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2. Drosera Hook.; scapo unifloro, rliizomate elongato, foliis anguste lineari-spathulatis iu
petiolum latum glabrum angustatis, scapo foliis ®quilongo, flore magno, sepabs petalisque ®quilongis lineari-
oblongis obtusis, capsula 3-4-valvi, stigmatibus 3 -4 brevibus apice capitatis. Hook. Jotim. Bot. v. 1.
p. 247. Ic. PL t. 56. Planchón, I. c. p- 189.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islauds; Ruahine Mountains, in snow-water pools, Colenso. Port Preservation,
Lyall.
Very variable in size, and apparently identical with a plant only known to inhabit tbe loftiest mountains oí'
Tasmania. The rhizoma of Dr. Lyall’s New Zealand specimens is 4-8 inches long, of Mr. Colenso’s much shorter.
Leaves narrow, linear, blunt, scarcely spathulate, sparingly glandular, with broad smooth petioles. Scapes stout,
one-flowered, about as long as the leaves. Flowers large, the petals and sepals usually about the same length, the
former rather broadest and sometimes the longest. Styles three to four, short, with round glandular stigmata.
3. Drosera spathulata, Lab.; acaubs, scapigera, multiflora, foliis steUatim rosulatis spathulatis superne
marginibusque glanduloso-pilosis, scapis 1-3 erectis simpbcibus v. rarius bifidis 8-15-floris, floribus
secuudis breve pedicellatis, sepabs bneari-oblongis obtusis basi unitis, petabs spathulatis calyce duplo
lougioribus, stylis 3 2-partitis. Lahillard. FL Nov. IIoll. t. 106. f . 1, BC. Prodr. v. 1. p . 318. Planchón,
1. c. D. propmqua, A. Cunn. Prodr.
Var. ^ .p u s illa ; scapis 1-3-floris, sepalis latioribus.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islands; common from tbe Bay of Islands as far south as Port Preservation,
Cunningham, Lyall, etc. Fl. January. Lake Taupo and foot of Tongariro, Colenso.
A well-known New Holland and Tasmanian plant; also found (according to Planchón) in tbe Philippine
Islands. It may be recognized by its numerous broadly spathulate leaves, 4 - f inch long, spreading out like rays,
and by the long, slender, erect scapes, bearing a secund raceme of small flowers.
4. Drosera hinata, Lab.; acaubs, scapo multifloro, foliis longe petiolatis bipartitis, laciniis anguste
bneari-ligulatis integris bifidisve glanduloso-lbrsutis, scapis fobo longioribus, floribus magnis subcymosis,
sepalis ovatis glaberrimis v. cUiatis oblongis obtusis, petabs obcordatis calyce 2-4-plo majoribus, stylis
3 penicibatis. Lab. FL Nov. Holl. t. 105. DC. P ro é \ v. 1. p . 318. D. dicbotoma. Banks et Sol. MSS.
D. pedata, Persoon. D. intermedia, A. Cunn. Prodr. D. Cunningbamii, Walpers, Repert.
H a b . Eastern coasts of the Northern and Middle Islands, Banks and Solander, etc. Abundant in
moist clay lands, etc., as far south as Ruapuke Island, LyaU.
One of tbe most beautiful and curious-looking New Zealand plants, which there can be no difficulty in iden-
tifring, fi-om its long leaves (4-8 inches), divided to the base into simple or bifid strap-shaped lobes, covered with
long glandular hairs. Scapes often twice as long as the leaves, bearing cymes of flowers 4—4 inch broad. Petals
white aud very delicate, but variable in size, as is the calyx, which is quite smooth and entire, or fringed at the edge.
It is probably not a native of the mountainous western coasts of New Zealand; but is found abundantly elsewhere
in Tasmania, also in New Holland from Sydney southward.
5. BvQSQYdi pygniixa, DC.; pusilla, acaubs, scapo unifloro, fobis congestis rosulatis breve petiolatis
orbiculatis concavis subpeltatis marginibus dense glanduloso-cibatis, scapis gracilibus basi stipubs foborum
scariosis suffultis, sepalis 4 oblongis obtusis glaberrimis, petalis calyce longioribus albis, stybs 4 filiformibus
subclavatis ovario globoso longioribus, seminibus paucis magnis. BC. Prodr. v. 1. p. 317. Planchón,
1. c .p. 289.
Ha b . Noi-tbern Island ; marshes at Cape Maria Van Diemen, Colenso.
The above description is made up from that of M. Planchón and from Mr. Gunn’s Tasmanian specimens, the
New Zealand ones not being in flower. The smallest species of the genus, conspicuous for the silvery white scarious
stipules forming a little brush round the base of the peduncle. Leaves numerous, forming a dense circular mass.
Petioles 2 lines long; lamina orbicular, 1 bne across. Scapes filiform, an inch long. Flowers sobtary, very small.—
Van Diemen’s Land and the southern coast of New HoUand are the only other known habitats of this plant.
6. Drosera auriculata, Back.; bulbosa, caule erecto elongato glaberrimo simplici v. diviso, foliis radicabbus
paucis stebatis, caulinis alternis gracile petiolatis lunatis longe cibato-glandubferis axiUaribus
geminis, raccmo simplici laxo 6- 8-floro, floribus pedicellatis, sepalis integris v. subciliatis oblongis
obtusis, petalis sepalis 3-plo majoribus obovato-obcordatis, stylis 3 infra medium penicibatis, seminibus
scobiforraibus. Backhouse, MSS. in Eb. Hook. Planch. I. c. p . 295. D. petiolaris, Sieb. in part, non
Brown. D. peltata. Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islands, especially on tbe east coast; not uncommon. Banks and Solander,
etc. El. December.
A slender, erect plant, with smooth wiry stem, 1 foot to 18 inches high, and a bulbous root deep in the ground.
Radical leaves few, spreading all round; caubne distant, alternate; all on slender petioles, 4 inch long, peltate, halfmoon
shaped, the margins fringed with long glandular hairs. Racemes 2-4 inches long, 6- 8-flowered. Flowers
distant, on stout peduncles 3 bnes long, white or lilac, 4-4 inch across.—This pretty plant is a native of New
HoUand, from Sydney to Bass’s Straits, and of Tasmania. It is very nearly allied to the B. peltata, Sm., of the
same countries.
N a t . Ord. VI. PITTOSPOHEyE, Br.
Gen. I. PITTOSPORUM, Banks.
Flores hermaphroditi v. polygamo-dioici. Sépala 5, rarius nulla? Petala 5, unguibus in tubum
conniventibus, lamina plerumque recurva. Stamina 5, petalis alterna. Cvarium sessUe, incomplete 2-5-lo-
culare; stylo filiformi; stigmate capitato, lobato. Capsula subglobosa, compressa, 2-5-locularis, valvis
2-5 medio seminiferis. Semina plurima, viscida, smpe in globum compacta, angulata. Bmbryo minimus,
basi albuminis duri ortbotropus.
Evergreen shrubs or trees, with entire leaves, chiefly abundant in Australia and New Zealand, forming in the
latter country a larger proportion of the flora than in any other; found sparingly in India and its Archipelago.
Flowers solitary and axillary, or in irregular corymbs. Sepals and petals 5, the latter almost united into a tube
below, their apices recurved. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals. Cvary 2-5-ceUed, with a straight style and capitate
stigma. Capsules coriaceous or woody, with several seeds in each ceU, attached to the centre of the valves, and
usually coUected into a mass by a viscid exudation.—The New Zealand species are aU peculiar to those islands.
(Name from -nirra, pitch, and criropos, a seed; in aUusion to the gummy secretion about tbe seeds.)
* Flowers solitary, rarely two together, axillary or terminal.
1. Pittosporum tenuifolium. Banks et Sol.; arboreum, ramulis ultimis ciñereis, fobis (1 -2 unc. lougis)
obovato-oblongis ellipticisve breve petiolatis subacutis obtusisve undulatis superne nitidis subtus pallidis
reticulatim vmosis, bracteis membranaceo-chartaceis cibatis deciduis, floribus axibaribus solitariis, pedúnculo
peholo longiore, sepabs oblongis subacutis glaberrimis cinereisve marginibus cibatis, petalis bueari-spa-
tbulatis obtusis, capsubs late obovato-pyriformibus cano-vibosis demum glabratis compressis v. trigonis
2-3-valvis, seminibus atris 1* bn. longis. DC. Pn d r. v. 1. jd. 347. Gartn. v. 1. p . 286. t. 59. A. Cwnn.
Prodr. Trichilia monophylla, A. Eich. Flora, t. 34 bis.
Ha b . Northern Island and Middle Islands; common as far south as Akaroa, Banks and Solander, etc.
Nat. names, “ Mapauriki,” Gann.; “ Kohuhu,” Col.; “ Karo” of Middle Island, Lyall.