78 CARPODETUS SERRATUS. | 
7 : 
Although a common plant in most districts, it rarely occurs in large quan- 
tities, and does not enter into commerce. . 
DISTRIBUTION. 4 
Carpodetus is a monotypic genus, absolutely restricted to New Zealand. 
The only species is generally distributed through the colony, from Mongonui ie Lee 
Stewart Island. It is usually found on the open banks ae rivers, or on th 
margins of forests, thickets, &c. ~ | 
DESCRIPTION. 
Carpodetus serratus, Forster. Hook. 
‘‘Tcones Plantarum,”’ t. 564. _— 
A shrub or small tree, rarely more than 30ft. high; branches mite Pie ) 
poe spreading in a fan-shaped manner. Leaves_ alternate, Spee i! t 
petioled, #in. to 1Zin. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, margins with short _ 
rather distant teeth. Flowers in broad axillary cymes, anes than the leaves; 
branches and pedicels hairy ; calyx-teeth, five or six; petals, five or six, white; 
stamens, five or six; ovary, four- or five-celled ; ieee capitate. Fruit globose, "i 
the size a a small pea, indehiscent, coriaceous or almost fleshy, 1 invested by t 
calyx-limb round the middle, four- or five-celled; seeds numerous, small, pitted; 
embryo minute, with copious endosperm. 
‘ 
EXPLANATION oe PLATECK | Vlg r 
Carpodetus serratus, Forster, natural size. 1 and 2. Flowers. 3. Fruit, : 
4. Transverse section of fruit. 5. Longitudinal section of fruit. 6. Seed. All 
magnified. 
