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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND,
pedicellate, m the axils of the leaves, or g iw in g from the stems. Calyx deeply live-parted. Coralla funnel-shaped,
with a broad tube, five long lobes, and no scales at the mouth, but an obscure thickening at the base of each lobe
Klammts slender, inserted half-way down the tube. Antlm-s linear, half-exserted.—This plant is intermediate,
in fo rm of coroUa and length of stamens, between this section and the foUowing; iu foliage it equaUy resemble!
M. Forsteri and M. petiolata.
§ c. Stems erect or decumbent. Flowers in terminal racemes, without bracts, or the Imcer ones bracteate. CoroUa
funnel-shaped. Filaments exserted. (Exarrhena, B r )
6. Myosotis (Exarrhena) p etio la ta , Hook. fil. ; subliispido-pilosa, caulibus plurimis basi decumbentibus
elongatis laxe foUosis, fohis radicaUbus longe petiolatis eUiptico-oblongis obtusis apiculatis, caulinis minorib
us brevms^ petiolatis, racemis multi-laxifloris, floribus longe pedicellatis, calycis profunde 5-fidi lobis ang
uste hnearibus, corolla ampla, filamentis longe exsertis.
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . I n dry stony places, Colenso, Sinclair.
Loosely covered with rather hispid white hairs. Stems many from the root, slender, decumbent. aseentUng,
sparmgly leafy, 6-16 inches long. Radical leaves 4-2 inches long, oblong-elliptical, blunt, apiculate, on petioles
sometimes 3 mches long; few. on shorter petioles. Racemes loosely many-flowered. K w e « laro-e pedieellate.
Cblya: deeply five-lobed. O»-««« sometimes i inch across the mouth ; tube broad. Filamentslooe slender
ex se rted .-T h e fohage of tliis plant much resembles that of iii. Farsteri and of large specimens of M. spathulata. '
7. Myosotis (Exarrhena) saxosa. Hook. fil. ; pcrennis, to ta pilis albidis dense snbhispido-villosa, caulibus
e radice brevibus decumbentibus fohosis, folhs lineari-spathulatis subacutis apiculatisve, racemis sublonge
pedunculatis paucifioris, floribus breve pedicellatis, calycis elongati 5 -p artiti lobis an g u ste huearibus,
coroUæ mfundibuhformis fauce squamuhs parvis in stru c ta, antheris mediocriter exsertis.
H a b . N o rth e rn Island. Crags a t Titiokura , east coast, Colenso.
Whole plaut small, stout, leafy, copiously covered with rather long, soft, white hairs, that give the appearance
of hispidity. Stems 2 -3 mches high, sparingly leafy below ; upper part naked, racemose. Leaves inch long
crowded, linear-spathulate, on broad petioles. Flmers crowded, nearly sessile. Calyx nearly 4 incb lono-, seoment!
Imear. Corolla with small scales at the base of the lobes. Anthers and filaments exserted.—I have seeü but tliree
specimens of this plant from Mi-. Colenso.
8. Myosotis (Exarrhena) L y a llii, Hook. fil. ; perennis, hispidulo-püosa, caulibus paucis brevibus decumbentibus,
fohis radicabbus eonfertis lineari-obovato-spatbulatis obtusis apiculatis, racemis simplicibus v
bifidis pauciflons basi fohatis, floribus pedicellatis, calyce amplo campanulato ad medium 5-fido lobis acutis,
corollæ mfundibuhformis tubo brevi fauce squamuhs parvis donate, filamentis gracihbus, antheris exsertis,’
nucibus ovatis compressis subacutis atris nitidis.
H a b . Middle Islan d . Milford Sound, L ya ll.
Root perennial. Leaves radical, 14-2 inches long, narrow, obovate, spathulate, blunt, apiculate, with very
broad petioles, covered, as are all other parts, with rather soft white hairs. Stems two to three, deenmbent, 2-5
mches long. Racemes few, six- to ten-flowered, leafy at the base of the lower flowers. Flowers shortly pedicellate.
Calyx veiy large, 4 inch long, quinqnefid to below the middle. Corolla smaU in proportion, funnel-shaped, with small
scales at the month ; slender filaments and exserted linear a n th e rs .-A good deal like M. oapitata in foliage, but
very different in the large calyx and form of corolla, eto. I have only three specimens from Dr. LyaU, therefore
some allowance must be granted for variation from this description.
N a t. O r d . LXII. VERBENACEÆ, Juss.
Calyx brevis, in teg e r v. 5 -dentatus. CoroUa 2 -la b ia ta ; labio superiore 2-fido, inferiore 3-fido, lacinia
media majore. Stamina 4, didyuama, ascendentia. Stigma bifidum. Drupa putamine 4-loculari, 4-
spermo.
The only New Zealand species of this extensive tropical geuus is a large tree, 5 0-60 feet high and 20 in girth ;
well known (as are many of its congeners) for the valuable timber it yields, which is hard, easily split, works well,
and is indestructible under water. Branches spreading. Leaves opposite, on petioles 2 -4 inches long ; leaflets
ternate or quinate, petiolate, elbptical or obovate, suddenly acute, quite glabrous, 3 -4 inches long. Panicles axillary
and terminal, spreading, four- to eight-flowered, dichotomously branched, 2 -3 inches broad; branches and pedicels
slender. Calyx short, cup-shaped, obscurely lobed. Corolla pubescent, an inch long, dull red, two-lipped ; upper lip
arched, bifid, lower deflexed, trifid. Stamens four, exserted, ascending, two shorter than the others. Stigma bifid.
Ovary four-celled, four-ovuled. Drupe obovoid, with a bony four-celled fom'-seeded nut. (Name, the old Latin
one, of unknown derivation.)
1. Vitex liUoralis, C u n n .; foliis glaberrimis 3 -5-foliolatis, foliolis petiolatis ellipticis obovatisve acutis
integerrimis, paniculæ 4 -8-floim ramis paten tib u s gracilibus, calyce bemisphærico trunc ato, corolla pubescente,
d ru p a obovoidea. A . Cunn. Prodr. DC. Pro d r. E p b iab s pentapbylla, B a n k s e t Sol. M S S . et Ic .
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . Erom tb e east coast, northward. B a n k s a n d Solander, etc. Rare in the
Middle Islan d . N a t. names, " P u r f r i,” an d "K a n e re e ” so u th of tb e Thames, Colenso. (Cultivated in
En g lan d .)
Gen. I I . T E U C E ID IUM , Hook. fi l.
Calyx campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Corolla campanula ta; limbo inæquali, 5-fido. S tamina 4, didynama.
S ty lu s bifidus. Ovarmm 2-loculare ; loculis fere bilocellatis, 2-spermis ; ovubs ángulo interiore
pendulis. Fm c tu s ad medium 4-lobum, e coccis 4 confluentibus conflatum, 4 -spermum. Semina ángulo
interiore péndula.— Herb a h-pedalis, erecta, ram.osa, puberula, Teucrii fa c ie . Caulis ramique 1-goni.
Folia ogiposita, spathulata v. ovato-rotundata, p e tiolata, obtusa, integerrima. Fiores axillares, solitarii,
breve p e d ic e lla ti; pediceUo 2-bracteato. Calyx campanulatus, ^ -n em iu s ; dentibus subulatis. Corollæ
p ilo sa tubus calyce cequilongus; limbi lobis oblongis, obtusis. Stamina ex serta ; antheris p e lta tis , 1-locularibus.
Ovarium pilosum. F ru c tu s nucumentaceus, calyce ringente inclusus.
A very curious plant, resembling a Teucrium; but truly Verbenaceous, aud, though so different in habit, allied
to Vitex. Mr. Bidwib says it forms tlfickets, aud grows 2 -3 feet high. Herbaceous, 4 -5 feet high according to Mr.
Colenso, erect, dichotomously branched, more or less pubescent. Stems slender, four-angled. Leaves opposite, in
scattered pairs, petiolate, with the petiole I inch long, rounded, broadly ovate or spathulate, blunt, quite entire.
Flowers solitary, axillary, shortly pedicellate; pedicel with two bracts. Calyx bell-shaped, with five sharp teeth.
Corolla, hairy, broadly beil-shaped, about -i inch long, deeply divided into five obovate blunt unequal lobes. Sla-
niens four, didyuamous, exserted. Anthers one-celled. Ovary four-lobed, hairy, two-celled, the cells incompletely
divided into two. Ovules four, pendulous. Style exserted, with two unequal subulate arms. Fruit a small four-
lobed hispid nut, sunk in the bottom of the withered persistent calyx, of four achenia, each hard, one-celled, with
one pendulous exalbuminous seed ; testa thin ; cotyledons large, ovate ; radicle short, pointing dowmwards, (Named
from the general resemblance to Teucrium.)
1. Ymcndlmxri gmrvifolium, Hook. fil. T a b . X L IX .