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850 MYOPORACEAE. [Myoporum. 
é . : f 4 : 7 2 4 1°92: 
small, about Jin. diam., white spotted with purple; peduncles 3-@ in. 
long. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla campanulate; lobes 
rounded, villous within. Stamens 4, scarcely exserted. Ovary 4-celled. 
Drupe 1-4 in. long, oblong, succulent, reddish-purple.—A. Rich. Fl. Nour. 
Zel. (1832) 195; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 387 ; Raoul Choirs (1846) 48 ; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 204; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 225; 2. Kirk ~ 
Forest Fl. (1889) t. 124; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 563. Citharexylum 
perforatum Fors!. f. Prodr. (1786) 44. 
Kermaprc Istanps, NortH anp Soutu Is~anps, CHATHAM Istanps: Not un- 
common in lowland districts as far south as Otago, chiefly near the coast. Ngaio. 
October—January. 
The wood is said to be durable, and is sometimes used for cabinetwork ; and an 
infusion of the leaves has been used as a wash to prevent the bites of mosquitoes. 
Vile in PHr- . 
'L9\l9s7 Family XCVII. PLANTAGINACEAE. 
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2 Perennial or annual usually stemless herbs. Leaves generally radical, 
tufted or spreading, simple, flat, nerved. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite 
or rarely unisexual, often dimorphic, generally in spikes terminating naked 
axillary scapes. Calyx inferior, persistent, deeply 4-partite, imbricate. 
Corolla gamopetalous, hypogynous, scarious; tube cylindric ; limb with 
4 spreading lobes with incurved margins. Stamens 4, rarely fewer, inserted 
on the tube of the corolla and alternate with its lobes; filaments usuaily 
long, capillary, exserted; anthers large, versatile. Ovary superior, 2—4- 
celled; style filiform, with two lines of stigmatic papillae; ovules few or 
many affixed to the septum, or solitary and basal in each cell. Fruit a 
i-4-celled capsule with transverse dehiscence. Seeds usually peltate; _ 
albumen fleshy; embryo cylindric, radicle inferior. 
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\ A small and very distinct family, widely spread over the globe, but most abundant 
in temperate regions. Genera 3; species variously estimated, from 100 to over 200. 
Y The properties of the family are unimportant, and the species are mostly of unattractive 
‘ appearance. | 
; 103, . . 
f Vag. Cat Ay BLANTAGO Linn. }729 | 
? niudl or o cveninies herbs. Leaves all radical and rosulate, or rarely 
(in species not found in New Zealand) cauline and opposite or alternate. 
Scapes from the axils of the Jeaves, bearing at the top a few- or many- 
flowered spike of small greenish flowers. Flowers hermaphrodite, oiten 
dimorphic. Calyx-segments subequal. Corolla scarious, persistent, 4-lobed. 
Stamens 4, inserted on the tube of the corolla at or above the middle. 
Ovary 2-celled or spuriously 3-4-celled; ovules 1 to many in each cell. 
f Capsule membranous, 2-celled or by abortion 1-celled, dehiscence circum- 
, - geissile. Seeds laterally attached. 
aT The genus includes the whole family except the monotypic genera Juttorella and 
Bougeria, and has a world-wide distribution. With the exception of P. Brownii, which 
extends to Australia, all the New Zealand species are endemic. Several species from 
F the Northern Hemisphere have become naturalized, the most abundant being P. major 
q Linn and P. lanceolata Linn. 
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* Scapes many-flowered. | 
Leaves 2-4 in., ovate or obovate. Spikes 2-6in. Capsule 2-seeded 1. P. aucklandica. 
Leaves 2—10in., lanceolate. Spikes 4-lin. Bracts and calyx- 
segments glabrous. Capsule 4-seeded. 2; - .. 2. P. Raoult. ‘ ‘ 
Leaves l—5 in., oblong-lanceolate. Spikes}-lin. Bracts and calyx- | = 
segments pilose and ciliate .. “pe : Det spathulata. P 
