284 DISCARIA TOUMATOU. 
found in all districts as far as Southland, but has not been observed on St 
Island. , 
It ascends from the sea-level to about 3,oooft. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Discaria Toumatou, Raoul, ‘‘Choix de Plantes de la Nouv lle- 
Zélande,”’ t. 29. : 
D. australis, Hook. B, apetala, Hook. 
Notophena Toumatou, Miers. 
A straggling bush or small tree, with distichous or decussate spines, lin. to 
2in. long, and a fascicle of leaves at the base of each spine ; branches | joi ited 
2 below each pair of spines. Leaves in fascicles of two to six or, rarely, solit 
din. to 3in. long, shortly petioled, linear-obovate or oblong, entire, obtuse 
or retuse, rarely serrate, and sometimes pubescent. Flowers in two- to four- 
. flowered fascicles amongst the leaves, #in. in diameter; pedicels Meh: ee 
pubescent. Calyx pubescent, with a short tube and four or five spread: 
white lobes; disc prominent, with a raised margin; stamens, four or wine ] 
short filaments; ovary adnate with the base af the calyx, three-lobed ; styl 
short, three-lobed. Fruit, a capsule when ripe, consisting of three separ: 
one-seeded carpels. 
EXPLANATION OF Pirate CXXXVI. 
° > P 7 ; . = Pt 5 wy oe z 
Discaria Toumatou, Raoul. Flowering specimen, natural size. 1. A flo yer. 
; 4 ; mK ‘ . ee 
Longitudinal section of a flower. 3. A fruit. Natural size. 4. The sa 
magnified. 5, 6, and 7. Secds. 8. Transverse section of a seed. All mag- 
nified. ; 
