552 SAPINDACEAE. [Alectryon. 
2. A. grandis Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1912) 159—A small 
tree 15 ft. or more in height ; branchlets more or less silky with ferruginous 
hairs. Leaves much larger and broader than those of A. excelswm, 12-18 in. 
long; leaflets 2-3 pairs, 5-7 in. long, very shortly petioled, broadly oblong 
or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, more or less silky-pubescent on the 
midrib and primary veins; ultimate veinlets conspicuously reticulated, 
elevated on the under-surface of the leaflet. Margins of the leaflets 
usually entire, but a few specimens were noted with a few coarse teeth. 
Flowers not seen, and only fragments of old capsules.—A. excelsum var. 
grandis Oheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. (1906) 105. 
THREE Kines ISLANDS: sia on eh ae north side, a single small clump alone seen, 
T’. F. ©, (November, 1889). | 0 
It is much to be Nee rie that no further specimens have been obtained of this 
fine plant since its discovery 32 years ago, It can be distinguished from A. eacelswm 
without the slightest difficulty by the smaller number of leaflets to each leaf, and by 
their shape and much greater size. In A. excelsuim the leaflets are 2-4in. long, and 
ovate-lanceolate in shape ; whereas in A. grandis they are 5-7 in. long, and are br oadiy 
oblong or ovate-oblong. They are also firmer in texture, and much more obtuse. 
2. DODONAEA Linn. 
Shrubs or small trees, often viscid with a resinous exudation. Leaves 
alternate, exstipulate. Flowers unisexual or polygamous, in terminal or 
axillary racemes or panicles, rarely solitary. Sepals 2-5, imbricate or 
valvate. Petals wanting. Stamens 5-10, usually 8; filaments short ; 
anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 3-6-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. 
Capsule membranous or coriaceous, 2-6-sided, septicidally 2-6-valved ; 
valves winged at the back. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, lenticular or sub- 
globose, compressed, with a thickened funicle but not arillate; embryo 
spirally coiled. 
A genus comprising about 50 species, fully 40 of which are confined to Australia, 
the remainder scattered through the tropical or subtropical regions of both hemispheres. 
The New Zealand species is found in most warm countries. 
1. D. viscosa Jacq. Enum. Pl. Carib. (1760) 19.—Usually a glabrous 
shrub or small tree 8-20 ft. high, but occasionally dwarfed to 1-3 ft., and 
sometimes attaining 30-35 ft.; trunk seldom more than 12in. diam. ; 
young branches usually compressed or triangular, viscid. Leaves 1-3 in. 
long, narrow linear-obovate or oblanceolate, obtuse, rarely acute, entire, 
gradually narrowed into a short petiole. Flowers small, greenish or 
reddish, in few-flowered terminal panicles, dioecious. Male flowers: Sepals 
4, free, oblong or ovate. Stamens 8-10, rather longer than the sepals ; 
filaments very short. Females: Sepals narrower, more erect. Style stout, 
2-fid, long-exserted. Capsule 2in, diam., compressed, orbicular, very 
broadly 2-3-winged, 2-lobed at each end; wings veined, membranous.— 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 38; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 45; ZT. Kirk 
Forest Fl. (1889) t. 15; Students’ Fl. (1899) 94; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 102. D. spathulata Smith in Rees Cyclop. xii (1819) n. 2; A. Rich. 
Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 308; A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 599; Raoul Choix 
(1846) 47. yer S- (TM) QII7W. lou. 
NortH AND SourH Istanps. From the North Cape as far south as Banks 
Peninsula and Greymouth, chiefly in lowland districts. Akeake. Septem ber-— 
November. 
Wood hard and heavy; formerly much used by the Maoris for making clubs, 
spears, &c. 
