620 HALORAGIDACEAE. [Haloragis-. 
1. HALORAGIS Forst. ;17G. 
Krect or procumbent branching wiry herbs, sometimes almost woody 
at the base. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire or toothed or lobed. 
Flowers unisexual or hermaphrodite, minute, axillary, solitary or clustered, 
often spicate or racemose. Calyx-tube 4-8-angled or winged ; lobes 4, 
erect, persistent. Petals 4, cucullate, acute, coriaceous, often wanting in 
the female flowers. Stamens 4-8, filaments usually short. Ovary 2-4- 
celled ; ovules solitary in each cell, pendulous ; styles short, stigmas usually 
plumose in the female flowers. Fruit a small dry 2-4-celled 2—4-seeded 
nut, sometimes i-celled and I-seeded by abortion; the adnate calyx-tube 
either smooth, ribbed, or muricate. 
About 60 species are known, mostly from Australia; but a few are also known 
in New Caledonia, eastern Asia, extending as far north as Japan and temperate South 
America (Juan Fernandez). With the exception of 2, the New Zealand species appears 
to be endemic. 
Tall, erect, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves large, lanceolate, 1-3in. Flowers 
crowded, drooping z LS +2 YW .. 1. HA. erecta, 
iirect, 6-12in. Leaves broadly ovate, cartilaginous, 4-3 in. 
Flowers crowded, drooping = . 2. A. cartilaginea. 
Suberect or diffuse, 6-15in. Leaves 4+ in., the floral alternate. 
Fruit ovoid, 4—8-ribbed, the interspaces between the ribs : muri- 
cate —. 3. AH. incana. 
Procumbent. or prostrate, 4-12in. Leaves small, ovate, 1-3 jn., 
the floral alternate. Fruit oyoid, the interspaces between the 
ribs rugose au rh wa a e .. 4. H. procumbens. 
Rhizome creeping, stems ascending or erect. Leaves small, ovate, 
4-% In., the floral usually opposite. Fruit 8-ribbed, the inter- 
Spaces between the ribs smooth and shining ; os 
Rhizome creeping, stems often matted. Leaves small, ovate to 
lanceolate, $-}in., the floral usually opposite. Fruit 4-8- 
ribbed, interspaces smooth and shining 3s & 
Stems creeping and rooting, ascending, glabrous. Flowers in 
long erect spikes. Floral leaves reduced to minute alternate 
bracts. Fruit 8-ribbed, smooth and shining oa .. UV. H. micrantha. 
5. H. depressa. 
6. H. uniflora. 
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be H. aoe Kchindler mm Pflanzenr. Heft 23 (1905) 49.—A coarse erect 
branching herb 1-3 ft. high; stems sharply 4-angled, minutely scabrid. 
Leaves opposite, petiolate, variable in size, 4-3in. long, ovate-lanceolate 
to oblong-lanceolate, rarely elliptic, coarsely and sharply serrate, acute or 
acuminate. Flowers minute, solitary or clustered in leafy racemes termina- 
ting the branches ; pedicels short, curved, drooping. Calyx-tube 4-angled ; 
lobes small, broad. Petals more than twice as long as the calyx-lobes. 
Stamens 8; anthers broadly linear. Fruit rather small, ;45 in. long, ovoid, 
with 4 ribs more or less dilated into wings, interspaces smooth or rugose. 
Seeds 4.—-H. alata Jacq. Ic. Plant. Rar. i (1781) 7, t. 69; Forst. f. Prodr. 
(1786) n. 180; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 65; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
65; Benth. Fl. Austral. ii (1864) 479; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 148; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 148. Cercodia erecta Murr. in Comm. Gotting. 
i (1780) 3, t. 1. ©. alternifolia A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 527. 
KeERMADEC Isxtanps, Norra anp Soutu IsLanDs, CHATHAM IsLANDS, STHWART 
IsLanD : Abundant, especially in lowland districts. Sea-level to 2500 ft. T'oatoa. 
November—J anuary. Also in Chile and on the Island of Juan Fernandez. The 
Australian plant formerly referred to the Species is now considered to be distinct: 
(H, exalata F. Muell.). >’ 
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