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1. Salsola australis, Br. ; fruticosa, glaberrima, divaiicatim ramosa, foliis parvis subulatis pungentibus,
bracteis penantbio fructífero longioribus, alis periautliii fractiferi amplis inmqualibns obovatis obtusis margine
sinuato. Br. Prodr. Moq.-Tand. I. c. An var. S. Kali? Moq.-Tand.
H a b . Northern Island. Port Nicholson Harbour (introduced?), Colenso.
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Gen. V. SAIICOENIA, L.
1 turbinatum, carnosum, caule articulato conditum, obscure lobatum.
perianthii insertum. Stylus 2-S-fldus. Utriculus perianthio aucto inclusus.
A remarkable and very natural genus of salt-marsh leafless plants, found in all parts of the world, with creeping
woody stems, and erect, herbaceous, cylindrical, simple or branched, fleshy, jointed branches. The only New Zealand
species is also Austrahan and Tasmanian. Mr. Brown identifies it with a veiy widely-diffused plant of both
tropical and temperate shores. M. Moquin-Tandon (DC. Prodr. vol. xiii.) breaks up this species into genera, founded
on the position of the seed aud its embryo. My specimens not being in fruit, I am at a loss where to place it in his
oomplicated system, and have therefore followed Mr. Brown’s ieAAao.—Branches a few inches high, their joints
i inch long. Mowers minute, whorled, crowded at the tops of the joints, which become shorter upwards, whence
the branches appear Hke fleshy spikes. Perianth fleshy, obHque, sunk a Httle into the tops of the joints. Stamens
one or two. Oeary oblique, witb one or two styles. (Name from sal, salt, aud cornu, a horn.)
1. Salicornia Indica, Willd. ; caule suffruticoso, ramis ascendentibus, articulis junioribus clavatis
senioribus cyhndraceis retusis, spicis cylindraceis terminahbus, floribus plurimis subverticillatis v. paucis
1-2-andris. Br. Prodr. A. Cunn. Prodr. S. australis. Banks et Sol. MSS. el Ic.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islands. Salt marshes and rooky places. Banks and Solander, etc.
N a t . O e d . LXXII. LAURINEÆ, Juss.
Gen. I. TETEANTHEBA, Jacq.
Flores dioici. Involucrum 4-5-phyllum, deciduum. Perianthium 0 v. 4.-6-partitum. E l. rf.
Stamma -, filamenta interiora v. omnia basi glandulis aucta. 4-loculares. rudimentum.
E l. ? . Glanduhe staminaque sterilia. Stigma dilatatum, sublobatum. Bacca nuda.
Large trees, chiefly abundant in the Tropics of the Old World, often yielding valuable products, as timber, oils,
etc. ; several are Australian. The only New Zealand species forms a very leafy, evergreen, nmbrageons, small tree •
everywhere quite glabrous. Leaves petiolate. ovate, blunt, quite entire. 3-4 inches long, sometimes glaueoué
below. Flowers numerous, dicecious, in umbels surrounded with four or five concave deciduous bracts. Perianth
of five to eight Hnear pieces. Stamens numerous, on long filaments. Anthers dilated, four-celled, opening in front
by four valves. Thefenmle Jlowers have rudimentary stamina, and an ovarium with an erect style and dilated
stigma. ^ Beny ovoid, } inch long, placed on the thickened end of the peduncle. (Name from r.rpa, four, and
au&j]pa; in alJusion to the four-celled anthers.)
1. Tetranthera calteans. Hook, f ll; arborea, glaberrima, foliis ovatis obtusis integerrimis subtus
glaucis concoloribusve, pedunculis petiolo brevioribus, involucris 4-5-foliolatis concavis, floribus 4-5 æqui-
longis, pedicellis sericeis, perianthii foliolis 5-8 oblongis, staminibus 12, filamentis omnibus 2-glandulosis,
antheris introrsis. Laurus calicaris. Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. A. Cunn. Prodr.
Ha b . Northern Island. From the Bay of Islauds to the east coast. Banks and Solander, etc. Nat.
uame, “ Tangao.”
Gen. n . NESODAPHNE, Eook.fiL
hermapliroditi. 6-partitum, subæquale, deciduum. Stamina 1%, 2-^QÚaia; antheris
2-locularibus; 6 exteriora fertilia, iritrorsa, eglandulosa; 3 interiora fertilia, extrorsa, basi extus 2-glan-
dulosa, cum 3 sterilibus eglandulosis alternantia. Ovarium 1-loculare; stigmate simplici. Fructus baccatus,
nudus.—Arbores sempervirentes e tribu Persearum.
Very large trees, with evergreen leaves and small greenish flowers in axillary and terminal panicles. Flowers
uot bracteate or involúcrate, hermaphrodite. Perianth six-cleft. Stamens nine fertile, with two-celled anthers, of
which six form one row opposite the segments of the perianth, have no glands at the fllaments, and the anthers
of which bnrst inwards; three others form a second row, alternating with three sterile stamens, their anthers open
outwards, and there are two glands opposite the bases of their filaments. Ovary one-celled, with a short style and
simple stigma. Beiry ovoid, purple, placed on the top of the swollen peduncle. (Name from j/t^ctoç, an island, and
8a<f>xi7}, a laurel)
1. Nesodapbne Tarairi, Hook, fil.; arborea, ramulis ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis obovato-oblongis
obtusis supra glabendmis subtus glaucescentibus pubescentibus costa nervisque tomentosis, paniculis dense
tomentosis patentibus multifloris. Laurus Tarairi, A. Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . Nortliern Island, Banks and Solander, etc. Nat. name, “ Taraire,” Cunn. (Cultivated in
England.)
A large tree, 50-80 feet high, the wood of which, according to Cunningham, is white, aud splits freely, but is
not much used. Branches, panicle of flowers, petiole, costa and veius of the leaf below densely covered with red
or brown rusty down. Leaves coriaceous, 3-6 inches long, obovate-oblong, blunt, quite glabrous and shining above,
pubescent, with prominent veins, and glaucous below. Panicles 1-2 inches across, branched. Flowers 2 lines long.
Berries Ig inch long, ovoid, purple, much eaten by birds, and, when boiled, by man ; the kernel is said to be
poisonous.
2. Nesodapbne Tavja, Hook, fil.; foliis (junioribus sericeis) anguste linearibus lanceolatis elliptico-
oblongisve utrinque reticulatim venosis subtus glaucis puberulis, paniculæ ramis elongatis, floribus parvis
glaberrimis. Laurus Tawa, A. Cunn. Prodr. L. salicifolia. Banks ei Sol. 3FSS.
H a b . Northern Island, Banks and Solander, etc. Nat. name, “ Tawa," Cunn. (Cultivated in
England.)
A large tree, 60-70 feet high. Young branches pubescent, with silky young leaves. Old leaves very variable
in size and breadth, 3-4 inches long, narrow, lanceolate or elliptical oblong, finely reticulated on both sides, very
glaucous below. Floweis small, in loosely branclied glabrous panicles, with long slender peduncles. Berries smaller
than ill N. Tarairi, also eaten.—Wood poor, very destructible, used for spears.
Gen. I I I . CASSYTHA, L.
Pcriantlmm 6-fidum ; tubo brevissimo ; laciniis 3 exterioribus nanis. Stamina 12, biseriata, interiorum
3 sterilia laciniis interioribus opposita, reliqua basi biglandulosa. Antheræ 2-loculares. Fructus perianthio
baccato tectus.—Herbæ v. fru ticu li volubiles, apltylli.
A very curious, not extensive, genus of generally tropical plants, of which a few species are found in Australia
and Tasmania, and one in New Zealand, apparently the 0. glabella of Australia, as far as can be decided without
fruit.—A leafless, twining, half-shrubby, glabrous plant, consisting of densely interwoven masses of string-like
stems. Like Cuscuta, this germinates in the ground, but afterwards becomes parasitic, feeding on the sap of the
plants it grows over by means of suckers attached to the siuface of the stem, that corrode the bark of the stock.
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