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LXV, MONIMIACE.®. 
Anthers with valves. Ovule erect. Achenes with plumose styles . 1. Atherospekma. 
Anthers with slits. Ovule pendulous. Drupes stipitate .... 2. Hedycarya. 
1. ATHEROSPEKMA, Lab. 
Trees. Leaves opposite, aromatic. Flowers panicled, dioecious. — Perianth 
5-8-fid ; lobes in many series. Male fl. : Stamens 6-20 ; filaments 2-glan- 
dular at the base ; anthers with 2 ascending valves. Female fl. : Stamens 
•reduced to scales. Ovaries 5-20, villous. Achenes with long plumose styles, 
included in the urceolate perianth, which splits laterally. 
A small genus, including the following, two Australian, and a Chilian species. 
1. A. novae-Zelandiae, Ilook.f. — Laurelia novce-Zelandiae, A. Cunn.; 
— Fl. N. Z. i. 218. t. 51. A tree, 150 ft. high, with buttressed trunk, 3-7 
ft. diam., the buttresses 15 ft. thick at the base [Bid, will') ; bark white, wood 
soft, yellowish ; branches whorled and petioles pubescent. Leaves petiolate, 
coriaceous, 1^-2| in. long, ovate or oblong, obtuse, glabrous, obscurely serrate. 
Flowers in axillary racemes, silky, ^ in. diam. Stamens 6-10. Fruiting 
perianth narrow-urceolate, elongate. Achenes 6-10, with their plumose styles 
1 in. long, very narrow. 
Northern and northern parts of the Middle Island, Banks and Solander. Wood used 
for boat-building. 
2. HEDYCARYA, Foist. 
Aromatic trees. Leaves evergreen, opposite, toothed or entire. Flowers 
panicled, dioecious. — Perianth rotate, 5-10-lobed. Male fl. : Anthers very 
numerous, sessile in the base of the perianth, opening by slits. Female fl. : 
Ovaries numerous ; stigma sessile, obtuse ; ovule pendulous. Drapes few, sti- 
pitate, seated on the perianth, which does not enlarge. 
A small genus of Australian and New Zealand plants. 
1. H. dentata, Foi-st.; — Fl. N. Z. i. 219. A small evergreen bush or 
tree, 20-30 ft. high ; branches pubescent. Leaves 1-4 in. long, obovate or 
linear-oblong, obtuse or acute, coarsely serrate, rarely entire, glabrous or slightly 
pubescent. Panicles axillary, pubescent, shorter than the leaves. Perianth 
pubescent, ^ in. diam. Anthers hairy at the tip. Drupes oblong, obtuse, % 
in. long, red ; endocarp coriaceous. — Eaoul, Choix, t. 30 ; II. dentata aud 
H. scabra, A. Cunn. ; Zantlioxylon novce-Zelandice, A. Rich. 
Northern and Middle Islands : as far south as Akaroa, Banks and Solander, etc. 
Order LXYI. PROTEACE^]. 
Shrubs or trees, usually rigid and dry. Leaves usually alternate, exstipu- 
late. Inflorescence various. Flowers hermaphrodite. — Perianth of 4 narrow 
segments, usually connate below, their free portion revolute, valvate in bud. 
Stamens 4, inserted on the lobes of the perianth or below them ; filaments 
short ; anther adnate, linear, bursting by 2 slits. Hypogynous glands usually 
4. Ovary free, 1-celled ; style usually long, stigma simple ; ovules solitary, 
geminate or numerous. Fruit a nut drupe samara or follicle, 1-celled or 
