140 XXV. SAXIPEAGEAE. [Weimnanma . 



1. W. sylvicola, Sol. ex A. Ciinn., Precurs. n. 518. A shrub or tree, 

 sometimes 70ft. high, with trunlc lft.-3ft. in diameter, but usually much smaller. 

 Branchlets, petioles, and midribs beneath more or less pubescent. Leaves op- 

 posite, unequally pinnate or 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate ; leaflets in 1—9 pairs, 

 linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, or ovate, acute or acuminate, coarsely toothed. 

 Stipules free, leafy, toothed. Plowers x'V^^^- ^"^ diameter, in terminal racemes 

 2in.— Sin. long or in racemose panicles. Ovary 2- rarely 3-celled, glabrous; 

 styles 3 or 3. Capsule usually glabrous, Jin.— Jin. long. Seeds with a tuft of 

 hairs at each extremity. — Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 79; Handbk. 60; A. Gray, 

 Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped. 671; T. Kirk, Forest Pi. N.Z. t. 72. W. betulina and 

 W. fuchsioides, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 516, 517. 



NORTH Island: North Gape to Rotorua, Bast Gape, &c., but the exact limit unknown. 

 Apparently not found in Hawke's Bay. Sea-level to 3,000ft. Tawliero. Jan., Feb. 



Leaves with 5 or more pairs of leaflets are characteristic of young plants, and are usually 

 membranous. The bark contains a high percentage of tannin. 



2. W. racemosa, Linn. /., Supp. 227. A shrub or lai-ge tree, often 

 from 70ft.— 90ft. high ; trunk 1ft.— 3ft. in diameter. Branchlets, midribs, and 

 leaves glabrous, except on very young plants, which are pubescent or hirsute 

 and diaphanous, 1—3- or 5-foliolate, sharply toothed ; on mature plants very 

 coriaceous, lin.— Sin. long, 1-foliolate, coarsely and obtusely serrate, ovate, 

 oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, punctate beneath. 

 Racemes lin.— 4in. long, axillary or terminal, often panicled, pubescent; 

 pedicels stout. Ovary pubescent ; styles 2 or 3, often united to the apex. 

 Capsule 2— 3-celled, hirsute. Seeds hairy. — Forst., Prod. n. 173 ; DC, Prod, 

 iv. 8; A. Rich., Fl. N.Z. 321; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 80; Handbk. 61; 

 T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 73. W. spatiosa, Banks and Sol. MSS. Leios- 

 perma racemosa, Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. (1830) 8; A. Cunn., Precurs. 

 n. 519. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands: from the Haurald Gulf and Middle Waikato to Stewart 

 Island. Ascends to 3,000ftj Kamahi. Jan. 



Slender fiexuous shoots produced from the trunks of old trees occasionally develop 3-folio- 

 late leaves. 



•RIBES, Linn. 



Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, 4-5-lobed, imbricate or valvate in bud. Petals 

 4-5. Stamens 4-5, perigynous. Ovary 1-oelled, inferior ; styles 2 ; ovules on parie- 

 tal placentas. Berry globose or oblong, crowned with the persistent calyx, pulpy. 

 Seeds horizontal, few or many. Endosperm adhering to the testa. Shrubs^ with 

 entire or lobed leaves and axillary solitary or racemose flowers. 



* R. grossularia, i., Sp.,Pl. 201. A spreading shrub, 1ft. -2ft. high, with 

 1-3 straight spines below each axil. Leaves fascicled at the tips of abortive branches, 

 rounded, 3-5-lobed, pubescent beneath. Flowers pendulous. Peduncles 2-bracteo- 

 late, pubescent. Calyx-lobes reflexed. Petals minute, erect. Berry glabrous or 

 glandular, hairy, many-seeded. 



Not unfrequent on the margins of woods in many localities. Europe, &o. 



