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011 to the stem, veiy oblique, oblong, ovate, obovate, or rounded, quite entire, very thick and coriaceous, the petiole
obscurely expanded into a sheathing base. axillaiy or terminal, pubescent with yellowish down, as long as
or longer than the leaves, male largest ; in bud suiTouuded with coriaceous, ovate, acuminate, sheathing bracteolæ ;
main branches bracteolate at the base. Male Jloicers have a five-toothed calyx, five subimbricated petals, and as many
alternating stamens. Female, an inferior one- to two-celled ovarium, crowned with a five-toothed calyx-limb, five
valvate petals, and three short, erect, conical, recurved stigmata. Ovules solitaiy, pendulous. Beiry ovoid, crowned
ivith the styles aud five-toothed calyx, one rarely two-celled (one always empty). Seed pendulous.-—A very fine
genus, closely related to Aucuba of Japan, and stiU more nearly to Becostea of Chili. The corolla, being valvate
in the female and subimbricate in the male flowers, is cm-ious, but involves only a question of degree, whicli, however
important in most cases, is of none here.
1. Griselinia lucida, Forst. Frodr. A. Cunn. Frodr. G. littoralis et G. lucida, Raoul, Fl. p . 22.
1.19. Paukateria, Raoul, in Ann. Soc. Nat. 184-4. 120. Scopolia, Forst. Gen. Lissopliyllum, Banks
et Sol. 3ISS.
H a b . Throughout the Islands; from the Bay of Islands to Dusky Bay, Forster, etc. Fl. October.
Nat. name, “ Poukater,” Raoul. (Cultivated in England.)
Very variable in size aud shape of the foliage, the leaves being 1-5 inches long, more or less remarkably unequal
and oblique, and the petioles extremely variable in length. I have seen but one species from New Zealand.
Gen. II . COEOKIA, A. Gunn.
Flores hermaphroditi v. 1-sexuales. Calycis tubus turbinatus, ovario adnatus; limbo 5-dentato, val-
vato. Fetala 5, extus sericea, valvata, intus basi squamula aucta. Stamina 5, petalis alterna, sub disco
5-lobo inserta. Stylus erectus, apice bilobus. Ooarium 2-loculare; ovulis loculis solitariis, pendulis.
Bacca 2-locularis (abortu 1-locularis). Semen pendulum; testa membranácea; albumine carnoso; embryone
lineari; radicula hilo próxima.—Frútices medio affixis sericei. Eolia alterna, exstipulata, integerrima.
Flores paniculati v. fascieulaii, sericei.
A genus of evergreen shnibs, containing two species, both natives of New Zealand, having alternate, exstipnlate,
entire leaves, which, as well as the young branches and flowers, are densely clothed below with white silky hairs ;
the latter, if examined with a microscope, are seen to be attached by the middle to the surface of the leaf, and thus
point two opposite ways. Flowers fasciculate or paniculate, white or yellow. Calyx tube obconical ; limb of five
valvate teeth. Fetals five, valvate, silky on the back, witb a small scale at the base inside. Stamens flve. Ovary
two-celled; ovules solitary, pendulous. Style erect, two-lobed at the top. Berry ovoid, fleshy, red, with a one-
to two-celled nut ; cells one-seeded ; seed pendulous, albuminous. (Name derived by Cunningham from the
native one.)
1. Corokia huddleioides, A. Cunn.; fruticosa, erecta, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus
paniculatis, paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque multifloris. A. Cunn. Frodr. Kook. Ic. Flant. t. 424.
Var. /3; foliis latioribus elliptico-lanceolatis, baccis majoribus.
H a b . Northern Island. Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc.; Auckland, Sinclair; East coast, Colenso,
etc. Nat. name, “ Korokio-taranga,” Colenso. Var. yS. Chatham Island, (Cult, in England.)
A shrub 6-8 feet high. Leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate, 3-4 inches long, acuminate. Flowers yellowish,
in axillary and terminal panicles, densely silky. Berries | inch long, red, fleshy.—In var. ¡3 the leaves are broader
and the berry larger, but I see no other differences in the imperfect specimens I possess.
2. Corokia, Cotoneaster,FjáOMl ; frutex ramosissimus, ramis atris tortuosis, foliis (parvis) alternis v.
fasciculatis spathulatis orbiculatis obovatis v. obcordatis emarginatis in petiolum latum liiiearem angustatis,
floribus axillaribus fasciculatis. Raoul, Fl. Nov. Zeal. p . 22. t. 20.
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H a b . Northern and Middle Islands, chiefly on the eastern shores; not uncommon,
Colenso, etc. Fl. September. (Cultivated in England.)
A low, spreading, rigid sliruh, with black, tortuous, woody branches. Leaves alternate or fascicled, small,
inch long, rounded, obovate, obcordate, or spathulate, narrowed into a linear flat petiole. Flowers small, axillary,
solitary or fascicled. Benies red, fleshy, dp inch long.
N at. O r d . XLL LORANTHACEA, Juss.
Gen. I. LOSANTHUS, Linn.
A&rei hermaphroditi. Cabéis tubus ovatus, ovario adnatus; limbo truncato, obsoleto. Petala i-?>,
valvata, libera v. coalita. Stamina 4 -8 , petalis opposita, iis inserta; antheris 2.1oculanbus. Ovarium
l-locnlare; stylo elongato; stigmate incrassato. Bacca 1-locularis, l-sperma. Semen albuminosum;
embryone recto v. obliquo; radicula tereti, supera; cotyledonibus plano-convexis.
Parasitical evergreen herbs or shi-ubs, growing attached to the branches of woody plants, from which thcy
dcrive their nourishment by sucker-like roots, which penetrate the bark. Leaves opposite or altemate, quite entire,
very thick and coriaceous, jointed on to the stem. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes, panicles, or corymbs.
Oahjx tube united with ovary ; limb truncate, very short. Corolla of four to eight long pieces, free or united mto a
terete tube below, valvate, fleshy, deciduous. Stamens united with and opposite the petals. Ovary one-celled, with
a straight or curved style and capitate stigma. Berry ovoid, with one albuminous seed generally attached to the walls
of the cavity all round, and a straight or curved embryo; radicle terete, pointing upwards.—I have purposely
avoided all allusion to the number and position of the ovules in this genus, which involves one of the most difficult
points in vegetable anatomy for investigation, and about wliich nothing very conclusive has been published. I have
also adopted the usual view of the calyx and corolla, which 1 believe to be the true one, and is the only one accordant
with the relations of the similar parts in Oornece, Santalacete, and other allied Orders; but many botanists of
eminence consider what I call the calyx as an expansion of the apex of the peduncle, in which the ovary is sunk, and
the corolla as a true calyx; chiefly because of the stamens being opposite and attached to it. It would be out of
place here to argue against this latter view, which appears tome hypothetical and paradoxical, and to support which
the regularly-lobed superior calyces of mauy plants must be supposed to be of similar origin, and to be anomalous
productions of the peduncle. Lorantlms is a most abundant Tropical genus; one species inhabits middle and
southern Europe, several arc Chilian, and others New Holland; none are known from Tasmania or Fuegia; in the
latter country the curious genus Myzodendron takes its place. (Name from Xtopot, a tlmng, and aedos, a flower; the
corolla being composed of narrow strap-shaped pieces.)
1. Loi-authiis tetra.petalns,Poisi.; foliis oppositis breve petiolatis elliptico-oblongis obtusis, floribus
axillaribus solitariis v. geminis, petalis 4 linearibus liberis. Forst. Prodr. Be Cand. Prodr. A. Bich. P/or.
A. Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . Nortliern Island, and nortliern parts of Middle Island; abundant. Banks aud Solander.
Forster, etc.
Parasitical, often ou Metrosideros and Vitex; veiy handsome. Sletus terete, branched, 1-2 feet long. Leaves
opposite, shortly petiolate (1 inch long), elliptical-oblong, blunt. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, as long as
the leaves, very short, bracteolate at the apex. Calyx limb produced into a broad open cup. Fetals
slender, free, the lower half erect, upper patent or recurved. Anthers linear. Stigma very small.
2. Loraiitlius Colensoi, Hook, fil.; foliis oppositis petiolatis late oblongis rhombeisve obtusis sub-
enerviis, tloi-ibus magnis racemosis, pedunculis validis brevibus 3-7-floris, floribus oppositis cum termiiiali,
petalis liberis. Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 033.