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PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



77. Herbs. 

 Shrubs or trees. 



78. Ovary 1-celled, nearly 2-celled from the 2 



projecting placentae. 

 Ovary 2-celled. 



79. Small trees. Stamens 4. Leaves with 



pellucid dots. 

 Herbs. Stamens 2. Leaves hair-like or 0. 



80. Perianth single. 

 Perianth wholly wanting. 



81. Ovary inferior.; 

 Ovary superior. 



82. Trees or shrubs. 

 Herbs. 



8.9. Parasitic shrubs. Leaves opposite, e.xstipulate. 

 Trees or shrubs not obviously parasitic. 



84. Flowers bisexual. 

 Flowers unisexual. 



85. Shrubs or small trees, leaves alternate with 



deciduous stipules. 

 Leaves opposite or alternate, exstipulate. 



86. Tree. Leaves alternate, with deciduous 



stipules. 

 Tree . Leaves alternate , exstipulate , very large . 



87. Flowers bisexual. 

 Flowers unisexual. 



88. Stamens more than 20. 

 Stamens less than 20. 



89. Tuberous root parasite. Stems scaly. 

 Non-parasitical leafy plants. 



90. A plant climbing by tendrils. 

 Not climbing by tendrils. 



91. Aquatic plants. Leaves opposite or whorled. 

 Scape bearing plants. Leaves radical. 



92. Leaves stipulate. 

 Leaves exstipulate. 



93. A spiny shrub or small tree, often leafless, 



stipules small. 

 Spineless herbs or shrubs. 



94. Herbs and shrubs. Stipules membranous, 



sheathing the stem. 

 Herbs and shrubs, stipules free. Flowers 



unisexual. 

 9.5. Carpels many, free. 



Carpels soUtary or 1-celled, or ovary 2- or 



.3-celled. 



L.iBIAT.'VE, p. 364. 

 VEEHEN.'VCE.\E, p. 349. 



RliabdotUamnus, p. 388. 

 SCEOPHUL.\RIACBAE,p. 366 



ilijoporum, p. 362. 

 XJtricularia, p. 388. 



81. 

 118. 



82. 



92. 



83. 



87. 

 *LOBANTH.AC'EAE, p. 138. 



84. 



85. 



86. 



Poiimderris, p. 236. 

 SANT.iL.ACE.AE, p. 148. 



NotJiofagiis, p. 128. 

 Meryta, p. 313. 

 Aarma^ p. 201. 



88. 

 \Acij'na glabra. 

 89. 

 Dacti/linithus, p. 150. 

 90. 

 *Sicf/os, p. 400. 

 91. 

 H.4L0RAGIDACE.\E, p. 295. 

 'Gunnera, p. 297. 

 93. 

 95. 



Disca)iii, p. 239. 

 94. 



POLYG0NACE-\.E, p. 151. 



URTICACEAE, p. 136. 

 96. 



97. 



Those marked * have really a double perianth, but tlie calyx is so obscure, that tlies' 

 ure likely to be sought for in this division. 

 INot further described. 



