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PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Geiiita Quinturia. 



Shrubs or trees with alternate leaves, and axillary or terminal racemes of 

 white or lilac flowers. Calyx-tube 5-toothed. Petals 5 ; stamens 5. Seed 

 winged. Q. serrata and Q. acutifolin are both endemic in New Zealand. (Name 

 in honour of La Quintinie, a French Botanist). 2 sp. 



Quintinia serrata {The Serrated Qmntinia). 

 A small tree, sometimes '20 ft. in height. The young shoots arc extremely 

 viscid, and the whole plant is covered with small whitish scales. Leaves 



yiti. 51. [xerl)iL brexioides (?j nat. size) 



8iii.-B in. long, oblong, roughly serrate, leathery. Flowers J in. in diameter, 

 palC'lilao. Racemes axillary, 3 in. -4 in. long. Called by settlers iVeMi .^eatoifZ 

 lilac. l\Taori name, Karii.iiraJtou. North Island only ; Auckland, Hawke's Bay, 

 and Taranaki. Fl. Oct.^Nov. 



Geiina Ixerha. 



An evergreen tree, with thick, leathery leaves, and flat panicles of white 

 flowers. Calyx .5-lobed ; petals 5 ; stamens 5. (Name an an;i,gram of Brexia.) 



Isp. 



Ixerba brexioides (The Brexia-iikc Ixerha). 



A beautiful tree, sometimes 70 ft. in height. Leaves 8 in. -7 in. long, 

 coarsely-serrate, J in.-l in. broad. Flowers IJ in. across. Petals waxy, white. 



