692 ERICACEAE. [ Pernettya. 
Stamens 10, included within the corolla-tube; filaments dilated at the 
base ; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing by a large terminal pore, cells each with 
2 erect awns. Ovary 5-lobed and 5-celled; ovules several in each cell ; 
style cylindrical ; stigma simple. Berry globose, 5-celled. Seeds numerous, 
minute, compressed. 
A genus comprising about 15 species, al] American except the one described below 
and a closely allied one from the mountains of Tasmania. 
Pernettya macrostigma Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi (1889) 92 is shown by the type 
specimens in Mr. Colenso’s herbarium to be Gaultheria depressa var. microphylla. Tn 
like manner, P. polyphylla Col. I.c. xxxi (1899) 274 is identical with Pentachondra pumila. 
1. P. nana Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii (1891) 389.—A small creeping 
densely matted little shrub; branches short, ascending, 3-3 in. high, rarely 
more, minutely puberulous towards the tips. Leaves very shortly petiolate, 
$4 In. long, oblong-lanceolate to oblong, acute or subacute, very thick and 
coriaceous, glabrous or very minutely puberulous, entire or with 2-3 indis- 
tinct teeth on each side. Flowers 2-4 near the tips of the branches, solitary, 
axillary, about %in. long; peduncles short, 2-3-bracteolate. Calyx-lobes 
ovate-triangular, acute, ciliolate. Corolla broadly urceolate. Stamens 
reaching above the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments 4 or 5 times as long 
as the anthers, gradually dilated downwards. Anthers oblong, each cell: 
tipped with 2 short bristles. Style cylindrical, equalling the stamens in 
length; stigma minutely 5-toothed. Berry globose-depressed, seated in 
the persistent calyx, which is sometimes slightly enlarged and fleshy.— 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 408. Pernettya tasmanica Hook, f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 176 (but not of Fl. Tasm. i (1860) 242, t. 738). P. tasmanica 
var. neo-zealandica 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii ( 1895) 351. 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury — By the Porter River and in other places in the 
Broken River basin, J. D. Enys! 7. Kirk! 7. F. C.! Lake Heron, Cockayne ; Mount 
Arrowsmith, Cockayne and R. M. Laing ; Canterbury Alps, J. F. Armstrong! Mount 
Cook district, Suter / T. F.C. ; Hopkins River, Haast. Otago—Hector Mountains and 
Mount Bonpland, Petrie / Mount Earnslaw, Cockayne; Mount Ida, H. J. Matthews. 
2000-5000 ft. December—February. 
This was referred to P. tasmanica by Hooker, but it appears constantly to differ 
from that plant in the rather broader leaves, acute triangular calyx-lobes, longer fila- 
ments, which equal or exceed the style in length, and especially in the anther-cells 
“eine 2 minute awns at the tip, in this respect agreeing with the American species of 
the genus. 
Family LXXX. EPACRIDACEAE. 
Shrubs or rarely small trees. Leaves alternate, seldom opposite, often 
crowded or imbricate, rigid, entire or sometimes serrulate, often longitudi- 
nally nerved; stipules wanting. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, axillary 
or terminal, solitary or in spikes or racemes. Calyx inferior, 45-partite, 
or of 4-5 free sepals; divisions persistent, coriaceous, striate, imbricate. 
Corolla gamopetalous, hypogynous, 4-5-lobed or -partite. Stamens 4-5, 
hypogynous or inserted on the tube or throat of the corolla ; anthers 
l-celled, opening longitudinally for their whole length. Disc surrounding 
the base of the ovary, cup-shaped or annular, 5-lobed or of 5 separate 
scales. Ovary superior, 1—10-celled but usually 5-celled; style simple, 
stigma usually capitate; ovules 1 or many in each cell, anatropous. Fruit 
either a drupe with 2-5 1-seeded pyrenes or a many-seeded capsule with 
loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds small, albuminous ; embryo straight, axile, 
radicle next the hilum. 
