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removed by a deeper division from the rest, the calycine segments are more membranous and foliaceous, and
tlie whole plant more or less hairy ; its berry is very similar to that of P. arenaria, being large and apparently
purple. Unless in specimens furnished with tolerably ripe fruit, it is difficult to recognise the genus Pratia, the
character of the corolla being common to other true LobeUaceoe, as is also th a t of the calyx, except th a t some
of the species possess additional small lobes at the base of one or more of the segments. The bracts on the
peduncles are also only occasionally present, and their situation is very variable.
Plate XXIX. Fig. 1, a youngflower on a branch, of the natural size ; fig. 2, the same removed ; fig. 3, au
anther aristate a t its summit ; fig. 4, young stigmata ; fig. 5, ripe berry ; fig. 6, transverse, and fig. 7, longitudinal
section of the same ; fig. 8, ripe seed ; fig. 9, the same cut open, showing the embryo ; fig. 10, embryo
removed :—all magnified.
XVIII. EPACRIDEÆ, Br.
'Bribe S T Y P H E L IE Æ , B r .
1. A N D R O S T OM A , DooA-.//.
Calyx 5-phyllus, basi bibracteolatus (pedunculis multi-bracteolatis). Corolla urceolata, limbo imberbi,
segmentis 5 acutis. Stamina fauce corollæ sinubus inserta, filamentis breviusculis aiitherisque omnino exsertis.
Discus hypogynus cyathiformis, profunde 5-lobus. Ovarium 2-4-loculare, loculis monospermis. Drwyj« baccata
putamine osseo.—Fruticulus ex Insulis Auckland et montibus No ve Zelandie, prostratus, ramosus, ramorum
apicibus ascendentibus. Folia ^arua, sparsa, linearia, patentia, integra, subtus striata. Flores jaarui, inconspicui.
1. A n d r o s t om a empetrifolia, H o o k . fil. (T a b . X X X .)
H a b . L o rd A u ck la n d ’s g ro u p ; in th e u p la n d reg io n s, ab u n d a n t.
Caules prostrati, graciles, filiformes, elongati, spithamæi ad bipedalem et ultra, diametro pennæ corvinæ, basi
nudiusculi, fusco-brunnei, cicatricosi, ramosi, ramis elongatis, apicibus ascendentibus foliosis. Folia parva,
H lin. longa, undique inserta, nullibi conferta, inferioribus sparsis, horizontaliter patentia, breviter petiolata,
linearia, subacuta, marginibus recurvis; supra convexa, medio canaliculata, fusco-viridia ; subtus glauca, striata,
pubescentia, demum glabra, rigida et coriacea ; júniora imbricata, erecta ; seniora caduca. Flores rari, sparsi,
axillares, valde inconspicui, solitarii v. bini, pedunculati. Pedunculus \ lin. longus, 1- rarius 2-florus, arcuatus,
villosus, multi-squamosus, squamis 10-12 parvis imbricatis ovatis obtusis pergamentaceis medio incrassatis,
marginibus subscariosis ciUatis, dorso sericeo-pubescentibus. Cc/yo: 5-phyllus, basi bibracteolatus, tubo corollæ
æquilongus, foliolis erectis late ovatis subacutis 3-5-nerviis ciliatis dorso pubescentibus ; bracteæ 2, oppositæ,
forma et textura inter folióla calycina et squamas pedunculi, sed manifeste calyci propriæ. Corolla tubuloso-
urceolata, minima, inconspicua, sub ^ lin. longa, ad medium 5-fida, segmentis suberectis ovato-lanceoJatis acutis
medio uninerviis nervisque duobus lateralibus inconspicuis, marginibus recurvis sub lente minutissime scabridis,
æstivatione imbricatis. Stamina 5, tota exserta, filamentis lineari-subulatis fauce ipsa intra sinus corollæ insertis,
erectis, segmento ^brevioribus superne curvatis, antheris apice filamenti pendulis late oblongis. Discus hypogynus
carnosulus, cyathiformis, protende quinquelobus, lobis rotundatis integris. Ovarium ovatum, sessile,
basi disco hypogyno ciiictum, gradatim in stylo valido attenuatum, 2-4-loculare, loculis uniovulatis, ovulo
funiculo brevi ángulo superiore interno loculi péndulo, elongato. Drupa immatura, carnosa, late ovata, 1 lin.
lata, corolla ventricosa calyceque persistente suffulta et semi-immersa stylo acuminata; putamine indurato
2-4-loc alari.
As this plant has been found by Mr. Bidwill on Tongariro, it is probably not uncommon in the alpine
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regions of New Zealand, especially as it is particularly abundant in Lord Auckland’s group, where rt creeps
over the ground and forma low wiry bushes, resembling the Crow-berry (Empeirum nigrum); the flowers are very
inconspicuous, smaller than those of any other plant of the Nat. Ord. with which I am acquainted. The ripe
fruit I have never seen ; Mr. Bidwill describes the plant as hearing a white berry. The name, from iy/ip (stamen)
and arbpa (os, oris), is adopted in allusion to the position of the stamens, wherein the chief distinction Hes
between this genus and Lissanthe, Br.
P la tk XXX. Fig. 1. flower and peduncle; f i g .‘2,0. scale from the peduncle; fig. Z .o calycine leaflet; fig. 4,
corolla ; fig. b, the same expanded ; f.g. 6, the same cut open, showing the insertion and position of the stamens ;
fig. 7, front, and fig. 8, back view of a stamen; / p . 9, ovarium ; fig. Vi, unripe berry ; fig. \ \ , transverse section
of d o .; fig. 12, unripe seed :—all magnified.
Tribe E P A C R E Æ , B r .
2. D R A C O P H Y L L U M , Lab.
Calyx 5-phyllus, basi bracteatus, bracteis persistentibus vel caducis. Corolla tnbuloso-infunclibuliformis,
limbo 5-partito, lobis patentibus v. suberectis æstivatione imbricatis, apicibus infiexis cucullatisve imberbibus,
tubo tereti subventricoso vel campanulato, fauce plus minusve contracta. Stamina 5 inclusa, corollæ adnata.
V, rarius hypogyna. Squama; hypogynæ 5. Capsula 5-looularis, loculicide 5-vaIvis, placentis ab apice columnæ
centralis pendulis solutis. Semina péndula, angulata. testa reticulata.—Frútices vel arbores Australasicoe et Novæ
Zelandia;, unico Nova; Caledonia;, paucis ex insulis Antarcticis pervenientibus ; ramis denudatis annulatis cicatricosis.
Folia imbricata, basi vaginantia, gramínea v. subulata. Flores racemosi, seu spicati, pedunculis lateralibus termi-
nalibusve. Bracteæ a lobis calycinis plerumque vix ¿isiinpncndoe.— Character e Caudollei Prodromo ad species
omnes mihi cognitas includendas mutuatus.
1. D r a c o p h y l l u m to n g ifo lium jB r. ; arb o reum , ram is a tris ex u stis, ram u lis c a s ta n e is , foliis ad
apices ram u lo rum co nfertis e b a s i la ta v ag in an te ab ru p te a n g u s tio rib u s longissime lin e a ri-su b u la tis
s tric tis ra riu s (p lan tis ju n io rib u s ) recu rv is concavis s tria tis p u b e s c en tib u s vel g lab ris, flo rib u s sp i-
catis, spicis solitariis ra riu s binis ag g reg a tisv e la te ra lib u s 7 -9 -flo ris, pedicellis a rticu la tis , bracteis
deciduis, corollæ tu b o camp an u la to calycem su p e ran te , limb i segmen tis la te ovatis ob tu sis. (T a b .
X X X I . & X X X I I .)— UroìCTi, P ro d r . p. 556 (in n o ta ). A . R ich . Fl. N o v. Z c l. p. 219. A . Cunn.
P ro d r . Flor. Nov. Z e l. in An n . N a t. H is t. vol. ii. p. 48. DeC. P ro d r . voi. vii. p . 770. E p a c ris lo n gifolia,
Forst. P ro d r . n. 68. Char. Gen. t. 10. n . 1. e/ M S S . in Mus. P a r . a Cl. A . R ich a rd , I. supra
cit. evulgata.
H a b . L o rd A u ck lan d ’s g ro u p an d Cam p b ell’s Is la n d ; in woods n ea r tb e sea, a b u n d a n t, never
a sc en d in g more th a n 400 feet on th e hills.
Caulis seu truncus arboreus, ascendons, 15-25 ped. altitudine, diametro H pedalis, et paulo ultra prope
basin, ramosus, cortice fusco atro quasi usto sulcis longitudinalibus confluentibus exarato obtectus, ligno albido
molli, laminibus inconspicuis, radiis meduliaribus paucis latiusculis ; ramis brachiatis erecto-patentibus ; ramulis
teretibus crassitie pennæ corvinæ longe denudatis et cicatricibus liorizontalibus annulatis, cortice castaneo nitido,
apicibus solummodo foliosis. Folia fasclculata, pleraque stricta, erecta, e basi vaginante longissime lineari-subu-
luta, supra ]nibcscentia, v. subsericea, concava, subtus v. dorso glaberrima, convexa, subcarinata, margine integerrima
sub lente per totum longitudinein ciliata, sensim acuminata apicibus pungentibus, coriacea, striata, læte
viridia. 8 unc. ad pcdalcm longa, 3-4 lin. lata ; plantis junioribus planiorn, glabra, patentia, v. reflexa, gramínea ;
vagina oblonga, basi amplexicaulis, striata, lamina duplo latior, unc. longa, margine scariosa, superne