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parvis, calyce rarius baccato. Br. Prodr. in not. p . 559. A.
Andromeda rupestris, Porst. Prodr. A. Rich. Flora,p. 208. t. 27.
Var. f t parvifolia; foliis parvis late oblongis. Tab. XLII. B.
Hab. XTortbern Island. On the mountains, Bidwill, Colenso.
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Prodr. DC. Prodr. v. 7. p . 594.
Tab. XLII. A.
, ........., Middle Island, on tbe west coast.
Dusky Bay, Forster, Menzies. Milford Sound, Lyall. Var. /3. Nelson, ou mountains, Bidwill. Euahine
range, Colenso.
Like the G. antipoia, this is a very vaiaable species, some of the varieties resembling that plant very closely,
but always easily distinguished by the truly racemose inflorescence. In bud these racemes are seen to form little
scaly cones in the axils of the leaves or at the ends of the branches, being quite different in origin and nature from
the racemose ends of the branches of 0. antípoda. Stems shrubby, woody, stout, much branched, 6 inches to 2 feet
high; branchlets smooth or setose, stout. Leaves very thick and coriaceous, shining and reticulated on both surfaces,
bluntly semte, sharp-pointed, very variable in size, from i inch in var. ß to I f inch in Menzies’ Dusky Bay specié
mens, no less so in shape, from broadly oblong and blunt to narrow elliptic or linear-lanccolate and acuminate.
Racemes simple, axillary, and terminal, or compound and paniculate, i - 4 inches loug; branches fastigiate or spreading,
usually smooth, pubescent in a specimen from Slouiit Egmont gathered by Dr. Dieffenbach. Peduncles curved,
bracteolate at the base. Flowers small. Calyx rarely baccate, but sometimes so, as in some of Dr. Lyall’s Milford
Sound specimens, and in part of the panicle of var. ß, from Mr. BidwUl, whUe the ripe capsules of the other part of
the panicle have persistent but not thickened calyces.—P late XLII. A. Fig. 1, ripe fruit and bracts ; 2, flower;
3, cafrx, glands, and ovarmm; 4, stamen -.—all magnifled. B. var. ß of the natural size.
4. Gaultheria Colensoi, Hook. fil.; fruticulus glaberrimus, foliis breve petiolatis ovato-rotundatis sub-
cordatisve obtusis crenatis concavis crassis, racemis elongatis multifloris. Au preeedentis var. ?
H ab. Northern Island. Plains at Taupo and base of Tongariro, Colenso.
Very closely allied to G. rupestris, aud perhaps only a variety of that plant, but the leaves are shorter, rounder,
especially at the base, where they are almost cordate. L inch long, veiy blunt, thick and coriaceous. Racemes 2-4
inches long, terminal, many-flowered, quite smooth. Calyx not thickened in my specimens. Flowers as in G.
rupestris.
5. Ga.\A&enss, fagifolia. Hook, f i l ; fruticosa, ramosa, glaberrima, ramulis setosis, foliis ovato- v.
oblongo-oordatis creberrime crenulatis v. obtuse serrulatis acutis, racemis terminalibus axillaribusque, calycibus
immutatis.
H ab. N'orthern Island. Motukino, east of Lake Taupo, Colenso.
This appears a very distinct species from any of the foregoing, of which however I have only two specimens,
one in flower and one in fruit; it forms a shrnb 4-5 feet high. Branches twiggy, setose, running out into racemes
at the apices, but also bearing axiUary racemes. Leaves petiolate, f inch long, ovate-cordate or oblong-cordate,
sharp, flat, minutely reticulated, margin finely crenulate. Lateral racemes ahaot as long as the leaves, quite smooth •
terminal elongated, many-flowered. The calyx does not enlarge in my fruiting specimen.—Considering how variable
the preceding species are, it is probable that as copious a suite of this as I have of those would prove this to be
equally so. The leaves are very similar in form to those of the following species, and resemble tliose of au evergreen
Beech, whence the specific, name.
b 0. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence as in § b.
6. Gaultheria oppositifolia, Hook. fil.; fruticosa, divaricatim ramosa, glaberrima v. rarius setosa
foliis oppositis sessilibus ovatis subacutis basi late cordatis crenulato-dentatis, racemis simplicibus axiUaribus
terminalibusque et paniculatim ramosis, ramis patentibus multifloris bracteolatis. T.ib. XLIII.
lax . Q ; ramulis foliisque subtus setosis.
H ab. Northern Island. In mountainous situations, Bieffenbaeh, Bidwill, Colenso.
A remarkably fine shrub, to be recognized at once by the large, sessile, cordate, opposite leaves. Branches
smooth, rarely setose, di-tri-chotomously forked. Leaves inch long, sessile, the lobes of their cordate bases
sometimes half-olasping the stem, blunt or sharp, concave, bluntly serrulate or crenate, sometimes doubly crenate ;
in var. ^ the backs of the leaves, as well as the branches, are covered with appressed brown setæ. Racetms axillary
and terminal, the former simple, as long as or longer than the leaves, the latter paniculate, with spreading branches.
Flowers numerous, small, like those of G. rupestris.—I have unmerous specimens of this flue plant, collected by various
travellers ; they are very constant in their characters, and none of them have berried fruit.—P late XLIII.
Fig. 1, raceme of fruit, natural size ; 2, flower ; 3, ovarium ; 4, stamen ; 5, ripe capsule ;—all i
N a t . O r d . L. EPACRIDEÆ, Br.
Gen. I. CYATHODES, Br.
Calyx multibracteatus. Corolla infundibuliformis v. urceolata, tubo calycem vix superante, intus
glaberrimo, imberbi; limbo patente, barba rara v. 0. Filamenta inclusa v. exserta. Ovarium 5-10-loculare;
looulis 1-spermis. Drupa baccata.
An Australian and Tasmanian genus, also sparingly found in the Pacific Islands, and as far south as Campbell’s
Island. Flowers solitary or few together, small, white or yellow, their pedicels covered with bracts, which are
gradually larger upwards, and appear to pass into the sepals. Corolla funnel-shaped or urceolate, the tube scarcely
longer than the calyx, five-lobed ; tube smooth, lobes also smooth or bearded. Filaments included or exserted.
Ovary five- to ten-celled ; cells with one ovule. Drupe with a bony five- to ten-celled nut. (Name from cuador, a
cup : in allusion to the cup-shaped disc surrouiiding the ovarmm.)
1. Cyathodes Br. ; fruticosa, erecta v. decumbens, foliis lineari-oblongis linearibusve patulis
acerosis acutis pungentibus glaberrimis ciliatisve subtus glaucis 5-10-nerviis nervis extimis pectinatim ramulosis,
floribus solitariis, calycis lobis bracteisque obtusis obscure ciliatis, corollis glaberrimis. Br. Prodr.
p. 539 in nota. A. Cunn. Prodr. DC. Prodr. Stjphelia acerosa. Banks et Sol. MSS. et le. Leucopogon
Forsteri, A. Plieli. Flora. Epacris juniperina, Forst. Prodr. Ardisia acerosa, Gartner.
Var. /3. latifolia ; ramis robustis, foliis latioribus ( f unc. longis 3 lin. latis) subtus multinerviis
acutis vix pungentibus, baccis magnis.
Var. 7 . parvifolia ; ramis gracilibus, foliis I unc. longis, baccis parvis.
H ab. Northern aud Middle Islands. Abundant on the skirts of woods, etc., Banks and Solander,
etc. Var. /3. Chatham Island, Dieffenbach. Var. 7 . Port Nicholson, Taupo Lake, etc., Colenso, etc.;
Middle Island, Lyall.
A very abundant, large, evergreen shrub or small tree, with blackish woody branches, densely covered with
little harsh, sharp, needle-like leaves, and bearing very smaU white Sowers and large globose red or white drupes.
Branches slightly pubescent. Leaves spreading, generally i inch long, veiy narrow linear, with pungent apices,
bro.ader, longer, and sliarpcr in var. ^ ; shorter but still pungent and needle-like in var. y ; margins often recurved
and ciliated, white underneath, with many parallel veins, the outer ones branching towards the margin of the
leaf beyond its middle. Flowers solitary, shortly pedicellate, minute. Bractea aud calyx lobes blunt, minutely
ciliated. Corolla scarcely larger than the calyx, quite smooth ; lobes spreading, sharp. Berry varying in
size from a pcppcr-coru to a large pea.—This is a very variable plant in foliage, and I suspect not distinct from the
followiim. There is a tendency in the leaf (very variable in amount) to become broader towards tbe tip, whence
the outer nerves branch to supjily the increased surface, which I do not observe in the following species ; this