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only one of its genus, mucli resembling Rkamneæ iu Uabit, inflorescence, valvate poriantli, and epigynous disc ; but
certainly allied to Escallonia in tbe stniCtm-e of tbe fruit : tbe latter is an extensive genus, confined to South
America, and represented by CarpoMm in New Zealand, and by Qmntinia in New Holland. The valvate petals are
found in another allied plant, Cornitlia of Chili. (Name from Kapaos,/ndt, and êtrot, hound; from the fruit being
girt by the calyx.)
1. Carpodetus serratus, Forst. Gen. BC. Prodr. A. Cunn. Prodr. Ho o t Ic. Plant, t. 564.
Ha b . Northern and Middle Islands; usually on river-banks. Nat. name, “ Pm Piri Whata,” Cunn.
(Cultivated in Eugland.)
Bark grey-brown, tuberculated on the branches, whicli, with all other parts, are covered with scattered small
white apprLéd hairs. Leaves ovate-oblong or elliptical ( l i inch), acute, coarsely serrate, narrowed into a petiole
( i inch long), clouded red, yellow, and green, paler below ; veins reticulated. Leaves on young plants small. | inch,
very variable, rounded or obov.ate, pandurifom or deeply sinuate below the middle, displaying that tendency to
loh’ation common to so many other New Zealand plants. Panicles shorter than the leaves, branches spreading.
Flowers white, 3 lines across.
Gen. II . QÜINTINIA, A. BC.
Calycis tubus obconicus, elongatus, ovario adnatus ; limbus 5-deutatus, i-superus. Petala 5, imbricata.
Stamina 5. Ocarium S-4-loculare, superne liberum, conicum, in stylum crassum 3-lobum contractum ; ovulis
plurimis, ángulo interiori loculorum insertis. Capsula lignosa, costata, supra medium calyce persistente
cincta, superne libera, 3-valvis, incomplete 3-locularis. Semina parva, fusiformia, imbricata, late alata.
Tbe onlv New Zealand species are shrubs or small trees, covered more or less with lepidote scales, that secrete
a viscid exudation; they have alternate, exstipnlate, entire, or obtusely serrated leaves, and axillary or terminal
racemes. Calyx with a rather long obconic tube, united with the ovary ; the limb five-toothed. Petals 6. imbricated.
Stamens 5. Ovary three-quarters immersed in the calyx ; upper part free, conic, forming a three-lobed
style, with as many capitate stigmata (rarely four-lobed), three-ceUed, witb many ovules at the inner angle of the
ceUs.’ Capsule coriaceous, ribbed, terete, oblong, encircled above the middle by the persistent calyx-teeth, incompletely
three-ceUed: upper part free, three-valved. Seeds numerous, imbricating, oblong-fusiform, with a broad
membranous hyaline border, formed of long deUcate cells, albuminous; embryo very minute, not seen.—The
dehiscent wood’y Eipsnle of this genus is very different from that of Carpodetus, as are the membranous byaline
seeds, which closely resemble those of Hydrangea, Cornidia, Pliiladelplius, and others, to which this is more nearly
allied than to Carpodetus, although the leaves are alternate. The Austraban G. Sieteri has longer and more completely
consoUdated styles. I have not discovered the true nature of the seed in either ; it is very small, and loosely
envebped in a beautiful broad, membranous, compressed coat. (Named in honour of La Quintinie, a French
botenist and writer on horticulture.)
1. Quintinia serrata, A. Cunn.; foliis elongato-Mnearibus lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve sinuato-
serratis integerrimisve lepidotis discoloribus, racemis multifloris folium subæquaiitibus. A. Cunn. Prodr.
Rook. Ic. Plant, t. 538.
H a b . Northern Island ; not uncommon in dry woods, Cunningham, etc.
A small, erect tree. Toung branches, leaves, and racemes, covered with lepidote scales. Leaves petiolate
(8-6 inches), very narrow, Hnear or bnear-oblong, blunt, sinnate, serrate or entire, reddish below. Racemes about
as long as the leaves, strict, erect, many-flowered ; pedicels 3 bnes long. Fhwers \ inob across. Capsules 3-3 lines
long.—Very variable in length and breadth of leaf.
2. Quintinia elliptiea, n. sp.; foliis ellipticis elKptico-lanceolatisve integerrimis obtusis. An sp.
duiincta ?
H a b . Nortliern Island; east coast, Colenso.
Mr. Colenso considers this a very distinct plant, and so it may be; but his specimens are only in bud and fruit,
neither of which show any difference from Q. serrata: the petioles are longer, leaves smaller (1^-3 inches), broader,
elliptical, and quite entire.
N at. O rd . XXXV. CUN0NIACE4E, Br.
Gen. I. ACKAMA, A.
- Calyx 5-partitus, valvatus. Fetala 5, lineari-spathulata. Stamina 10, glandulis hypogynis totidem
alternantia, elongata. Ovarmm liberum, dense strigoso-hirsutum, 2-lociilare ; ovulis plurimis, ángulo loculi
interiori affixis ; stylis 2, filiformibus. Capsula libera, calyce persistente suffnlta, coriácea, septicide
2-locularis, 2-valvis; valvis stylis persistentibus terminatis ; semina minima ; testa laxa, reticulata.
Ackama roswfolia is the only known species : it forms a tree 30-40 feet high, with opposite, pubescent, imparipinnate
leaves, and axillary spreading panicles of very small flowers. Calyx five-partite ; lobes valvate. Petals as
many, veiy narrow, linear-spathulate. Stamens ten, long, exserted, alternating with ten erect fleshy glands. Ovary
free, densely hispid with stiff white hairs, two-celled, with two long free styles. Capsules of two turgid, boatshaped,
coriaceous valves, terminated with the persistent style. Seeds extremely minute.—The genus is hardly
distinct from the following, Weinmannia, except in the form of the petals. (Name, an anagram of the native one.)
1. rosmfoUa, A. Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . Northern Island; Bay of Islauds, A. Cunningham, etc. Nat. name, “ Maha Maka/’ A. Cunn.
(Cultivated in England.)
Young branches, petioles, leaflets below, and panicles, covered with a yellowish tomentum. Leaves 5-8 inches
long ; petiole terete. Leaflets five to eight pair, opposite, the upper gradually larger, sessile, obliquely oblong or
ovate, lanceolate, acute, serrated, reddish below. Panicles large and spreading, sub-trichotomously divided, branches
slender. Flowers minute, | line across, sessile. Capsules black, turgid, l i line long.
Gen. II . WEINMANNHV, L.
Calyx persistens, 4-partitus, imbricatus. Petala 4, imbricata. Stamina 8, glandulis totidem v. lobis
disci alternantia, elongata. Ovarium liberum, 2-loculare, basi disco cinctum ; stylis 2, liberis. Cagysula
coriácea, libera, septicide 2-valvis, poly- v. oligo-sperma, stylo persistente terminata; seminibus parvis,
glabris v. pilosis; albumine parco; embryone cylindraceo; radicula hilo próxima.— Weinmannia et
Leiospermum, Don.
Evergreen shrubs or trees, with opposite, stipulate, simple, temate or imparipinnate leaves, and racemose
flowers. Calyx small, four-lobed, imbricated. Petals four, imbricated. Stamens eight, alternating with eight
linear glands or lobes of a disc ; filaments long. Ovary free, seated on the disc (when present), two-celled, with two
long styles. Capsule coriaceous, with a septicidal dehiscence; valves boat-shaped, sharp-pointed. Seeds generally
few, very minute, with a loose testa, smooth or loosely covered ;vith long hairs.—A genus chiefly confined to
the Southern Hemisphere, but there common to all tropical and temperate latitudes, advancing as far as the south
end of New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Cape of Good Hope, in the Old World, and South Chih iu the New.
(Named after J. J. W. Weinmann, an eminent German author.)
I. Weinmannia sylvicola, Banks et Sol.; ai’borea, ramulis petiolis pedunculis costisque pubescentibus
V. glabratis, foliis simplicibus 3-uis pimiatisve, foliolis coriaceis petiolatis terminalibus obovatis v. obovato-
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