FLOBA o f NEW ZEALAND. lOxalideoe.
N at. O e d . XVIII, O X A L ID EÆ , DO.
Gen. I. OXALIS, L.
^ Sepala Pi petala h. StaminaMi-, filamentis basi monadelphis, 5 alternis externis brevioribus. Styli
a, apice capitellati. Capsula pentágona, globosa v. elongata, 5-locularis, 5-valvis.
derenption. The species of this country may at oiiee be recognized by the trifoliolate leaves (like Clover) each leaflet
Ispetcsies. ‘tMZost fof t:htem are more or" ,less acid, like the Eugfish Wood Sorrel. (Name from „i„v, sharp or avid)
1. Oxdis eermeulata, L.; püosa v. glabrata, caule erecto decumbente v. repente folioso, foliolis proîr
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Var 7 . Microphylla; caule procumbente radicante, folioHs minimis, capsulis oblongis. 0 exilis et O
mioropliyUa, ri. C « » . O. reptans, 519, U-exilis ü.
y » - «• debilis, prooumbens, caulibus filiformibus, foliolis membranaceis cüiatis. 0 . ciliifera
et 0 . teuuicauhs, A. Cunn. Prodr, 0 . flaccida, Banks et Sol. MS8. et le.
Var. e.erasüfolia; cauUbus rigidis cæspitosis, foliolis earnosis pilosis. 0 . crassifolia, ri. Cunn.
Islands“ ' “ *>><> l ' ^ i d parts of tlie Middle and Southern
^ bave carefully examined an immense suite of specimens of this plant, from New Zealand and all other parts
e tts p T e i s (IuI m T “ " I " ' I » “fidently assert, that that anthoi-s
m„ht species (molnded here under one) are dne to his not being familiar with the 0. cornieulata and 0. slricta of
Europe, which vary quite as much elsewhere when they grow freely, as they do in New Zealand. I have enumerated
^o rfeeei,M- ra;ti ng the grouping orf the forms, which I expect are mainly dne to trifling loc”a■l »cau-s‘e»s. - j U- nder how many
n mes tins same wide-spread speeies stands in systematic works of botany, it would he difficult to say; but I fincl
hat, vfter stndymg care nlly the limits of its variations in one spot, it may easily be recognized in any other- and
hat without an extended study of these forms, it is hopeless to arrive at any conclusion about it Most if not all
the states made into species by Mr. Cunningham, occur in Europe, as any extensive herbarium shows. Thé m.ajoriéy
of hem are found m Australia and Tasmania, and aU in America. Its extreme abundance in New Z l Z iriÎ
o : s : r h : : n ; : z i : t t h t “ ^ ^ - - - - -
y Oxalis Porst.; aeaulis, pilosa v. glabrata, rhizomate repente squamato, stipubs magnis
b u ^ tm scanosis, folus erassmsculis, foliobs .3 late obcordatis subtus glaucis, scapo I-floro petiolis mquilongé
V. longiore 2 bracteolato, sepabs oblongis obtusis, petabs albis obovatis apice retusis v. oblique büobis glaber
rimis v. cilmtis capsula globosa membranácea. Forsl. Comm. GM. BC. Prodr. PI. Antaret. v. 2. p 253
0.\s.<Aes., Hook. Bot..Tourn.v.%. 0 . cataractæ, ri. 0 « . P ro * . Hooh. le. Plant. t.M?,. Tab. X III
H-ae. Ihroughout the islauds, in damp, shaded, and in alpine locabties.
fl-,eeid''b2 J ’“ ‘’J “ ‘’’' ' I“ “''''/“ ' ' " « ' t h e imbricating
flaccid, búllate, membranous scales of the old leaves. Pefioles l - i x inch long, arising from the root or rliizoml’
generally hairy, as are the peduncles. Leaflets broadly, obcordate, glabrous, rather fleshy, glaucous below. Scapes
one-flowered, often twice as long as the petioles, bearing two bractoolm above the middle. Sepals oblong, blunt.
Petals pure white, inch long, oblong-obovate or obcordate. ohbqnely lobed or retuse, but variable in this last
particular, often ciliated. CapsuU membranous, globose.—I have but two specimens of the Magellanic plant, which
are rather smaller and more fleshy than the New Zealand ones ; and the petals are not cibated ; but these characters
are aU variable, both in New Zealand and Tasmanian individuals, some of which are very small and fleshy, scarcely
an inch high, others elongated, more membranous, and 3-4 inches long. The petals are broadly obovate’or inor'e
oblong, quite smooth or cUiated, obliquely notched, or regular in outline. The large membranous stipules aud
white flowers are its best characters, which it has in common with the very nearly allied 0. Acetosella, L. (wood-
sorrel) of England, and the north temperate zone generaUy.—P l a t e XIII. Fig. ]. flower; 2, petal; 3. stamens and
styles ; 4, germen :—all magnifed.
N at. O e d . XIX. RUTACEÆ. Juss.
Gen. I. MELICOPE, Forst.
Calyx 4-partitus, persistens. Petala 4, patentia. Stamina 8 ; filamentis subulatis. Oraria 4, disco
inserta, 1-loculana, 2-ovulata, plus minusve inter se coabta; stylo erecto; stigmate capitato. Carpella 4,
coriacea, venosa, 2-valvia, abortu I-sperma. Semen funiculo filiformi appeiisum; testa coriacea.
A geiins confined to New Zealand, containing two species, which are shrubby, opposite- or fasciculate-leaved
plants or small trees. Leaves one- or tliree-fobolate, with pellucid dots. Plotvers axillary, paniculate or foscicled,
gieems . Calya: four-partite. smaU. Pefris four, spreading, much longer than the calyx, ««»was eight; filaments
smoo^ , onger or shorter than the petals. Ovarium sui-rounded by four cleft glands at the base, of four more or less
combined carpels, with one erect straight style and a capitate stigma. Fruit of four diverging two-lobed carpels,
eac iTO-valved and spUtting down the inner angle, whence the black seeds project, attached by the long fnnié
eu us. ( ame from Iwney, and «om,, a division, because of tbe cleft honey-secreting glands round the ovarium.)
1. Melicope ternata, Forst.; glaberrima, folüs oppositis longe petiolatis, foliolis 3 obovato- v. lineari-
0 on^s acutis in petiolum angustatis, paniculis subtricbotome ramosis, petabs ovatis staminibus longioribus
sty 0 brevi. Pro*..y,. 166, BC. Prodr. A.Eieh. Flora. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. le. Plant t & Z
Eiitogaiium lævigatum. Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Gartner, fruct.
Hab. Northern IsLand, and northern parts of Middle Island, Banks and Solander, eto. Cloudy Bay
Bieffenlaeh. Nat. name, “ Wbarangi,” Oifaso.
the n t Î l V t x 'vith «"'ee leaflets, which are longer than
panicles as l’ sl«"'P- Flowers greenish-white, small, in axillary trichotomoiis
Liculated o f T ®P'-'"“>i"S. ooriaeeons, very much
funiculus for some"rime
c n l a t i ! ' f o l i i s (partis) sparsis oppositis v. ramulis brctissimis fasci-
-tofiolatis late ovatis obtusis siibdiiplicato-crciiatis, petiolo subulato, peduncubs 2-4 gracilibus axil-
an us simplicAus y. 2-4-lloris, floribus jiarvis, petalis bneari-oblongis, filamentis corolla longioribus, stylo
ga o, oyano liirsuto. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. Plant. t.h'Mo. Astorgaiitlius Hugelii, AWf. J iS «
im wM . Bank1 s’I TPe“n insula, liaoul. Colenso. Nelson
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