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Flowers insiguilicaiit, ia short, simple, or dirided spikes, 1-2 inches loug, sinooth. Ferianth cyliudricnl, of six
pieces ; three outer very smaU ; inner erect, linear oblong, blunt. Stamem twelve, in two series, three of the outer
senes imperfect. Anthers two-celled. Fruit included in the berried perianth. (Name, the Greek one for Cuscuta,
which this genus closely resembles.)
1. Cassytha yMJiîCTifoeiiiï, Br. ; glabra, apicibus ramulorum puberulis sericeisve, spicis simplicibus clivi-
sisve, floribus cylindraceis distantibus glabris. Br. Proclr. p . 404.
H a b . Northern extremity of the Northern Island, Dieffenbach, Colenso.
N a t. Ord. LXXIII. MONIMIACEÆ, Juss.
Gen. I. LAURELIA, Juss.
K o ra nnisexuales. Perianthium h-li-fiàvLm; laciniis multiseriatis. E l. rf. Stamina 7-14, biglandulosa;
antheræ 2-loculares, 2-valves. E l. ¥ . Squamulæ disco perianthii numerosæ, Pistilla plurima,
villosa. Achenia longe plumosa, perianthio aucto urceolari 4-valvi v. lateraliter rupto inclusa ; stylis plumosis,
breviter exsertis. Semen, erectum, albuminosum ; embryone basilari.
A smah genus of aromatic trees, of which the New Zealand and a South Chihan species are the only ones
known. Branchlets aud petioles downy. Leaves coriaceous, opposite, petiolate. ovate or oblong, blunt, quite
glabrous, obtusely serrate. l i - 2 i inches long. Flowers dioecious, in axillaiy racemes, silky. 3 lines across. Ferianth
five-parted. Stamem eight to ten ; filaments with two glands ; anthers two-cehed. two-valved. Female perianth
covered with scales m place of stamens, and having in the centre many hahy ovaria. Fruit composed of the hiiear-
urceolate, altered, coriaceous perianth, nearly an inch long, containing many achenia, with long styles and simple
stigmas, wholly clothed with long silky hairs. (Name from the resemblance to a Laurel.)
1. LanreHa Novæ-Zelandiæ, Cunn.; ramulis petiolisque puberulis, foliis oblongis obtusis grosse obtuse
serratis, racemis floribusque sericeis, perianthio 5-partito. A. Cunn. Prodr. T a b . LI.
H a b . Northern Island and northern parts of Middle Island, Cunningham, etc. Nelson, Bidwill.
Nat. name, “ Pukatea,” Col.
Mr. Bidwill says this is one of the largest New Zealand trees, 150 feet higb and 3-7 in diameter, besides
having buttresses 15 feet thick at the base. Bark white; wood soft, yellowish, much used for boat-buildiug.
Ramification resembling a pine, or the alhed genus Atherosperma of Austraha. Cunningham describes the plant ^
aromatic ; Mr. Bidwih says it is not so. I have always found the fruit very odoriferous, even when dry. P late
LI. Eig. ], male flower; 2, stamen ; 3. female flower ; 4, ovarla; 5, fruit ; 6, carpel; 7, vertical section of carpel :
—all but fig. 0 magnified.
Gen. II . HEDYCAEYÁ, Forst.
Flores à\o\d. Peiianthiurn rotatum, 5-IO-fidum. El. U. Stamina plurima; antheræ fundo peri-
anthii sessiles. E l, ¥ . Osaría plurima, 1 -locularia; stigmate sessili, obtuso; ovulo 1, péndulo. Dnpæ
paucæ, stipitatæ, perianthio immutato sessiles.
A remarkable genus, of a few East Australian and New Zealand plants; only one is found in the latter country,
which forms a large evergreen bush, or sometimes a tree, 20-30 feet high. Branches pubescent. Leaves opposite!
petiolate, glabrous or shghtly pubescent, linear-oblong, blunt, entire or toothed distantly. Flowers dicecious, in
axillary, pubescent, few-flowered panicles, which are shorter than the leaves. Ferianth pubescent, a inch across,
rotate, five- or ten-lobed, persistent. Male flower with very many sessfle oblong anthers, hairy at the tip. Female
flowers of eight to ten one-celled ovaries, with a sessfle stigma and sohtaiy pendulous ovule. Fruil of about four
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red, oblong, obtuse, pedunculate drupes i inch long. Endocarp coriaceous. Seed pendulous, albuminous. Embryo
half the length of the albumen; cotyledons diverging; radicle pointing to the hilum. (Name from ÿSuç, sweet, and
Kapva, a nut.)
I. liedycarya dentata, Eorst.; ramulis pubescentibus, foliis lineari-oblongis obovatisve remote dentatis
V. integerrimis, paniculis axillaribus paucifloris pubescentibus. Forst. Frodr. A. Rich. Flora. A. Cunn.
Prodr. Raoul, Choix de Flantes, p. 30. t. 30 [excl. syn. Forst.). II. scabra, A. Cunn. Frodr. Xantho-
xylon Novæ-Zelandiæ, A. Rich. Flora.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islands ; found as far south as Akaroa, Banks and Solander, Forster, etc.
(Cultivated in England.)
N a t . O r d . LXXIV. PROTEACEÆ, Juss.
Gen. I. KNIGHTIA, Br.
Perianthium 4-phyllum. Stamina ultra medium corollæ inserta. Glandules hypogynæ 4. Ovarium
sessile, 4-spermum. Stigma verticale. Folliculus coriaceus, 1-locularis. Semina apice alata.
A very large tree, nearly 100 feet high, erect, and very narrow for its height, hence conspicuous : the wood
(Rewa-Eewa) is much prized for its colour (mottled red and brown), and for splitting into shingles. Branches very-
stout, woody, pubescent. Leaves 4-8 inches long, very hard, linear-obloug, blunt, coarsely and bluntly toothed.
Racemes nearly as long as the leaves, densely covered with red-brown velvety down, as are the pedicels, flowers, and
ovaria. Flowers in pairs, 1 inch long, slender. Ferianth jointed on to the peduncles, of five linear valvate pieces.
Stamens with very long anthers, aud short filaments, attached to the pieces of the perianth. Style long, slender,
thickened towards the end. Fruit a woody, downy capsule, 1 inch long, with a long style, and four seeds winged
at the apex. (Named in honour of T. A. Knight, an eminent author on vegetable physiology.)
I. Knightia excelsa,'E'z.; foliis crassis coriaceisque lineari-oblongis obtusis obtuse dentatis, racemis
axillaribus dense ferrugineo-tomentosis, bracteis parvis deciduis. Br. in Linn. Soc. Trans, v. 10. yj. 194. t. 2.
A. Cunn. Frodr.
I I a b . Northern Island; common in woods. Nat. name “ Rewa Rewa." (Cultivated in England.)
Gen. II . PERSOONIA, Sm.
Perianthium 4-phyllum, foliolis medio staminifcris, regulare, deciduum. Glandulæ hypogynæ 4.
Ovarium pedicellatum, 1-loculare, 1-2-spermum. Stigma obtusum. Brupa baccata; putamine 1-2-
loculari.
A very large Australian and Tasmanian genus, of which only one species is found in New Zealand, P. Toro,
a small evergreen tree, perfectly glabrous. Leaves narrow Unear or linear-lanceolate, 4-8 inches long, coriaceous,
acummate, narrowed into the petiole, shining. Flowers one-bracteate, on short, erect, axillary, pubescent, six- to ten-
flowered racemes an inch long. Perianth of four pubescent laciniæ, bearing the stamens about the middle. Ovary
glabrous, sessile, with a short style and bhmt stigma. Fruit an oblong two-celled drupe. (Named in honour of
Br. B. 6. II. Persoon, a native of the Cape Colony, and an eminent Botanist.)
1. Persoonia Toro, A. Cunn.; glaberrima, fruticosa v. arbuscula, foliis anguste lineari-lanceolatis
acuminatis nitidis coriaceis paucinerviis, racemis axillaribus strictis pubescentibus 6- 10-iloris, floribus
pubescentibus. A. Cunn. Frodr.
H a b . Northern Island. Woods, from x^uckland northward. Banks and Solander, etc, Nat. name,
“ Toro," Col.