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1. Saisola australis, Br. ; fruticosa, glaberrima, divaricatim ramosa, foliis parvis subulatis pungentibus,
bracteis periantluo fructifero longioribus, alis periantbii fructiferi ampiis inæqualibus obovatis obtusis ma rgiue
sinuato. B r . Prodr. Moq.-Tand. I. c. A n var. S. Kali ? Moq.-Tand.
H ab. N o rth e rn Islau d . P o rt Nicholson H a rb o u r (in tro d u ced ?), Colenso.
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Gen. V. SA L IC O E N IA , L .
I tu rb in a tum , carnosum, caule articulato conditiim, obscure lobatum.
perianthii iusertum. S ty lu s 2-3 -fld u s. Utriculus perianthio aucto inclusus.
A remarkable and very natural genus of salt-marsh leafless plants, fonnd in all parts of the world, with creeping
ivoody stems, and erect, herbaceous, cylindrical, simple or branched, fleshy, jointed branches. The only New Zea”
land species is also Australian and Tasmanian. Mr. Brown identifies it with a very widely-diffused plant of both
tropical and temperate shores. M. Moquin-Tandon (DC. Prodr. vol. xiii.) breaks up this species into genera, founded
on the position of the seed aud its embryo. My specimens not being in fruit, I am at a loss where to place it in his
complicated system, and have therefore followed Mr. Brown’s Aeàûon.— Branches a few inches high, their joints
4 inch long. Flowers minute, whorled, crowded at the tops of the joints, which become shorter upwards, whence
the branches appear like fleshy spikes. Ferianth fleshy, oblique, sunk a little into the tops of the joints. Stamens
one or two. Ovary oblique, with one or two styles. (Name from sal, salt, and cornu, a horn.)
1. Salicornia Indica, Willd . ; caule suffruticoso, ramis ascendentibus, articulis jun io rib u s clavatis
senioribus cylindraceis retusis, spicis cyHndraceis terminabbus, floribus plurimis subvertioiUatis v. paucis
I-2 -an d ris . B r . Prodr. A . Cunn. Prodr. S. austrabs, Banlcs e t Sol. M S S . et Ic.
H ae, N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. Salt marshes and rocky places. Ba n k s a n d Solander, etc.
N a t . O r d . LXXII. LAURINEyE, J im .
Gen. I . T E T R A N T H E EA , Jacq.
Flores dioici. Involucrum 4 -5 -p h y llum , deciduum. P e ria n th ium 0 v. 4.-6-partitum. E l . rf.
Stamina 6 -1 5 ; filamenta mteriora v. omnia basi glandulis aucta. Antheræ 4-loculares, P is tilli rudi-
meutum. F l . ? . Glandulæ staminaque sterilia. Stigma dilatatum, sublobatum. Bacca nuda.
Large trees, chiefly abundant iu the Tropics of the Old World, often yielding valuable products, as timber, oils,
etc. ; several are Australian. The only New Zealand species forms a very leafy, evergreen, umbrageous, small tree ;
everywhere quite glabrous. Uaves petiolate, ovate, blunt, quite entire, 3 -4 inches long, sometimes glaucous
below. Flmers numerous, dioecious. iu umbels surrounded with four or five concave deciduous bracts. Ferianth
of five to eight linear pieces. Stamens numerous, on long filaments. Anthers dilated, four-ceUed. opening in fi-ont
by four valves. T h e /m « fc flowers have rudimentary stamina, and an ovarium with an erect style and dilated
stigma. ^ ovoid, f inch long, placed on the thickened end of the peduncle. (Name from „ rp a . four, and
avÔTfpa-, in allusion to the four-celled anthers.)
1. Tetranthera caheans. Hook, f i l ; arborea, glaberrima, foliis ovatis obtusis integerrimis subtus
glaucis coneoloribusve, peduncubs petiolo brevioribus, involucris 4-5-foliolatis concavis, floribus 4.-5 æqui-
loiigis, pedicelbs sericeis, perianthii foliolis 5 -8 oblongis, staminibus 12, filamentis omnibus 2-glandulosis,
antheris introrsis. Laurus calioaris. Ba n k s et Sol. M S S . et le . A . Ounn. Prodr.
H ab. N o rth e rn Island. From th e Bay of Islands to th e east coast, B a n k s and Solander, etc. N at.
name, "T a n g ao .”
Gen. I I . N E SO D A PH N E , E o o h fi l.
Mores hermaphroditi. P e r ia n tim m 6-partitum, subæquale, deciduum. Star/iina 12, 2 -s c ria ta ; antheris
2-lo cu larib u s; 6 exteriora fertilia, introrsa , eglandulosa; 3 in terio ra fertilia, extrorsa, basi extus 2-glan-
dulosa, cum 3 sterilibus eglandulosis alternantia. Ovarium 1 -lo cu lare; stigmate simplici. Fructus baccatus,
n u d u s .— A flo r e s semyqervirentes e tribu Persearum.
Very large trees, with evergreen leaves and small greenish flowers in axillary and terminal panicles. Flowers
not bracteate or involúcrate, hermaphrodite. Pei'iantJi six-cleft. Stamens nine fertile, with two-celled anthers, of
which six form one row opposite the segments of the perianth, have no glands at the filaments, and the anthers
of which burst inwards; three others form a second row, alternating with three sterile stamens, their anthers open
outwards, and there are two glands opposite the bases of their filaments. Ovary one-celled, with a short style and
simple stigma. Berry ovoid, purple, placed on the top of the swollen peduncle. (Name from i/t; o-o s , an island, and
Sa(f>vr), a laurel)
1. Nesodaphne Tarairi, Hook, fil.; arborea, ramulis ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis obovato-oblongis
obtusis supra glaberrimis su b tu s glaucescentibus pubescentibus costa nervisque tomentosis, paniculis dense
tomentosis paten tib u s multifloris. L au ru s Tarairi, A . Cunn. Prodr.
H ab. N o rth ern Islan d , B a n k s a n d Solander, etc. N a t. name, " Taraire,” Citnn. (Cultivated in
England.)
A large tree, 50-80 feet high, the wood of which, according to Cunningham, is white, and splits freely, but is
not much used. Branches, panicle of flowers, petiole, costa and veins of tbe leaf below densely covered with red
or brown rusty down. Leaves coriaceous, 3 -6 inches long, obovate-oblong, blunt, quite glabrous and shining above,
pubescent, with prominent veins, and glaucous below. Panicles 1 -2 inches across, branched. Flowers 2 hnes long.
Berries inch long, ovoid, purple, much eaten by birds, and, when boiled, by man ; the kernel is said to be
poisonous.
2. Nesodaphne Tawa, Hook. fil. ; foliis (junioribus sericeis) anguste linearibus lanceolatis elliptico-
oblongisve u trin q u e reticulatim venosis su b tu s glaucis puberulis, paniculæ ramis elongatis, floribus parvis
glaberrimis. Laurus Tawa, A . Cunn. Prodr. L. salicifolia, B a n k s ei Sol, M S S .
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d , B a n k s and Solander, etc. N a t. name, "T aw a ,” Cunn. (Cultivated in
En g lan d .)
A large tree, 6 0-70 feet high. Young branches pubescent, with silky young leaves. Old leaves very variable
in size and breadth, 3 -4 inches long, narrow, lanceolate or elliptical oblong, finely reticulated on both sides, very
glaucous below. Flowers small, in loosely branched glabrous panicles, with long slender peduncles. Berries smaller
than in N . Tarairi, also eaten.—Wood poor, very destructible, used for spears.
Gen. H I . CASSYTHA, L .
Perianthium C-fidum ; tubo brevissimo ; laciniis 3 exterioribus nanis. Stamina 12, biseriata, iuteriorum
3 sterilia laciniis interioribus opposita, reliqua basi biglandulosa. Antheroe 2-loculares. Fructus perianthio
baccato te c tu s .— Herbæ v. f r u ti c u li volubiles, aphylli.
A very curious, not extensive, genus of generally tropical plants, of which a few species are found in Australia
and Tasmania, and one in New Zealand, apparently the Q. glabella of Australia, as far as can be decided without
fruit.'—A leafless, twining, half-shrubby, glabrous plant, consisting of densely interwoven masses of string-like
stems. Like Cuscuta, this germinates in the ground, but afterwards becomes parasitic, feeding on the sap of the
plants it grows over by means of suckers attached to the siuface of the stem, that corrode the bark of the stock.
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