glaberrimis valde coriaceis superne medio canaliculatis su b tu s carinatis costa marginibusque incrassatis
floralibus paulo latioribus, capitulis laxifloris, perianthii tubo gracili laxe sericeo-viiloso laciniis lineari-
oblongis spathulatisve 4 -2 -p lo longiore, genitalibus exsertis. Porst. Prodr. A . R ich . F l. A . Cmm. Prodr.
Var. fi. Menziesii ; ramulis glaberrimis, folhs elliptico- v. oblongo-lanceolatis hneari-oblongisve.
H ab. T h roughout th e Islands, from south of th e Thames to Stewart’s Islan d . Scarce in th e N o rth e rn
Island. Base of Tongariro, etc., Colenso. Southern Islan d , L y a ll. Var. fi. Dusky Bay, Menzies.
An erect shrub, 3-5 feet high, which, except when in flower, may readily be mistaken for Veronica buxifolia
or some of its allies. As a species it appears very distinct, from its erect growth, smooth or sparingly hairy branches,
quadrifariously imbricated, glabrous, coriaceous leaves, which are keeled, have a thick margin, and are often glossy,,
and from the upper ones being broad and forming a sort of involucre to the mflorescence, as in most of its Australian
congeners, but not to so remarkable a degree. The leaves are so thick as ofteu to wrinkle in drying ; they turn deep
brown or yeUow-green, the upper ones often assuming a verdigris-green hue. also characteristic of various New
HoUand species. Var. (3 may be a new species, but I have seen only one specimen, and th a t in bud only. P. vinjata
is, perhaps, the nearest aUy of this, and agrees in the form of the flower; and I have erect specimens of P. pro-
strata coming very near it in other respects.
7. Pimelea Hqallii, Hook, fil.; caule elongato p rostrato robusto divaricatim ramoso, cortice paliide
brunneo, ramis ascendentibus sericeo-villosis, foliis siccitate paliide flavo-viridibus \ unc. longis subdense
quadrifariam imbricatis lineari-oblongis acutis rariu s elliptico-ovatis supra concavis glabratis su b tu s convexis
pilis longis laxe sericeis, capitulis 3-4 -flo ris, perianthii sericei tubo lobis ovatis obtusis paulo longiore.
H ab. Middle and Southern Islands. Ruapuke Is lan d an d P o rt Milliam, LijalL
Most nearly allied to P . arenaria, Cunn., but a different-looking plant, retaining a pale yeUow-gi-een hue when
dry, instead of tbe dark-brown of P . arenaria, and having remarkably few-flowered capitula. Stems prostrate, a foot
or more long, stout, flexible, covered with pale-brown bark. Branches 4 -6 inches long, densely silky, viUous.
Leaves numerous, loosely imbricate, | inch long, hnear oblong or elliptic ovate. Blowers rather shorter than the
leaves.— I have also a small specimen of this from J lr. Colenso, labelled as from the Southern Island.
Gen. I I . D R A P E T E S , L am.
Berianthiurn tu b u lo sum ; limbo 4 -fido; fauce squamata v. esquamata. S tamina 4, fauce inserta.
S ty lu s la te ra lis; stigmate capitato v. plumoso. N u x ecorticata.
Small creeping moss- or heath-like plants, with minute linear imbricating leaves, and solitary or few, terminal,
inconspicuous flowers, that differ from Pimelea only in having four stamens, and scales at the throat of the perianth.
Only four species are known, one from Fuegia, two from New Zealand, and one from the mountains of Borneo.
Endlicher has separated the B. Bieffenbachii generically, on the ground of the tube of the perianth not being angular
and jointed, and its throat being closed by the scales. The Bomeo B. ericoides however (Hook. Ic. Plant.) combines
the characters of unjointed perianth, glandular faux, and capitate stigma; and all the species rank naturally under
one genus. (Name from hpairerrjs, a runaway; from the deciduous perianth.)
1. Drapetes Bieffenbachii, H o o k .; fruticulus, caule repente ramosissimo, foliis dense imbricatis linearib
u s obtusis apice barbatis, floribus brevissime pedicellatis foliis immersis, p erianthii fauce squamata,
pedicellis ovarioque apice barbatis. Hook. Lond. Journ. B o t. v. Q .p . 4 9 7 . t. 17.
H ab. N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. Mo u n t Egmont, Bieffenhach. Tongariro, B idw ill. Top of
Ruahine mountains, Colenso. W a rrau mountains; abundant, BidwiU.
A small heath-like plant, with prostrate, slender, shrubby stems, 6 inches to a foot long. Leaves imbricated,
linear, appressed. blunt, bearded at the tip, 2 lines long.
2. Drapetes muscosa, Hook. f il.; caule elongato repente robusto, ramis erectis glaberrimis dense
foliosis, foliis undique dense imbricatis lineari-ligulatis obtnsis marginibus apiceque ciliatis, floribus te rm inalibus
solitariis.
H ab. Southern Islan d , and so u th ern extreme of th e Middle Islan d , L y a ll.
A much smaUer plant than B. Bieffenbachii, pale green when dry, with densely imbricated, shorter, and rather
broader leaves, less thau a line long, and broader at the base.— I have seen only one or two fru its; they are solitary
on the ends of short lateral branches.
N a t . O r d . LXXVI. SANTALACEriE, Br.
Gen. I . EX O CAR PU S, Lah.
Perianthium 5-p artitum , ro ta tum. Stamina 5, basi laciniarum in serta. S ty lu s b rev issim u s; stigmate
obtuso. N u x supera, eorticata, 1-sperma, pedúnculo baccato inserta. Embryo axi albuminis inversus.
A very remarkable genus, of often leafless plauts, with jointed stems, that bear little scales, which are sometimes
expanded into the appearance of leaves, but not in the only New Zealand species; they are abundant in Australia
and Tasmania, and a few species are found in Norfolk Island and the Pacific Islands; bnt the genus is unknown
elsewhere. The baccate peduncle is eaten and caUed “ Native Cherry” in Australia, where some kinds are arboreous.
—Mowers polygamous, very minute, in axillary spikes. Perianth five- (rarely four-) parted. Stamens five. Style
short, with a capitate stigma. Nu t superior, placed on a fleshy swollen peduncle. (Name from e^<o, outside, and
KapiTos, f r u i t ; from the scarlet swollen peduncle resembling the fruit.)
1. Exocarpus B idw illii, Hook, fil.; frutescens, procumbens, ramulis te retibus sulcatis, foliis minimis
triangula ribus squammformibus, floribus 6 -1 0 spiculis brevibus crassis puberulis sessilibus 5-raeris.
T ab. L I I .
H ab. Middle Islan d . W a rrau mountains, 1 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 feet above th e plain, Bid to ill.
A low shrub, 6-1 0 inches high, creeping amongst stones. Branches terete, grooved, bearing no other leaves
than minute triangular scales. Flowers eight to ten, on short club-shaped puberulous peduncles. Ferianth five-
parted. Nu t black, seated in a scarlet fleshy peduncle.—Very closely allied indeed to the E. humifusa of the mountains
of Tasmania, differing only in the perianth being five- instead of four-parted.— P l a t e L II. Fig. 1, branch and
flowers; 2, b ud; 3, expanded flower; 4, branch and fruit; 5, section through nut and peduncle; 6, embryo:—
all magnifed.
Gen. I I . SANTALUM, L .
Pe ria n th ii limbus deciduus, 4 -5 -lo b u s . Stamina 4 - 5 , glandulis totidem a lte rn an tia ; filamentis dorso
fascículo pilorum v. glandula pilosa instructis. Stigma 3 -4 -lo b um . B ru p a subbaccata, apice margiuata.
The only New Zealand species forms a small tree, with alternate leaves, extremely variable in size and breadth.
Branches angular, woody; bark pale. Leaves alternate, of young plants opposite and minutely dotted, shortly
petioled, 2 -4 inches long, varying from narrow linear-lanceolatc to broadly obovate, veined. Flowers green, in
axillary panicles, I inch broad. Perianth with a hemispherical tube and four or five ovate deciduous lobes.
Stamens four to five, alternating with minute glands ; filaments with a tuft of hair at the base behind. Style sh o rt;
stigma three- to foiu-lobed. Berry obovate, or turbinate, or clavate, I incli long, truncate, crowned with tlie
border of the perianth and persistent style. Embryo nearly as long as the albumen.—The other species of this
geuus (which produces the Sandal-wood) are Asiatic, Australian, and Pacific Island plants. (Name, Arabic,
Szandal.)
1. Santalum Cunninghamii, Hook. fil. S. Mida, Hook. Ic. P la n t, t. 563 et 5 6 5 . Mida salicifolia,