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4. TUPEIA Cham. et Schl. J@a&. 
A parasitic shrub; branches terete, jointed. Leaves opposite or 
alternate, flat, broad or narrow. Flowers dioecious, in small axillary 
and terminal panicles. Perianth-tube of the male flowers very small, of 
the female flowers adnate to the ovary; limb 4-partite, rarely 5-partite. 
Stamens in the male flowers affixed to the base of the segments ; filaments 
long, filiform; anthers ovate-oblong. Ovary in the female flowers inferior, 
ovoid ; style short and thick; stigma obtuse. Fruit a subglobose 1-seeded 
berry; mesocarp succulent and viscid. Seed globose; albumen copious, 
fleshy ; embryo almost terete. 
The genus is limited to a single species, endemic in New Zealand. 
1. T. antaretica Cham. and Schl. in Linnaea, iii (1828) 203.— 
A small branching shrub 2-8ft. high; bark pale; branchlets finely 
pubescent. Leaves very variable in size and shape, $-24din. long, from 
broad ovate-rhomboid to elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 
narrowed into short petioles, pale-green, rather thin; veins faint but 
evident, anastomosing. Panicles shorter than the leaves, 6—12-flowered : 
peduncles and pedicles slender, pubescent. Flowers small, 4in. diam, 
greenish-yellow, often very abundantly produced. Segments of the male 
perianth linear-oblong or oblong-spathulate, of the female narrower and 
more acute. Stigma large, globular, obscurely lobed. Berry about +in. 
diam., white or pink spotted with darker pink; pulp extremely viscid.— 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 101, t. 26; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 108; 
Cheesem. Man, N.Z. Fl. (1906) 621. T. Cunninghamii Mig. in Linnaea, 
xvill (1844) 85. T. pubigera Mag. l.c. 86. T. undulataCol. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xvi (1884) 329. Viscum antarcticum Forst, fProdr. (1786) n. 370; 
A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 269; Raoul Choir (1846) 42. V. pubigerum 
A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) 484. 
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Parasitic shrubs, often of small size; branches opposite, divaricate and" 
dichotomous, flattened or ‘terete, jointed; leaves wanting or reduced to 
minute scales. Flowers monoecious, very small, arranged in whorls or 
spikes at the top of the joints of the stem or branches. Perianth-tube of 
the male flowers very short and solid; of the females adnate to the ovary, 
limb 3-4-partite. Stamens 3-4; anthers 2-celled. Ovary inferior ; stigma 
large, sessile. Fruit a 1-seeded berry, usually crowned by the remains of 
the perianth, 
