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N a t. Ord. LL MYRSINEÆ, Er.
Gen. I . SUT TO NIA , A . R ich .
Flores polygamo-dioici. Calyx 2 -5 -p a rtitu s , rarius obsoletus. P e ta la 4 - 5 , rariu s basi connata.
Stamina 5 ; filamentis brevibus, basi corollæ insertis ; antberis basi cordatis. Ovarmm ovatum, in stylnm
breve attenuatum, 1-loculare, 1- rarius 2-o v u la tum; ovulis placenta globosa immersis j stigmate cyatbiformi,
lobato V . lacero. Fm c tu s subbacca tus; putamine crustáceo, 1 - rarius 2-spermo. Semina reliquiis membranaceis
placentæ in d n ta.
Shi-ubs or smaU trees, quite glabrous, witb scattered, alternate, exstipulate, entire or sinuated leaves, and very
inconspicuous axillary, sobtary, or fascicled flowers. All parts covered witb glandular oil-cavities, seen as transparent
dots when tbe leaves are dried and held between tbe eye and tbe light. The species are confined to New
Zealand, Lord Auckland’s Group, Campbell’s Island, and Norfolk Island. Flowei's moncecious, rarely hermaphrodite.
Calyx of two to five lobes, sometimes wanting. Corolla of five concave ciliated petals, sometimes united at the
base, often becoming refiexed before falling away. Stamens short, inserted on the petals, with short broad filaments
and subsagittate anthers broad at the base. Ovai'y somewhat flaggon-shaped, turgid below, tapering into a
short thick style, which is terminated by a broad-lobed concave or fimbriated stigma, one-celled. Ovules oue,
rai-ely two, immersed in a globose fleshy placenta, which so much resembles a seed that it requires careful examination
to find the ovules in it. In the ripe fruit this fleshy placenta appears as a thin, brown, membranous covering
to the rounded seed, which has a very delicate testa, horny albumen, and terete rather curved radicle lying across
the seed. (Named iu honour of the Rev. Dr. Sutton, F.L.S., author of a paper on British species of Orohanche)
§ a. Petals cohering at the base. Ovules and seeds one or two.
1. Suttonia salicina, Hook, fil.; arbuscula glaberrima, foliis lineari-elongatis obtusis integerrimis
glandulis oblongis perplurimis notatis, floribus hermapbroditis ramis fasciculatis sublonge pedicellatis,
petalis basi cohærentibus calycisque lobis subciliatis, baccis ovatis oblongisve 1-2 -sp ermis. Fl. Antarct.
p . 52 in nota. Myrsine salicina, Heward, M S S . Drymis axillaris, A. Cunn. Herb. T a b . X L IV .
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d , from tb e Bay of Islands to Hawke’s B ay ; in woods, Cunningham, etc.
A small erect tree, leafy at the ends of the branches, everywhere perfectly glabrous. Leaves spreading, 4 -7
inches long, about 1 broad, linear, blunt, quite entbe, narrowed into a short petiole, marked with copious small
oblong transparent glands, seen in the dried leaf between the eye and the light. Flowers very numerous, in many-
flowered bunches, growing from buds on the branchlets, below the leafy portion. Peduncles 4-4 inch long, without
bracts, stout, straight. Calyx of five blunt cibate lobes. Fetals five, linear-oblong, blunt, revolute, ciliated. Ovary
with a short style, large cup-shaped irregularly lobed stigma, and one or two ovules. Berry 4 inch long, oblong
or obovate.— P l a t e XLTV. Fig. 1, b ud; 2, flower; 3, petals; 4, ovarium; 5, ripe fruit; 6, vertical, and 7,
transverse section of the same ; 8, seed in its withered placenta; 9, seed removed from placenta; 10, embryo:—
all hut Jig. 5 magnified.
§ b. Fetals free. Ovules and seeds solitary.
2. Suttonia australis, A. Rich. ; fruticosa v. arbuscula glaberrima, stricta, erecta, virgatim ramosa, fo-
liosa, foliis obovatis obovato-oblongisve breve petiolatis obtusis undula tis reticulatisve venosis, floribus in
glomerulos sessiles aggregatis brevissime pedicellatis, calyce 0 v. 2 -4 -lo b o , antheris petalis majoribus,
baccis parvis pedicellatis late oblongis. A . R ich . Flora. Fl. Antarct. Myrsine Urvillei, Alph. DC. Frodr.
Myrsine undulata, A. Cunn. Frodr. Merista lævigata, Ba n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic,
H ab. N o rth e rn and Middle Is la n d s ; abundant. Ba n k s a n d Solander, etc. N a t. names, "M a p a u ,”
“ Sipau,” and "M a tip o ,” Middle Island, L y a ll. "T ip a u ,” n o rth of th e Thames river, an d "M a p a u ,”
south of th a t river, Colenso. (Cultivated in E n g lan d .)
A small leafy tree, very closely resembling Pittosporum undulatum in appearance. Bark dark, of the branchlets
red-brown. Leaves 1 -1 4 frch long, obovate, blunt, on short petioles, waved, reticulated on both sides, studded
with little round glands. Flowers fascicled, sessile, very small. Calyx two- to four-lobed or none. Fetals revolute
; anthers as large as or larger than the petals. Ovary -with a sessile capitate stigma. Berries clustered, on short
pedicels, 4 meh long, oblong.
3. Suttonia divaricata, Hook. fil.; fruticosa, ramis divaricatis arcuatis tortuosis, foliis altemis v. ra mulis
lateralibus brevissimis fasciculatis glaberrimis coriaceis breve petiolatis late obovatis obtusis retusis v.
obcordatis 2-lobis rarius elliptico-ovatis subacutis, floribus aggregatis, pedicelhs brevibus, petalis obovatis.
Fl. Antarct. p . 51. t. 34. Myrsine? divaricata, A . Cunn. Fo'odr. A lp h . DC. in Frodr.
Var. /3. Montana; arbuscula, foliis elongato-obovatis oblongisve obtusis rariu s retusis species
distincta.
H ab. A b u n d an t th ro u g h o u t th e Islands, A . Cunningham, etc. Var. /S. Top of Ruahine range,
Colenso.
Very similar to a shrubby Coprosma in habit and appearance. Branches flexuose, tortuous, woody. Leaves
scattered, alternate, or fasciculate on abbreviated lateral shoots, i - 1 inch long, coriaceous, broadly obovate, blunt,
retuse or obcordate and bilobed, marked with rounded glandular dots, finely reticulated, quite entire. Flowers very
minute, scattered in little bunches. Calyx four- to five-lobed. Fetals four or five, obovate. Oca/y with a short
style and broad concave irregularly-cut stigma. Berry depressed, spherical, one-seeded.—This species has a very
wide range in latitude, being frequent from the Bay of Islands to Lord Auckland’s Group and Campbell’s Island,
where the leaves of seedling plauts are in-egularly senate or lobed. I have not ventured to make a different species
of var. ,8 montana, though Mr. Colenso considers it as such. I have no good flowers or fruit of i t ; what there are
do not differ ft-om those of M. divaricata, and the very variable nature of the leaves is equally conspicuous in both
plants. The leaves of the var. /3 are however longer, more obovate, rounded, seldom retuse, and the plant forms
a small tre e : hence, though Mr. Colenso’s specimens are insufficient for description as such, I suspect them to
belong to a new species, for which the name S. montana may be retained.
4. Suttonia nummularia, Hook. f il.; fruticulus p rostratus, cauHbus gracilibus elongatis parce ramosis,
foliis parvis breve petiolatis rotunda tis reticulatim venosis, floribus sparsis sessilibus solitariis axillari-
bus ramulisque nudis, calyce brevi 4-lobo, petalis obovato-rotundatL longe ciliatis, bacca subglobosa.
T ab. X LV .
IL u j. N o rtlie rn Islan d . Top of Rualiine range. Lak e Rotoatara, etc., '
A very small, prostrate, alpine species. Stems slender, a span to a foot long, sparingly branched, rooting at
the base; branches scarred, ascending. Leaves small, uniform, spreading, coriaceous, shortly petiolate, orbicular;
margins quite entire, recm-ved, much wrinkled \vith reticulated veins, and dotted 'with rounded glands. Flcncers
scattered, solitary, axillai-y or growing ft-om the branches, very minute. Calyx verj’ small, four-lobed. Petals
four, concave, cibated. Stamens large for the size of the plant, sessile on the petals. Berry round, the size of a
peppercorn.—P late XLV.
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