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PLOKA OP NEW ZEALAND. [JVaiadacetp.
1. Triglochin triandrum, Mich.; foliis filiformibus scapum mquantibus longioribusve vaginis fissis
m r a S o T b '“ r * ® 2-8 sterilibus alternantibus dissepi-’
menUoraibus stigmatibus brevibus recurvis. T. decipiens, Ar. T. fiHfolium, Hook Ic P I t 679
T. Montevidense, Spreng. Sgst. Peg. T. tricapsulare, Banks et Sol. MSS.et Ic.
Hab. Throughout the Islauds, in marshy places, often near tbe sea, common. Banks and Solander etc
d r J T r J Y f “> “ filiform, grassy semiterete,
all radical, as long or longer than the scape. Baomes of very minute, green, pedicellate floLrs Fruit
-A ta n d ? é ““ b^-l'eeled carpels, alternating with as many or fewer abortive ones. Stigma short, recurved
Abundant m Anstraha and Tasmania, the Cape of Good Hope, and extrn-tropieal North and Sonth America.
Gen. I I . POTAMOGETON, I .
i4-partitum. Stamina at ovaria i . 4, evalves, I -spermio; embryone cnvnnto
parts of th“e r t T " t r " ’ “f - b - b scattered over various
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Hab. Northern and Middle Islands, A. Cunn,, etc. (A native of England.)
and water-plants, also found in India, Australia Tasmania
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,ntem*d-^“‘r f t “ ‘ “ f<>bis linearibus apice rotundatis truncatis v. emarginatis viridibus
spica oblonga.” ®“ briato-laceris, pedunculis erectis,
H ab. Middle Island. Akaroa, Raoul.
I never saw tMs plant, which seems, according to M. Eaonl’s description and beautiful plate, to be the common
Gun I L r - J T i n t b - e e o — :
monté. " “ ^“ b-nons sheathing tubular stipGes, with a fimbriated
4 ; antheris 1 -locularibus,
Gen. I I I . EUPPIA, I .
Flores hermapboditi, pauci, spicati. Perianthium 0.
indivisum. Achenia 4, pedicellata, l-sperma
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1. Euppia manitma, L. Eng. Bot. t. 136.
Hab. Northern Island, frequent. SimUir, etc. (A native of England.)
ELOEA OF NEW ZEALAND. 237
Gen. IT . ZANNICHELLIA,
Flores monoici. E l. $ . Perianthium 0. Stamen 1 ; anthera 2-4-locnlaris. E l. $ .
I-foliolatum. Ovaria 4 v. plura. Stigmata peltata. Achenia stipitata (rarius sessilia).
Ploating or submerged plants, forming tangled masses in fresh water, with long, thread-like, branching stems
and leaves, aud minute axillary flowers, which are unisexual, and arise from a membranous bract. Malejhmer a
long filament, on a short peduncle, with an anther at the summit. Female sessile or shortly pedunculate, surrounded
with a membranous hooded bract, Achenia linear, curved, stipitate, with long styles and discoid stigmata. The
Z. palustris is found in most temperate climates, Australia, etc, (Named in honour of J. / . Zanniclielli, a Venetian
apothecary and botanist.)
1. Zanmchellia*a&«(ris, L. Fngl. B o t.t. 1844.
Hab. Northern Island. East Cape, Colenso. (A native of England.)
N a t . O r d . LXXXIV. PANDANElE, Br.
Gen. I. FEETCINETIA,
Flores pseudo-polygami ; spadice simplici. F l. S . Stamina plurima, circa discum oblongum fasciculata;
filamentis filiformibus; antheris 2-looularibus. F l. ¥ . Ovaria plurima, in phalanges connata, staminibus
effoetis stipata, 1-locularia. Omla plurima, placentis 3 parietalibus funiculis brevibus affixa, ascendeu-
tia, anatropa. Baceoe camosnlæ, e carpellis connatis multiloculares, polyspermæ.
A very remarkable genus of chiefly Tropical Asiatic, Malayan, and Polynesian climbing plants, with sheathing,
long, rather grassy leaves, usually spinous or serrate along the edge, and terminal, solitary, or fasciculate simple
spadices of unisexual flowers. The F. Banksii climbs the loftiest trees, rooting as it ascends, and branching copiously.
Leaves 2-3 feet long. Unear-subulate, minutely toothed Gong the edges, with a long trigonous tip.
Spadices fascicled, suiTounded by fleshy white bracteæ formed of reduced leaves, peduncGate, male and female on
separate branches, erect, cylindrical, 3-4 inches long. Males of numerous bundles of stamens surrounding a raised
gland (or abortive ovary). Female of many bundles of concrete ovGes, surrounded by abortive stamens. Fruit a
mass of rather fleshy truncate berries, formed of tbe connate ovarla.—The bracteæ and young spadices of this plant
are eaten by the natives, and made into a jelly by the colonists, tasting like preserved strawberries. Leaves used
for making baskets, etc. (Named iu honour of the French Admhal Fregcinet, who circumnavigated the globe in the
frigate L’Uranie.)
1. Freycinetia Banksii, Cuim.; alte scandens, foliis 2-pedalibus anguste lineari-subulatis serrulatis,
bracteis carnosis, spadicibus cylindraceis obtusis. A. Cunn. Prodr. Pandanus inclinans. Banks et Sol. MSS.
et le. Tab. L IT . et LV. '
Hab. Northern Island, as far south as the Thames and east coast, Banks and Solander, etc. Nat.
name, “ Tawhara,” Col.
P l a t e LIV. and LV. Eig. 1, male spadix; 2 , flowers; 3 , stamen; 4 , ovarium; 5 , its imperfect stamen;
6, ripe female spadix; 7, ripe fruit detached; 8, vertical section of the same; 9, 10, seeds; 11, verticG section
of ditto -.—all but fg . 1 and 6 magnified.