218 HEDYCARYA DENTATA. | 7 i 
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(so far as known) near Jackson’s Head on the west coast, and . 
Chalmers on the east coast. a 
It ascends from the sea-level to 2,60o0ft. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Hedycarya dentata, [orster. | 
Raoul, ‘‘ Choix de Plantes de la Nouvelle- Zélande,’  t3e3 
Zanthoxylon Nove-Zelandia, A. Wichard. a 
A tall dicecious shrub or small tree, sometimes exceeding 4oft. i 
Branchlets ascending, pubescent. Leaves opposite, petioled, obioee 
oblong or obovate, 2in. to 4in. long, obtuse or acute, with distant serra 
rarely entire, usually glabrous. Panicles axillary, tin. to 2in. long, pu 
Male, perianth saucer-shaped, five- to ten-lobed, pubescent, 4in. in c 
anthers numerous, nearly sessile, opening by slits, hairy at the tips. 
with numerous ovaries and sessile stigmas, one-celled; ovule solitary. 
red, gin. in diameter; endocarp coriaceous ; seed solitary, with co: 
endosperm. : 
EXPLANATION OF PLaTE CX. 
Tey carya dentata, Forster. Male flowering specimen, natural size. 1 
Hower. 2. Anther. 3. Portion of female panicle. 4. Female flower. + 
tudinal section of an ovary. 6. ‘Fruits. 7. hea section of a fru 
magnified except Figs. 3 and.6.. a 
