ewok. f) ee. Mele, (Lor . £e~.- X: WH 
7 
f 
f Melicope.] RUTACEAE. 539 
ovules 2 in each cell. Cocci 1-4, distinct, spreading, 2-valved, 1-seeded ; 
endocarp cartilaginous or horny, separating. Seeds usually solitary ; testa 
crustaceous, shining; albumen fleshy ; embryo straight or slightly curved. 
Besides the two species described below, both of which are endemic, there are 10 
or 12 from the Pacific islands, 2 from tropical Asia, and 3 from Australia. 
Leaves large, 3-foliolate (often 1-foliolate in var. Mantellit) ; 
petioles terete a ed is 1 ae eel: ternata. 
. Leaves small, 1-foliolate ; petioles flat a4 sic .. 2. M. semplex. 
1. M. ternata Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 56.—A much-branched per- 
fectly glabrous small tree 12-20ft. high. Leaves opposite, 3-foliolate ; 
leaflets 2-4in. long, linear-obovate or elliptic-oblong or oblong-ovate, 
acute or obtuse, entire, finely pellucid-dotted. Flowers jin. diam., 
greenish, often unisexual, in axillary trichotomous panicles usually longer 
than the petioles; pedicels short. Petals ovate-oblong, longer than 
the stamens, concave. Ovary glabrous; style short, stout. Cocci 4, 
coriaceous, spreading, strongly wrinkled and punctate. Seed black and 
shining, attached by a slender funicle, often protruding from the hali-open 
valves—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 293; A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) 
n. 582; Hook. Ic. Plant. (1844) t. 603; Raoul Choix (1846) 48; Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i (1853) 43; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 40; T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) 
t. 66; Students’ Fl. (1899) 86; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 94; LU. 
N.Z. Fl.i (1914) t. 27. Entoganum laevigatum Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788) 331, 
cn | 1% > 
Var. Mantellii 7’. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 66.—Smaller, much branched ; penchant 
strict. Leaves usually much smaller, 3- or 1-foliolate ; leaflets rounder, often obscurely 
crenate. Panicles 3-6-flowered.—M. Mantellii Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iti (1871) 212. 7 
KeRMADEC IsLANDS, NortH IstaAnD: Common in lowland situations. SouTH 
Istanp: Marlborough—Seaward Kaikouras, Cockayne. Nelson—D’Urville Island, 
T. Kirk ; coast of north Nelson, fF. W. Huffam ; Wakapuaka, Ff. G. Gibbs / Ascends 
to 1000 ft. Wharangi. September—October. 
The Kermadec Island specimens have much larger and more obtuse leaflets, but 
do not seem to differ in other respects. Var. Mantellii combines the characters of 
M. ternata and M. simplex to an extraordinary degree, and may be a hybrid between 
those species. 
2. M. simplex A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 583.—A glabrous shrub 
6-12 ft. high, with slender twiggy branches. Leaves alternate or fascicled, 
rarely opposite, in young plants 3-foliolate, in mature |-foliolate ; petiole 
flattened or narrowly winged; leaflets small, jointed on the top of the 
petiole, 3-3 in. long, rhomboid-obovate or rounded, obtuse, doubly crenate, 
pellucid-dotted. Flowers often unisexual, small, greenish-white ; peduncles 
usually several together, axillary, longer than the petioles, 1- or 3-flowered. 
Stamens longer than the petals in the male flowers, shorter in the females. 
Ovary hirsute; style very short in the male flowers, longer in the females ; 
stigma obscurely 4-lobed. Fruit as in M. ternata, but smaller.—Hook. Ic. 
Plant. (1848) t. 585; Raoul Choix (1846) 48; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i 
(1853) 43; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 40; T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 68 ; 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 86; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 94. M. parvula 
Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx (1887) 255. Astorganthus Huegelu Endl. 
Cat. Hort. Vindob. 1 (1843) 196. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: Abundant from the North Cape to Southland, 
ascending to 2000 ft. September—November. 
The flowers are occasionally cleistogamic. (See a paper on the subject by Mr. G. M. 
Thomson, in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv (1892) 416.) 
—p.te. ~rwdy. Pr: 72%, i Sago Hech.Te. (hut. 
/ t 
Cetr tlic #9257 
ARK: 
T2(1403 
B74: 
