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xxxvi. loranthacea. 
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-J-i in. long, terete, with a rather expanded top, not in. broad. Flowers 
very minute, solitary or few together in the tips of the upper joints. Pe- 
rianth 3-lobed ; lobes persistent. 
Northern and Middle Islands : common on Lejptospermum, Dracophyilum, and vari- 
ous other shrubs. 
Order XXXVII. CAPBIFOLIACE-ffi. 
Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs. Leaves usually simple and exstipulate. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. — Calyx-tube adnate with the ovary ; limb 4-5-lobed 
or toothed. Corolla tubular campanulate or rotate, with 4 or 5 imbricate teeth 
or lobes. Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla, inserted on its tube, 
equal or unequal. Ovary inferior, 2-5 -celled, surmounted with an epigynous 
disk ; style often filiform, stigma simple or divided ; ovules 1 or more in 
each cell, pendulous. Fruit generally a 1-5-celled berry. Seeds with fleshy 
albumen ; embryo axile. 
A small Order, chiefly confined to the north temperate zone, where the Honeysuckles and 
Viburnums form its largest known genera. It is chiefly distinguished from Rubiacece by the 
absence of stipules and often serrate leaves. 
1. ALSEUOSMIA, A. Cunn. 
Shrubs. Leaves rather membranous, alternate, polymorphous, with minute 
tufts of red (when dry) hairs in their axils. Flowers axillary, solitary or 
fascicled, deliciously scented, greenish ; pedicels bracteolate. — Calyx-tube 
small, ovoid ; limb 4- or 5-lobed, deciduous. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, 
with 4 or 5 small spreading lobes ; edges inflexed, toothed or lobulate. Sta- 
mens 4 or 5 ; filaments very short, inserted at the mouth of the corolla ; 
anthers oblong. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma subclavate ; ovules 
several, in 2 series, inserted in the axis of the cells. Berry ovoid, 2-celled, 
several-seeded, with a broad terminal areola. Seeds angular ; testa bony. 
A small genus, confined to New Zealand, of which the species are excessively variable, 
apparently passing into one another, so that their forms are very difficult to discriminate. 
The alternate leaves are unusual in the Order. 
Leaves 3-7 in., broad. Flowers 1 in., usually 5-merous . A. macrophylla. 
Leaves 1-3 in., oblong or obovate. Flowers f in., 4- or 5-merous . 2. A. quercifo/ia. 
Leaves -j-2 in., obovate or rhomboid. Flowers | in., 4- or 5-merous 3. A. Ban/csii. 
Leaves 1-14 in., liuear. Mowers in., 4- or 5-merous . ... 4. A. linariifolia. 
1. A. macrophylla, A. Cunn.; — FI. N. Z. i. 102. t. 23. A shrub, 
6-8 ft. high, perfectly glabrous ; branches stout. Leaves 3-7 in. long, 
linear- or oblong-obovate, obtuse, entire or sparingly toothed, narrowed into 
short petioles, rather coriaceous. Flowers 1 in. long, fascicled or subpanicled. 
Calyx-lobes lanceolate, tips recurved. Corolla-lobes 3-5, with incurved, fim- 
briate margins. Berry about \ in. long. 
Northern Island : from the Bay of Islands to the Thames, in woods. 
2. A. quercifolia, A. Cunn.; — FI. N. Z. i. 103. A slender twiggy 
shrub, 2-3 ft. high, glabrous or the branchlets minutely puberulous. Branches 
