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than the petals; filaments very short. Ovary 3 -celled ; style short; ovules 
1 in each cell. Berry 1- or 2-seeded. Seeds hemispherical ; testa membra- 
nous. 
Only three species are known, the following and two Australian. 
1. R. scandens, Ford. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 253. Stems very slender, knotted, 
forming interwoven wiry masses in the forest. Leaves 3-5 in. long, linear 
ovate or oblong, subacute, coriaceous. Racemes simple or branched, 1-2 in. 
long. Flowers \ in. diam. Berry scarlet. — R. parvijlorum, Br. ; Smilax 
R/uporjonum, Forst. Prodr. 
Northern and Middle Islands : abundant as far south as Otago, Banks arul Solander, 
etc. The long underground rootstocks have been used as Sarsaparilla by settlers, and the 
stems as cord and for basket-work by the natives. 
2. CALLIXENE, Commerson. 
Matted glabrous herbs, with wiry branching creeping stems, knotted at the 
joints, with membranous scales at the joints. Leaves alternate, distichous, 
with netted veins.- — Flowers solitary, nodding, hermaphrodite. Perianth of 6 
white spreading leaflets, with 2 glands at the base of 3 or all. Ovary 3-celled ; 
style stout, 3-grooved ; ovules few in each cell. Berry few-seeded ; seeds 
globose, with a membranous testa. 
A genus of 2 species, one a native of Fuegia and S. Chili, the other of New Zealand. 
1. C. parviflora, Hook.f. FI. N. Z. i. 254. Stems wiry, 8-10 in. long. 
Leaves fin. long, with short twisted petioles, linear or oblong, acute or obtuse, 
3-5-nerved. Flower -f in. broad, peduncle usually terminal. Perianth seg- 
ments ovate-lanceolate, acute. Filaments glabrous. Berry globose. — Hook. 
Ic. PI. t. 632. 
Northern Island : mountainous districts, Co/enso. Middle Island: in damp forests, 
ascending to 4000 ft., common. 
3. CORDYLXNE, Commerson. 
Trees or rarely stemless herbs. Leaves alternate, very long, with broad 
bases, distichous, or crowded at the ends of the trunk or branches, nerves 
obliquely leaving the midrib, parallel. Flowers white, on much branched 
panicles, hermaphrodite. — Perianth campanulate, of 6 nearly equal persistent 
leaflets, more or less combined at the base. Stamens inserted on the petals, 
filaments subulate, glabrous. Ovary 3-celled ; style simple, stigma 3-lobed ; 
ovules numerous in each cell. Berry globose, 3-celled, few- or many-seeded. 
Seeds angular; testa black, crustaceous. Pedicels 3-bracteate; first and 
third bracts 1-nerved, intermediate one with 2 nerves. 
A large genus in the southern hemisphere, most frequent in New Zealand, Australia, and 
the Pacific Islands. 
Trunk arboreous. 
Leaves 2 ft. x li-lj in., not petioled, striate. Bracts £ as long as flower 1. C. australis. 
Leaves 5-6 ft. x H-2 in., long petioled, nerved. Bracts extremely short 2. C. Banksii 
Leaves 2-3 ft. x4-5 in., very thick. Bracts almost as long as flower 3. C. indivisa. 
Stem 0, or slender and very short. Leaves 1-2 ft x£- J in 4. C. Pumilio. 
1. C. australis. Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 257 ; Gard. Chron. 1860, 792 ; 
