In Gheeseman's Manual, page 400, is mentioned Rumex 
yr. (1786) n. 515. Instead of No. n. 515 
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flexuosus Soland 
probably this 
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rengél, Syst. Vege 
Rechinger in Oesters. 
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der, but it should 
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ex Forst f. Prodr. 706) De 
should say page 90. On that page Porster attributes the 
but gives no description. This ig first described in Sp 
2: 162. 1625. The name is there attributed to Forster. 
Bot. Beitschr 84; 45, 1935, attributed the name to Solan 
have been Forster ex Sprengel, though possibly Soland ex Spreng. If this 
citation is to be shortened, it should then be Spreng.s, 
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should be "type collection" or "isotype". This specinsen 
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Internat. Rules, Art. 48, paragraph 2). Type collected bj 
= * ~ Ae : eee 4 Pay » | hy - er yy « ‘ 
s annotated U. S. Nat, Herb. specimen as “type” but probably 
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Leaves wanting, or, 1I PTESeILL, tiwcai. = inasy stu WL tt La DPLBUD 5 
females in few-flowered fascicles .. ee + .. &. M, ephedrioides. 
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1. M. australis /Meissn. Gen. Comm. (1843) 227.— A much-branched 
climber, covering shrubs or small trees, or trailing over cliffs or rocks ; 
trunk stout, woody, sometimes 3in. diam.; bark greyish ; branches 
numerous, flexuous and interlaced, the younger ones grooved and angled, 
glabrous or faintly scaberulous. Leaves petiolate, 1-3 in. long, ovate or 
orbicular-oblong, apiculate or acuminate, rarely obtuse, cordate or trun- 
cate at the base, thin and membranous, quite glabrous, usually entire, but 
sometimes .panduriform or 3-lobed, margins undulate-crisped ; petioles 
1-lin. long; stipules deciduous. Panicles large, axillary and terminal, 
3 - 
much branched, 14-3 in. long or more. Flowers about 4 in. diam., greenish, 
dioecious: males with 8 stamens and the rudiment of an ovary; females 
with 8 blunt staminodia and a short triquetrous ovary; stigmas broad, 
fimbriate. Fruiting perianth closed over the fruit, slightly succulent or 
almost herbaceous. Nut black, shining, 3-angled and 3-grooved, angles 
often twisted.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 592. M. adpressa Hook. f. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 236 (not of Meissn.). Polygonum australe A. Rich. 
Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 178; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 355; Hook f. Fl. Nor. 
Zel. i (1853) 210; Raoul Choix (1846) 42. P. adpressum A. Cunn, Le. (1838) 
n. 356 (not of Labill.). Coccoloba australis Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 176. 
A’. 
f WV \, om =° } ; f 
NORTH AND Soutu ISLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, CHATHAM IsLANDS: Common from 
the Three Kings Islands and the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 2000 it. 
November—April. 
Also found in Norfolk Island, and very closely allied ‘to the Australian M. adpressa 
Meissn. 
2. M, Astoni Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliti (1911) 257, t. 2—A much- 
branched shrub, forming erect masses 4-6 ft. high and almost as much 
in diameter; composed of numerous flexuous and interlacing zigzag 
branches mixed with cane-like woody shoots }-4in. diam. Branches dark- 
brown or reddish-brown, glabrous; bark furrowed or wrinkled. Leaves 
in fascicles of 2-3 on short lateral branchlets, small, }-41n. long, rarely 
more; petiole about 4 the length; blade broadly obcordate, thin and 
membranous, quite entire; veins indistinct. Flowers minute, in fascicles 
of 2-4 at the tips of the branchlets. Peduncles very short, sometimes 
almost wanting, Ripe fruit not seen. 
NortH Isutanp: Coast near Cape Turakirae, Cook Strait, Palliser Bay, B. C. 
Aston! Petrie! T. F.C. SoutH Istanp: River-flats by the Awatere River, near 
Seddon, B. C. Aston ! 
A very distinct and peculiar species, quite unlike any other. 
Banks & Solander. 
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came from the 
4. BJ = t ff 9 — ry 
tish Museum. 
