30 FLOUA OF KEW ZEALAND.
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[Mahaceee.
latis lineari-ligulatis curvatis subcuneatisve obtusis integerrimis subcoriaceis opacis, lloribus parvis berma-
plu'oditis axillaribus solitariis, peduncubs folio brevioribus, calyce hemisphicrico, petalis oblongis linearibusve
obtusis concavis, tu b o stamineo elongato apice tru n c ato , antheris subsessilibus 8 -1 0 , capsula cano-tomen-
tosa gibbosa rima longitudina li dehiscente e t irreg u lariter transverse ru p ta . Forst. Prodr. BC . Prodr.
A .B ic k . F l.N o v . Zeal. A . Cunn. Prodr. Hook. B o t. Mag. t . i m .
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Is la n d s ; common in salt marshes near th e sea, Forster, etc. (Cultivated
in En g lan d .)
A slender twiggy shrub, 3 -5 feet high, with spreading branches, differing much in habit, but not in botanical
characters, from P. ld n li«m. leaves in fascieles, ^ inch long, narrow, linear, blunt, quite entire and smooth.
Flowers very small, yellowish-white, on short peduncles, solitary. axiUary. Calyx smooth, hemisphencal. Petab
oblong or linear-concave, Staminal tuie long, bearing six to eight sessile anthers at the top. Capsule larger than
iu PMtulinxu, obliquely turgid, white with appressed wool; splitting down one side, and also bursting irregularly
and transversely. Seeds solitary, about the size of a tai-e.
Geu. I I I . H O H E B IA , Guwfi.
Calyx hemisphmiicus, quinquelohus, lobis valvatis. F c ta la 5, basi in tu b um coahta. S tamina 00 ; filamentis
basi in tu b um (tubo coroUm continuum) coalitis, superne pentadelpliis v. lib e ris; antheris 1-locula-
ribus bilobis rima longitudinali centrali dehiscentibus. O ran am 5 -1 0 -lo c n la re ; loculis 1-ovulatis. S ty h
,5-10, basi ooaliti, in tu s versus apices stigmatifeii, lineares, vix dilatati. Carpella 5 -1 0 , compressa, monosperma,
dorso concava v. in alam producta.
Shrubs and smaU trees, confined as far as hitherto known to New Zealand, differing in habit chiefly from Sida.
Flowers white and showy, peduncled, axillary, solitary or in fascicles. Leaves alternate, petioled, doubly toothed,
serrate or crenate, smooth or covered with steUate pubescence ; when seen between the eye and Ught, small translucent
dots may be seen. Calyx, corolla, and stamens as in Plagianthus. Ovary with five to ten one-ovuled cells,
and as many Ion»- styles united below into one, Carpeh flve or ten ; when five, coriaceous and winged at the back ;
when ten. membranous and furrowed. Seeds pendnlons, compressed. (Name derived from the native one.)
Subgenus I. E d h o h em a . Carpeh and styles 6, tie former winged at the hack.
1. Hoheria popuUea, A. Cunn. ; arbuscula glaberrima v. glabrata, ramulis pedunculis calyceque cano-
pubescentibus, folds petiolatis la te ovatis v. anguste oblongis lanceolatisve acuminatis basi cuneatis tm n c a -
tis V cordatis irregulariter duplicato-deiitatis rariu s lobatis veuosis, pedunculis fasciculatis articulatis l-floris
calycibusque pubescentibus, petabs ov ato -v . lineari-oblongis obtusis concavis obliqnis su b -l-d en ta tis dorso
pubescentibus, filamentis pentadelphis, ovario 5-loculari, stylis 5, carpelhs dorso in alam obtusam ascenden-
tem productis. A . Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic . P la n t, t. 5 6 5 , 566.
Yar. a ; folds ovatis ampds grosse et argute dentatis.
Yar. e - lam eo la ta ; fodis lineari- v. oblongo-lanceolatis serratis dentatisve.
Flat. y . a n g u stifo lia ; fodis parvis grosse irregulariter pauci-spinoso-dentatis lineari-oblongis, flonbus
minoribus. H . angustifolia, E aoul, Choix de Plantes, p . 4 8 . t. 26.
Yar 8 eratagifolia ; foliis ovatis varie lobatis dentatisque.
H a b N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. Bay of Islands, Auckland, f c f a i r , Yar, a . N o t
common south of th e Thames, Colenso. Yar. 7 . A more southern p lan t. Akai-oa, lia o id ; Nelson, BrdwM.
Yar. /3, 7 , S. E a s t coast, Colenso. N a t. name, “ Houlieria,” Colenso.
A small handsome tree, 25 feet high, with copious white flowers, something like those of a cherry. The bark
(like that of Althcea and other MaUows) affords a demulcent drink, used in medicine; also cordage, whence the
native name, whicli signifies to bind or tie. Branchlets and peduncles pubescent. Leaves smooth (young ones
pubescent), very variable in size, breadth, and depth of toothing, ovate or lanceolate, 2-5 inches long, on petioles
i inch long, veined, generally sharply and coarsely doubly toothed, at other times finely serrate. Flowers variable iu
size, I - } inch broad, white. Petals linear-oblong, blunt, oblique or toothed on one side, pubescent, rarely smooth at
the back. Carpeb produced outwards into an oblong short blunt ascending wing, longer than broad. Tbat of
var. y. angustifolia, as figured in M. Raoul’s work, is much narrower and longer than in the specimens he gave me.
Subgenus I I . A p t e k o c a k pa . Carpels and styles 10, the latter not winged.
2. Hoheria L y a llii, Ho o k . f il.; arbuscula, foliis petiolatis ovato-cordatis u trin q u e cano-pubescentibus
regulariter dupli- tripUcato inciso-crenatis, lobulis obtusis, peduncuUs 1 -floris, floribus ampiis, petalis late
ovato-oblongis obtusis apices versus obHquis. T ab. X I . A.
Yar. /3 ? foliis glabratis duplicato-dentatis lobulis acutis. T ab. X I . B .
H ab. Middle Islan d . Hills west of Canterbury, L ya ll. N a t. name, “ Whau-wlii,” LyaU. Var. /S.
Dusky Bay, Forster; Müford Sound, L ya ll.
A small tree, of which I have seen but three specimens; one in flower from Canterbury, the two others in
fruit from the kVest Coast, and possibly belonging to a different species. Leaves in both simüar in size and form,
2-4 inches long, ovate-cordate, with pubescent petioles | - 1 inch lo n g ; pubescent on both surfaces, the margin
deeply and regularly cut into lobes which are twice or thrice obtusely crenate; in var, a, they are smooth or
nearly so, and the margin is irregiUarly toothed, the lobules being rather shaip. Peduncles about as long as the
petioles. Flowers large and handsome, nearly an inch across, pm'e white. Calyx tlückly downy. Petals obscurely
notched at one side towards the apex. Fruit (in var. 3) size of a large pea, of ten very flat reiiifonn membranous
carpels, collected into a globose head, surrounded at the base with the persistent calyx. Seed solitary, compressed,
curved; testa hardly coriaceous, pale red-brown; albumen scanty; embxyo large, with a loug curved radicle, and
convolute broad cotyledons.—P la t e XL Eig. 1 and 2, flowers; 3, pistil; 4, ovarium cut open; 5, ripe seed; 6,
vertical section of the same :— all magnifed.
N a t . O r d . XI. TILIACBXB, .Juss.
Gen. I . E N T E L E A , B r .
Sepala 4 - 5 , acuminata. Pe ta la 4 - 5 . Stamina 0 0 , omnia fe rtilia ; antheris 2-locularibus, dorso
affixis. Ovarium Ihspidum, globosum, 4 -6 -lo c u la re ; stylo an g u la to ; stigmate umbilicato. Capsula globosa,
hispido-echinata, supra medium 4 -6 -v a lv is ; loculis polyspermis.
A small branching tree, 3-5 feet high, generally growing in patches near the sea, and whose light wood is
used as floats for nets. Wliole plaut more or less densely covered with appressed steUate tomentum. Leaves
alternate, large (4-8 inches long), on long petioles, obliquely ovato-rotundate, deeply cordate at the base, pointed,
irregularly dupli- triplicate crenate or serrate, angled, sometimes obscurely lobed, five- to seven-nerved at the b a se ;
stipules smaU, persistent. Inflorescence an irregidar, erect, spreading panicle, with submnbeUate stout branches and
peduncles, bracteate at the axils, and drooping white flowers. | - 1 inch broad. SepaU four to five, ovate, acuminate^
densely pubescent. Petals crumpled. Stamens very numerous, forming a densely packed row round the globose
hispid germen. Capsules as large as a hazel-irut, four- to six-angled, as many celled and vaived, densely covered witli
long, spreading, stiff, pointed, spiiions bristles, nearly an inch long, splitting from the crown nearly half-way down ;
celb gaping. Seeds small, oblong, in two rows along the inner angle of each cell, whose walls are almost woody
and transversely wrinkled; testa hard, pale grey; albumen oily. (Name from errik-gs, perfect, all the stamens being
fertile, in whicli respect it differs from Sparmannia.)