. Ovary free, 

 2- rarely 3-celled; ovules several in each cell, pendulous; styles filiform, distinct; 

 stigma terminal or decurrent. Capsule coriaceous, 2-celled, oblong or ovoid, 

 septicidally dehiscent. Seeds oblong, reniform or nearly globular, pilose. 

 Embryo small, terete. Endosperm fleshy. Shrubs or trees, with opposite 

 stipulate 1-3-foliolate or pinnate leaves and terminal or axillary racemose her- 

 maphrodite flowers. 



The genus oojuprises about 50 species, which are distributed through the Malayan Archipelago, 

 Polynesia, tropical and temperate South America, South Africa, with a doubtful species in Australia 

 and two in New Zealand. 



Named in honour of /. J. Weinmann, a noted German writer. 

 Mature leaves pinnate or 3-foliolate. . Capsules glabrous .. .. ..1. W. sylvicola. 



Mature leaves ijnifoliolate. Capsules pubescent . . . . , . . . 2. T7. raceniosa. 



