Ulricularia.'] 
LV. LENTIBULAE1E7E. 
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in. high. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Corolla purple ; upper lobe linear, notched, 
lower axe-shaped. Spur short, broad, notched. 
middle Island : Rangitata range, Sinclair and Haast. Also found in Tasmania. 
4. U. Colensoi, Hoolc.'f. FI. N. Z. i. 206. Altogether like U. novce- 
Zelandice, but with upper lip of the corolla linear-oblong. 2-lobed, lower 
broadly cuneate, 3-lobed, middle lobe retuse ; disk with 3 gibbous pro- 
minences. 
Northern Island : east coast, Colenso. The only specimens were preserved in fluid 
with TJ. protusa, and lost with them. 
Order LVI. VERBENACE^. 
( Including Myoporine.e.) 
Shrubs or trees, more rarely herbs. Leaves opposite or alternate, exsti- 
pulate. Flowers hermaphrodite. — Calyx inferior, 4- or 5 -toothed -parted or 
-lobed. Corolla regular, or irregular and 2-lipped, imbricate in bud. Sta- 
mens usually 4 or 5, inserted in pairs on the corolla, or equidistant and al- 
ternating with its lower lobes. Ovary entire or 4-lobed, rarely deeply, 2-4- 
celled ; style slender, entire or 2-fid ; ovules 1 or 2 in each cell, erect or 
pendulous. Fruit dry or fleshy, indehiscent, sometimes divided into cocci. 
Seed with little or no albumen ; cotyledons thick, straight or conduplicate. 
A large, chiefly tropical Order, found n all parts of the globe. The Myoporinece, usually 
considered as a Natural Order, cannot be separated ; they are chiefly confined to Australia 
and the Pacific islands. 
Tree. Leaves opposite, 3-5-foliolate. Corolla 2-lipped. Drupe 4- 
celled 1. Vitex. 
Shrub. Leaves opposite, simple. Corolla 2-lipped. Fruit dry, 4-partite 2. Teucribium. 
Tree, maritime. Leaves opposite, simple. Corolla regular. Seed ger- 
minating on the tree 3. Avicennia. 
Shrub. Leaves alternate, with pellucid glands. Corolla regular . . 4. Mvoporum. 
1. VITEX, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves digitately 3-5-foliolate. Flowers in axillary or 
terminal cymes or panicles.— Calyx 5-toothed or -lobed. Corolla 5-lobed, 
2- lipped. Stamens 4 ; filaments long, declinate. Ovary 4-celled ; style 2-fid ; 
ovules pedulous. Drupe with a 4-celled nut. 
A large tropical and subtropical genus. 
1. V. littoralis, A. Cunn. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 203. A large tree, 50-60 ft. 
high ; trunk 20 in girth ; wood hard. Leaves on petioles 2-4 in. long ; 
Leaflets 3-5, petioled, oblong dr obovate, acute, glabrous, 3-4 in. long. 
Panicles axillary, spreading, 4-8-flowered, diehotomously branched ; pedun- 
cles and pedicels slender. Calyx cup-shaped, obscurely lobed. Corolla 1 in. 
long, pubescent, pink or dull red ; upper lip arched, 2-fid ; lower deflexed, 
3- fid. Drupe obovoid, bright red. — Hook. Ic. PI. t. 419, 420. 
Northern Island : along the east coast, common, middle Island : Canterbury, Haast. 
Wood much used, extremely hard, said to be indestructible under water. 
