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latis lineari-ligulatìs curvatis subcuneatisve obtusis integerrimis subcoriaceis opaois, floribus parvis herma-
pluoditis axiUaribus soUtariis, peduncubs fobo brevioribus, calyce bemispbicrico, petalis oblongis buearibusve
obtusis concavis, tubo stamineo elongato apice truncato, antheris subsessUibus 8-10, capsula cano-tomeu-
tosa gibbosa rima longitudinab deliiscente et irregulariter transverse rupta. Forst. Prodr. BC. Prodr.
A. Bich. Fl. Nov. Zeal. A. C m . Prodr. Hook. Bot. Mag. t . i Z l l .
Hab. Northern and Middle Islands ; common in salt marshes near the sea, Forster, etc. (Cultivated
in England.)
A slender twiggy shrub, 3-6 feet high, with spreading branches, differing much in habit, but not in botanical
characters, from P. betulinus. Leaves in fascicles, ^ inch long, narrow. Unear. blunt, quite entire and smooth.
Flowers very smaU, yeUowish-white, on short peduncles, soUtary. axiUary. Calyx smooth, hemispherical. Petals
oblong or linear-concave, Slaminal tuie long, bearing six to eight sessile anthers at the top. Capsule larger thau
in PAetulmus, obliquely turgid, wliite with appressed wool; splitting down one side, and also bursting irregularly
and transversely. Seeds soUtary. about Hie size of a tare.
Gen. I I I . HOHEBIA, Cunn.
CU(y.rliemisphmricus,quinqiielobns, lobis valvatis. Prfafa 5, basi in tubum coalita. « ( « ¿ « 0 0 ; filamentis
basi in tubum (tuba coroU® continuum) coabtis, superne pentadelplbs v. bberis; antheris 1-locula-
ribus, bilobis, rima longitudinali centrali debiscentibus. Ovarmm 5-10-loculare; loculis 1-ovulatis. Styh
5-10, basi coaliti, intus versus apices stigmatiferi, lineares, vix dilatati. Carpella 5-10, compressa, monosperma,
dorso concava v. in alam producta.
Shrubs and smaU trees, confined as far as hitherto known to New Zealand, differing in habit chiefly from Sida.
Flowers white and showy, peduneled. axiUary, soUtaiy or in fascicles. Leaves altemate, petioled, doubly toothed,
semate or crenate, smooth or covered with stellate pubescence ; when seen between the eye and light, small translucent
dots may be seen. Calyx, eorolla, and sUmens as in Plagiardlms. Ovary with five to ten one-ovuled cells,
and as many long styles united helow into one. Carpek five or ten ; when five, coriaceous and winged at the back ;
when ten, membranous and furrowed. Seeds pendulous, compressed. (Name derived from tbe native one.)
Subgenus I. Edhohema. Carpek and styles 5, tie former winged at the lack.
1. Hoheria populnea, A. Cunn. ; arbuscula glaberrima v. glabrata, ramubs pedunculis calyceque cano-
pubescentibus, fobis petiolatis late ovatis v. anguste oblongis lanceolatisve acuminatis basi cuneatis truiica-
tis V cordatis irregulariter dupbcato-dentatis rarius lobatis venosis, peduncubs fasciculatis articulatis 1-floris
calycibusque pubescentibus, petabs ovato- v. bneari-oblongis obtusis concavis obliqnis snb-l-dentatis dorso
pubescentibus, filamentis pentadelphis, ovario 5-locnlari, stybs 5, carpelbs dorso in alam obtusam ascenden-
tem productis. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 565, 566.
Var. a ; fobis ovatis ampbs grosse et argute dentatis.
Var, /3. lanceolata; fobis lineari- v. oblongo-lanceolatis serratis dentatisve.
Tex. r). angustifolia; fobis parvis grosse irregulariter pauci-spinoso-deutatis lineari-oblongis, floribus
minoribus. H. angustifolia, Baoul, Choix de Plantes, yi. 48. (. 26.
Var S craUegifolia ; fobis ovatis varie lobatis dentatisque.
H ab Northern and Middle Islauds. Bay of Islands, Auckland, Var. a. Not
common south of the Thames, Colenso. Var. 7 . A more southern plant. Akaroa, Baoul; Nelson, BidwM.
Var. f t 7 , 8. East coast, Colenso. Nat. name, “ Houheria,” Colenso.
a ’small handsome tree. 25 feet high, with copious white flowers, something like those of a cherry. The bark
(like that of Altlma and other Mallows) affords a demulcent drink, used in medicine; also cordage, whence the
native name, which signifies to bind or tie, Branchlets and peduncles pubescent. Leaves smooth (young ones
pubescent), very variable iu size, breadth, aud depth of toothing, ovate or lanceolate, 2-6 inches long, on petioles
i inch long, veined, generally sharply and coarsely doubly toothed, at other times finely serrate. Flowers variable in
size, i-s. inob broad, white. Petak linear-oblong, blunt, oblique or toothed on one side, pubescent, rarely smooth at
the back. Carpek produced outwards into an oblong short blunt ascending wing, longer than broad. That of
<lia, as figured in M. Eaoul’s work, is much narrower aud longer than var. y. in the specimens he gave me.
Subgenus II. A p t e r o c a b p a . Carpels and styles 10, the latter 7iot winged.
%. Hoheria Lyallii, Hook. lil.; arbuscula, foliis petiolatis ovato-cordatis utrinque cano-pubescentibus
regulariter dupli- tripiicato inciso-crenatis, lobulis obtusis, pedunculis 1 -floris, floribus araplis, petalis late
ovato-obiongis obtusis apices versus obliquis. T a b . XI. A.
Var. ß ? foliis glabratis duplicato-dentatis lobulis acutis. T a b . XI. B.
Ha b . Middle Island. Hills west of Canterbm-y, Lyall. Nat. name, “ Whau-wlii," Lyall. Var. ß.
Dusky Bay, Forster; Milford Sound, Lyall.
A small tree, of wliich I have seen but three specimens; one in flower from Canterbury, the two others in
fruit from the West Coast, and possibly belonging to a different species. Leaves in both similar in size and form,
2-4 inches long, ovate-cordate, with pubescent petioles | - 1 inch long; pubescent on both surfaces, the margin
deeply and regularly cut into lobes which are twice or thrice obtusely crenate; in var. a, they are smooth or
nearly so, and the margin is irregiflarly toothed, the lobifles being rather shai-p. Peduncles about as long as the
petioles. Flowers large and handsome, nearly an inch across, pure white. Calyx thickly downy. Petals obscurely
notched at one side towards the apex. Fruit (in var. ß) size of a large pea, of ten very flat reniform membranous
carpels, collected into a globose head, surromided at the base with the persistent calyx. Seed solitaiy, compressed,
curved; testa hardly coriaceous, pale red-brown; albu7nen scanty; embiyo large, with a long curved radicle, and
convolute broad cotyledons.—P l a t e XI. Pig. 1 and 2, flowers; 3, pistil; 4, ovarmm cut open; 5, ripe seed; 6,
vertical section of the same:—all magnified.
Nat. Ord. XL TILIACEXE, Juss.
Gen. I. ENTELEA, Br.
Sépala 4 -5 , acuminata. Petala 4-5. Stamina 00, omnia fertilia; antheris 2-locularibus, dorso
affixis. Ovarium liispidum, globosum, 4-6-loculare; stylo angulato; stigmate umbilicato. Capsula globosa,
hispido-echinata, supra medium 4-6-valvis; loculis polyspermis.
A small branching tree, 3-5 feet high, generally growing in patches near the sea, and whose light wood is
used as floats for nets. Whole plant more or less densely covered with appressed stellate tomentum. Leaves
alternate, large (4-8 inches long), on long petioles, obliquely ovato-rotuudate, deeply cordate at the base, pointed,
irregularly dupli- triphcate crenate or serrate, angled, sometimes obscurely lobed, five- to seven-nerved at the base ;
stipules small, persistent. Infiorescence an irregular, erect, spreading panicle, with subumbellate stout branches and
peduncles, bracteate at the axils, and drooping white flowers, |- 1 inch broad. Sepals four to five, ovate, acuminate^
densely pubescent. Fetals crumpled. Sta7nens very numerous, forming a densely packed row round the globose
hispid germen. Capsxdes as large as a hazel-nut, four- to six-angled, as many celled aud valved, densely covered with
long, spreading, stiff, pointed, spinous bristles, nearly an inch long, splitting from the crown nearly half-way down.;
cells gaping. Seeds small, oblong, in two rows along the inner angle of each cell, whose walls are almost woody
and transversely wrinkled; testa hard, pale grey; albumen oily. (Name from fin-eX?;?, perfect, all the stamens being
fertile, in which respect it differs from Sparmannia.)
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