722 LOGANIACEAE. | Logania, 
branches densely interlaced, puberulous. Leaves small, 4-4 in. long, narrow- 
obovate to oblong, obtuse, thick and coriaceous, veinless. Flowers minute, 
solitary or in 3-5-flowered fascicles. Male flowers alone seen. Sepals 
oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, 5-lobed, 
bearded at the throat; lobes rounded. Stamens 5, alternating with the 
corolla-lobes, and affixed near the base of the tube; filaments filiform ; 
anthers large, 2-cleft for half-way up, slightly exserted. Fruit unknown, 
—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) to: Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 443. 
NortH Istanp: Margin of the Onetapu Desert, eastern base of Ruapehu, 
Colenso ; vicinity of Waiouru, Petrie / 
Mr. Petrie’s specimens are not in flower, and my description of the flowers, &c., 
is mostly taken from information supplied to me by Mr. N. E. Brown, of the Kew 
Herbarium. According to Hooker, it is closely allied to L. fasciculata, of the Aus- 
tralian Alps. 
3. GENIOSTOMA Forst. )°77& 
Glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, connected by a transverse line or 
short sheath. Flowers small, in opposite axillary cymes or clusters. Calyx 
d-partite ; segments acute. Corolla campanulate or almost rotate: lobes 5, 
spreading, imbricate, usually contorted in the bud. Stamens 5, affixed 
to the tube or throat of the corolla; filaments short; anthers included 
or exserted. Ovary 2-celled; style simple; stigma capitate or oblong ; 
ovules numerous in each cell. Capsule globose or oblong, septicidally 
2-valved ; valves separating from the consolidated placentas and axis. - 
Seeds numerous, small, enveloped by the persistent placentas. 
Species about 25, ranging from Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Malay Archipelago 
to Australia, the Pacific islands, and New Zealand. The single species found in New 
Zealand is endemic. +. 9 ( 19 ui)g O 
IA( 196%) SH, 
I. G. ligustrifolium A, Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 401.—A perfectly 
glabrous much-branched shrub 4-12 ft. high; branches slender, terete. 
Leaves 13-3 in. long, ovate or elliptic-ovate, acuminate, shortly petiolate, 
membranous, quite entire, paler beneath, veins conspicuous. Flowers in 
short axillary corymbs or fascicles, 4-4 in. diam., greenish-white ; pedicels 
bracteolate, Calyx-lobes ovate, acuminate, ciliolate. Corolla rotate-cam- 
panulate ; tube short; lobes spreading or reflexed, bearded within. Ovary 
subglobose ; style very short; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 1 in. diam., sub- 
globose, mucronate, splitting into 2 boat-shaped valves. Seeds numerous; 
testa brown, pitted—Hook. Ic. Plant. (1842) t. 430; Raoul Choiw (1846) 
44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel..i (1853) 177; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 189; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 444; Jil. NZ. Fl. i (1914) t. 136. 
G. rupestre A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 207 (not of Forst. f.). 
Var. major Cheesem.—Leaves larger, 24-5 in. long. 
Var. erassum Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix (1897) 392.—Leaves smaller and 
broader, 3-din. long by }-2in. broad, broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, subacute, 
rather thick and fleshy when fresh. 
Norru Istanp: Abundant in lowland situations from the North Cape to Cook 
Strait. Sourn Isnanp: Marlborough—Buchanan. N elson—Pepin Island, F. G. 
Gibbs! — Var. major : Three Kings Islands, abundant, 7. F. C. Var. crassum : Cliffs 
near the North Cape, rare, T. F. Q. Hangehange. September-November. | 
