4 vol. ER, Vadle, GRO HIG, C, avtreteoke -y.m. 
Caltha.| RANUNCULACEAE. 455 
2. C. obtusa Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst xxxiu (1901) 312.—Smaller 
than C. novae-zelandiae, seldom more than 2in. high. Leaves smaller, 
broadly oblong or almost rounded, coarsely crenate or dentate, notched at 
the apex, 2-lobed at the base, lobes turned upwards and appressed to the 
surface, almost as large as the blade, coarsely crenate. Flowers white, 
2in. diam., at first sessile among the uppermost leaves, but the scape 
elongates in fruit. Sepals 5, oblong, obtuse or subacute, broadest above 
the middle. Stamens 10-15, carpels 5-8, narrow-ovate ; style long, slender. 
Ripe fruit not seen. 7 
—— SS 
Nortn Isnanpn: Herb. Colenso! (probably from the Ruahine Mountains, but 
without locality or collector’s name). SoutTH Istanp : Mountains from the head of 
the Broken River, Canterbury, 5000-6000 ft., 7. F. C. Otago—Black Peak, 6000 ft., 
Buchanan! Mount St. Bathan’s and Dunstan Mountains, Petrie/ Cuthbert Peak, 
Crosby Smith. 
The white flowers, blunt oblong sepals, and the unusually large upturned basal 
lobes of the leaves are conspicuous characters of this curious and distinct species. 
(Oan ene tone . Aste Denwroly. T-Detc- 
Family XLI. MAGNOLIACEAE, “™-!1%% «119. 
Trees or shrubs, often aromatic. Leaves alternate, enfire or tool ete 
stipulate or exstipulate. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or fascicled,™ 
often large. Sepals 3, seldom more, deciduous. Petals 3-6, in several !SA? - ‘Go 
rows, hypogynous, imbricate in the bud. Stamens indefinite, hypogynous OO 
anthers adnate. Carpels either many and imbricated on an elongated ; 
receptacle, or few in a single whorl on a flat receptacle, always 1-celled, T N4 " 
Ovules 2 or several, attached to the ventral suture. Ripe. carpels either St (4ab) 3 
dry and follicular, or succulent and berried, rarely woody. Seeds solitary 
or several; embryo minute, at the base of copious albumen. 
A small family, mainly found in eastern and tropical Asia and North America. 
Genera 10, species under 80. Some of the species of Magnolia are strikingly beautiful 
in both flowers and foliage, and the tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) is one of the 
handsomest timber-trees known. The sole New Zealand genus is a somewhat anomalous 
member of the family, belonging to the tribe Wintereae, characterized by the exstipulate 
leaves, polygamous flowers, and the carpels few in number in a single whorl. 
DRIMYS Forst. | 
Glabrous and aromatic trees and shrubs, usually of small size. Leaves 
alternate, exstipulate, marked with pellucid dots. Flowers small. Calyx 
cupuliform in the New Zealand species, the margin shortly and irregularly 
toothed or lobed, or entire. Petals 5 or 6 or more, in 2 or more whorls, 
spreading. Stamens with the filaments thickened above; anther-cells 
diverging. Carpels 1 to several; ovules few or many. Fruit of one or 
several indehiscent berries. 
A small genus of 10 or 12 species, found in South America, New Zealand, Australia, 
New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Borneo. The three New Zealand species are all 
endemic. 
Large shrub or small tree. Bark black. Leaves 2-5 in., not blotched. 
Fascicles 3-10-flowered ot ‘4 hg ae -. |. D. axillaris. 
Large shrub or small tree. Bark black.. Leaves 14-24 in., blotched 
with red. Fascicles 2-4-flowered .. 2. D. colorata. 
Small compact shrub, 3-5 ft. high. Bark reddish-yellow, rugose. 
Leaves $-lin.; petioles appressed. Flowers solitary or two 
together 3. D. Traversit. 
