326 PLANTS OP NEW ZEALAND 



latifolmm were sometimes used by the Maoris in the 

 manufactm-e of specially fine garments. 



Key to the Genera. 



Snb-family Briceae. Stamens, bypogynous ; antbers, 2-celled, 

 opening by pores. 



Fruit a false berry. Gaultheria, p. iiii. 



Sul>family, Epacrideae. Stamens, epipetalons ; anthers, 1-celled. 



1. Fruit a drupe. ii 

 Fruit, a many-seeded capsule. 4 



2. Fruit with al-10-celled bons' nut ; cells with one pen- 



dulous seed. 3 



Fruit with 5 or more minute 1-seeded nuts. ^Pentachondra. 



3. Pedicels covered with imbricating bracts. Styphelia, p. 3-28. 

 Pedicels with few bracts, close to the calyx. Leucoi)Ogon, p. 328. 



4. Leaves with broad sheathing bases. Dracoi)hylluin, p. 330. 

 Leaves without sheathing bases. .5 



.5. Flower solitary. Bracts, as in ,5^'//^?(f?/(^ Epacris, p. 326. 



Flowers racemed. Bracts few or 0. *.\rcheria. 



*Not further described. 



Genu.'s Gaultheria. 



Shrubs with alternate, rarely opposite leaves. Corolla bell-shaped or urn- 

 shaped. Stamens 10, anthers opening by pores, each pore provided with 1 or 2 

 awns. Disk cup-shaped, 10-lobed. Ovarj' 5-oeUed. 



A genus of about 100 species, found in America, South-Eastern Asia, 

 Tasmania, and New Zealand. O. procimiiens furnishes the Checker-berry of the 

 United States. 



Gaultheria antipoda {The Snow-herry) . 



A very variable, erect, or prostrate bush. Branches with scattered black 

 or yellow-brown bristles. Leaves hard, shortly stalked, orbicular-oblong, 

 lanceolate. Flowers small, white or pink, usually solitary. Corolla ^^uin. in 

 length or more. Berry pink or white, J in. in diameter. Both islands : common 

 at all elevations. Colonists' name Siww-herry . PI. Oct. -Nov. 



G. rupestris (the Rook Snow-berry) is a similar plant, also very variable, 

 with Howers usually in racemes. It is not so common as the previous species. 



Genus Epacris. 



Small shrubs. Leaves usually closely imbricating, but not sheathing. Corolla 

 tubular or bell-shaped, lobes not bearded. 



Epacris pauciflora (The Few-floivered Epacria). 



A twiggy shrub, 1 ft.-4 ft. high. Leaves coriaceous, i in. -J in. long, 

 concave, oblong-lanceolate, narrowing suddenly at the tip. Flowers collected 

 at the tips of the erect branches, white. Corolla with a very short tube. 



