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2. J)xQ^QX^ ArctuH, H o o k .; scapo unifloro, rhizoraate elongato, foliis anguste lineari-spathuLatis in
petiolum latum glabrum angustatis, scapo foliis sequüongo, flore magno, sepalis petalisque sequilongis lineari-
oblongis obtusis, capsula 3 -4 -v a lv i, stigmatibus 3 - 4 brevibus apice capitatis. Hook. Jo um . B o t. v. 1.
p . 247. Ic. P L t. 5 6 . Planchón, I. c. p . 189.
H ab. N o rth e rn and Middle I s la n d s ; E u ab in e Mountains, in snow-water pools, Colenso. P o rt P re se rvation,
L ya ll.
Veiy variable in size, and apparently identical with a plant only known to inhabit the loftiest mountains of
Tasmama. The rliizoma of Dr. Lyall’s New Zealand specimens is 4 -8 inches long, of Air. Colenso’s mnch shorter.
Leaves narrow, linear, blunt, scarcely spathulate, sparingly glandular, with broad smooth petioles. Scapes stout,
oue-fiowered, about as long as the leaves. Flowers large, the petals and sepals usually about the same length, the
former rather broadest and sometimes the longest. Styles three to four, short, with round glandular stigmata.
3. Drosera spathulata, L a b .; acaulis, scapigera, multiflora, foliis steUatim rosulatis spathulatis superne
marginibusque glanduloso-pilosis, scapis 1 - 3 erectis simplicibus v. rariu s bifidis 8-15-floris, floribus
secuudis breve pedicellatis, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis basi u n itis, petalis spathulatis calyce duplo
longioribus, stylis 3 2 -p artitis. Labillard. PL Nov. HolL t. 1 0 6 . / . 1. B C . Prodr. v. 1. p . 318. P la n chón,
1. c. D . propiiiqua, A . Cunn. Prodr.
Yar. ^ .p u s i l la ; scapis 1-3 -flo ris, sepalis latioribus.
H ab. N o rth e rn and Aliddle I s la n d s ; common from th e Bay of Islands as far south as P o rt P reservation,
Cunningham, L y a ll, etc. F l. Jan u ary . L ak e Taupo an d foot of Tongariro, Colenso.
A well-known New Holland and Tasmanian p la n t; also found (according to Planchón) in the Philippine
Islands. I t may be recognized by its numerous broadly spathulate leaves, inch long, spreading out like rays,
and by the long, slender, erect scapes, bearing a secund raceme of small flowers.
4 . DiosQXdi binata, L a b .; acaulis, scapo multifloro, foliis longe petiolatis b ip a rtitis, laciniis anguste
lineari-ligulatis integris bifidisve glanduloso-hirsutis, scapis foHo longioribus, floribus magnis subcymosis,
sepalis ovatis glaberrimis v. ciliatis oblongis obtusis, petalis obcordatis calyce 2 -4 -p lo majoribus, stylis
3 peuicillatis. Lab. FL Nov. HolL t. 105. B C . Prodr. v. 1. p . 3 1 8 . D . dichotoma. B a n k s et Sol. M S S .
D. pedata, Persoon. D. intermedia, A . Cunn. Prodr. D. Cunninghamii, JFalpers, Bepert.
H ab. E a ste rn coasts of th e N o rth e rn and Aliddie Islands, B a n k s a n d Solander, etc. A b u n d an t in
moist clay lands, etc., as far south as E u ap u k e Island, L ya ll.
One of the most beautiful and curious-looking New Zealand plants, which there can be no difficulty In iden-
tif}dng, from its long leaves (4-8 inches), divided to the base into simple or bifid strap-shaped lobes, covered with
long glandular hairs. Scapes often twice as long as the leaves, bearing cymes of flowers I—! inch broad. Petals
white and very delicate, but variable in size, as is the calyx, which is quite smooth and entire, or fringed at the edge.
I t is probably not a native of the mountainous western coasts of New Zealand; but is found abundantly elsewhere
in Tasmania, also in New Holland from Sydney southward.
5. Brosexa pygniisa, D C .; pusiUa, acaulis, scapo unifloro, foliis congestis rosulatis breve petiolatis
orbiculatis concavis subpeltatis marginibus dense glanduloso-ciliatis, scapis gracilibus basi stipulis foHorum
scariosis suffultis, sepalis 4 oblongis obtusis glaberrimis, petalis calyce longioribus albis, stylis 4 filiformibus
subclavatis ovario globoso longioribus, seminibus paucis magnis. B C . Prodr. v. 1. p . 3 1 7 . Planchón,
1. c .p . 289.
H ab. N o rth e rn I s la n d ; marshes a t Cape Maria Van Diemen, Colenso.
The above description is made up from that of M. Planchón and from Mr. Gunn’s Tasmanian specimens, the
New Zealand ones not being in flower. The smallest species of the genus, conspicuous for the silvery white scarious
stipules forming a little brush round the base of the peduncle. Leaves numerous, forming a dense circular mass.
Petioles 2 lines long; lamina orbicular, 1 Hue across. Scapes filiform, an inch long. Flowers soHtary, very small.—
Van Diemen’s Land and the southern coast of New Holland are the only other known habitats of this plant.
6. Drosera auricudata. B a c k .; bulbosa, caule erecto elongato glaberrimo simplici v. diviso, foliis rad icalibus
paucis stellatis, caulinis alternis gracile petiolatis lu n a tis longe ciliato-glanduliferis axillaribus
geminis, racemo simplici laxo 6- 8-floro, floribus pedicellatis, sepalis integris v. subciliatis oblongis
obtusis, petahs sepalis 3-plo majoribus obovato-obcordatis, stylis 3 in fra medium peniciUatis, seminibus
scobiformibus. Backhouse, M S S . in H h . Hook. Planch. I. c. p . 2 9 5 . D. petiolaris, Sieh. in p a r t, non
Brown. D. peltata, B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
H ab. N o rth e rn an d Middle Islan d s, especially on th e ea st c o a s t; n o t uncommon. B a n k s and Solander,
etc. F l. December.
A slender, erect plant, with smooth wiry stem, 1 foot to 18 inches high, and a bulbous root deep in the ground.
Radical leaves few, spreading all ro u n d ; cauHne distant, alternate; all on slender petioles, ^ inch long, peltate, half-
moou-shaped, the margins fringed with long glandular hairs. Racemes 2 -4 inches long, 6- 8-flowered. Flowers
distant, on stout peduncles 3 Hnes long, white or Hlac, -I— inch across.—This pretty plant is a native of New
Holland, from Sydney to Bass’s Straits, and of Tasmania. I t is very nearly allied to the B . peltata, Sm., of the
same countries.
N a t . O r d . VI. PITTOSPOREHÍ, Br.
Gen. I . P IT TO S PO R UM , B a n k s.
Flores hermaphroditi v. poljgamo-dioici. Sepala 5, rariu s n u lla ? P e ta la 5, ung u ib u s in tu b um
conniventibus, lamina plerumque recurva. Stamina 5, petalis alterna. Ovarium sessile, incomplete 2 -5 -lo -
cu la re ; stylo filiformi; stigmate capitato, lobato. Capsula subglobosa, compressa, 2 -5 -lo cu la ris, valvis
2 -5 medio seminiferis. Semina plurima, viscida, ssepe in globum compacta, an g u lata. FJmbryo minimus,
baái albuminis duri orthotropus.
Evergreen shrubs or trees, with entire leaves, chiefly abundant in Australia and New Zealand, forming in the
latter country a larger proportion of the flora than in any other; found sparingly in India and its Archipelago.
Flowers solitary and axillary, or in irregular corymbs. Sepals and petals 5, the latter almost united into a tube
below, their apices recurved. Stamens 5, opposite tbe sepals. Ovary 2-5-celled, with a straight style and capitate
stigma. Capsules coriaceous or woody, with several seeds in each cell, attached to the centre of the valves, and
usually collected into a mass by a viscid exudation.—The New Zealand species are all peculiar to those islands.
(Name from irirra, pitch, and o-Tropos, a seed; in allusion to the gummy secretion about the seeds.)
* Flowers solitary, rarely two together, axillary or terminal.
1. P ittosporum tenuifolium, Banks e t S o l.; arboreum, ramulis ultimis ciñereis, foliis (1 -2 unc. longis)
obovato-oblongis ellipticisve breve petiolatis subacutis obtusisve u n d u la tis superne nitidis su b tu s pallidis
reticulatim venosis, bracteis membranaceo-chartaceis ciHatis deciduis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, pedúnculo
petiolo longiore, sepaHs oblongis subacutis glaberrimis cinereisve marginibus ciliatis, petalis lineari-spa-
thulatis obtusis, capsuHs la te obovato-pyriformibus cano-villosis demum glabratis compressis v. trig o n is
2 -3-valvis, seminibus atris lin. longis. BC . Prodr. v, \ . p . 3 47. Geertn. v. I . p . 286. t. 5 9 . A . Cunn.
Prodr. IMchilia monophylla, A . Rich. Flora, t. 34 bis.
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d and Middle Is la n d s ; common as far so u th as Akaroa, B a n k s a n d Solander, etc.
N a t. names, "M a p a u rik i,” C u n n .; "K o h u h u ,” Col.; "K a r o ” of Middle Islan d , L y a ll.