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bous, or subquadrate, contaiuing one round seed half enveloped in a scaidet fleshy arillus. (Name from akiKrpvxv,
a cock, from the resemblance of tbe scarlet millus to a cock’s comb.)
1. Alectryon excelmm, DC. Prodr. v. 1. p . 617. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. P I. t. 5 70. Euoiiy-
moides excelsa. B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Io.
H ab. N o rth e rn and Middle Islan d s. Bay of Islan d s, Cunningham, etc. E a s t coast. B a n k s and
Solander. N a t. name, “ Tito k i” and “ T ito n g i” of sou th ern p arts of N o rth Islan d , Colenso.
Cunningham says that an oil was once extracted from tho seeds, and used for anointing tbe person ; but that
whale-oil has now superseded it,
Gen. n . D O D O NÆ A , L .
PAres polygami. S e p aW i - b . Corolla b. 5- 00, receptáculo in s e rta ; filamentis brevissimis.
Ovarimn sessüe, 2 -5 -g o n iu n , 2-5 -lo cu lare ; ovulis loculis 2, superimpositis. Capsula membranácea,
2- 5-valvis; valvis dorso alatis, a columna centiali erecta persistente a lata solutis. Semina loculis 2
(abortu 1 ); te sta Crustacea.
Tbe only New Zealand species is found over a great part of the world, being a natiVe of the Pacific Islands,
Australia, Tasmama, tbe Indian Archipelago, Arabia, and West Africa. In Asia it extends fi-om Aflgbanistan to
Cape Comoi-in, in South America from Jamaica to the Eiver Plate on the east coast, and fi-om Me.xico to Southern
Pera on the west ; it is clfiefly a littoral plant, but also found inland. I believe it has many botanical names, fi-om
varying considerably in the form of its leaves, and to some extent in that of the wings of the capsule.— In New
Zealand tbe Dodonæa viscosa forms a small tree, 2 -6 feet Idgb, witb a very hard wood, variegated black and white,
and riscid yoimg leaves and frait ; upper branches compressed or angled, smooth, viscid. Leaves alternate, on
short petioles. lineai--obovate, blunt, sharp or notched, narrowed into a short petiole, smooth. 2 -3 inches long.
Flowers in terminal panicles, erect, small, green. Sepals ovate, subacute. Anthers large in proportion to tbe size of
the flower, almost sessüe. Fruit on elongated slender peduncles, two- to three-valved; valves with broad, rounded,
oblong, m /b ra n o u s , veined wings, 1 inch long. Seeds witb a dark red-brown testa. (Named in honour- of Bamiert
Dodoens, a German botanist of the sixteenth century.)
1. Dodonæa viscosa, Eorst. ; arbuscula glaberrima, viscosa, foliis obovatis spathulatis lineari-oblongisve
in petiolum brevem angustatis, capsula 2 -3 -a la ta , alls membranaceis orbiculari-oblongis. l i n n . Mant.
Forst. Prodr. DC. Prodr. D . spathulata, Stnith. A . R ich . A . Cmm. D. Burmamiiana, DC. et Auct.
H ae. N o rth e rn aud Middle Islan d s ; abundant, especially in dry woods, Ba n k s a n d Solander, etc.
El. October. N a t. name, ‘‘ Kke.,” Colenso.
The hard wood is much prized for clubs by the natives.
N a t . O r d . XVI. MELIACEÆ, Juss.
Gen. I . H A E T IG H S EA , Adr. de Juss.
'ux -i-S-lobus. P e ta la 4 - 5 , linearla, valvata, basi cum tu b o stamineo obscure coalita. Tubus
stamineus carnosus, cylindraceus, S -lO -c ren a tu s; antheris 8 - 1 0 , ore insertis, inclusis. Discus cylindraceus.
Ovarmm 3-loculare, loculis 2-ovula tis; stylo simplici, e re c to ; stigmate disciformi. Capsula 3-5-locularis,
loculicide 3 -5 -v a lv is ; loculis 2- (abortu 1-) spermis. Semina arillata.
A large tree, 4 0-50 feet high. Leaves pinnate. Mowers paniculate. Calyx very small, four- to five-lobcd.
Corolla of four to five linear, blunt, valvate petals. Filaments united into a cylindrical, fleshy, crenate tube, bearing
eight to ten anthers within the moutli. Ovary included within a tubular hypogynous disc, three-ceUed. Style long,
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with a broad stigma.—This genus is conflned to the East Indies and Archipelago, New Zealand, the cast coast of
New HoUand, and Norfolk Islan d ; but no species is common to any two of these locahties. (Named probably iu
honour of G. L. Hartiy, a French author on forest-trees, etc.)
1. Flartighsea spectahilis, Adr. J u s s .; foliis glaberrimis imparipinnatis, foliolis 3 -5 -ju g is petiolatis
oblongo-obovatis acuminatis obtusisve integerrimis, paniculis e trunco elongatis laxe ramosis multifloris
pendulis, calyce pedicellisque pubescentibus, capsula obovata ple rumque 3-valvi, loculis 2-spermis. Adr.
Juss. Mem. Mus. v. 9. p . 2 2 7 . A . Cunn. Prodr. H o o k Ic . P I. 61G et 617. Tricliilia, Porst. DC.
A . Rich. T. spectabilis. B a n k s et Sol. Ic . et M S S .
H ab. N o rth e rn I s la n d ; Bay of Islan d s, an d east coast. Ba n k s and Solander. Middle Islan d , Forster.
Fl. May, Ju n e . N a t. name, "K o b e ,” Colenso.
This is the only New Zealaud species of the genus. The leaves, Mr. Bidwill says, are used as hops, and a
spirituous infusion of them as a stomachic. The petioles are a foot or more long. Leaflets petioled, 3 -6 inches
long, quite smooth, oblong-obovate. Flowers produced from tbe trunk, in panicles 8-1 3 inches long, pale-coloured.
Petals I inch long. Capsules pendulous, an inch long, obovate; seeds with a red ariUus.
N a t . OiiD. XVIL GERANIACEÆ, DC.
Gen. I . G E R A N IUM , Herit.
Sepala p ip é ta la 5, æqualia. Stamina 10, fertilia alterna m ajora, basi glandulis in s tru c ta . CarpeUorum
aristæ intus glabræ, elastice e basi ad axeos apicem circinatim revolutæ.
A very large genus, pretty uniformly scattered over the temperate parts of the globe, but comparatively rare iu
the Southern Hemisphere. I t is to be distinguisbed from Pelargonium by its ten fertile stamens ; and from Erodium,
a common European plant, which is becoming naturalized iu New Zealand, by the awns of the carpels not being
spirally twisted, but simply revolute.—The species are extremely difficult to discriminate, and it is far from clear to
me whether the New Zealand ones are different from the European or not ; they are the same as Australian
and Tasmanian species. All vaiy exceedingly in size, in the cutting of the leaves, amount of hairiness, and size of
flowers. (Name from yçpavos, a crane, on account of the beak-like caiqiels.)
1. Geranium dissectum, L . ; caule decumbente v. suberecto p aten tim v. retrorsum piloso rarius glabrato,
foliis rotunda tis 5 -7 -lo b a tis partitisve, laciniis linearibus dissectis obtusis apiculatis acutisve, pediceUis
2-floris, sepalis pilosis aristatis, p etabs calyce brevioribus v. longioribus emarginatis, capsulis lævibus
pilosis, semine reticulatim punctato,
Yar. /S ; p atentim pilosa, petalis calyce subduplo longioribus v. brevioribus. G. pilosum, Forst. Prodr.
DC. A . R ich . A . Cunn. Nees ah Esenheck, P la n t. Preiss. v. %. p . 162. Sweet, Geran, v. 2. t. 119.
Yar. /3. r e tro r sim ; caulibus petiolis pedunculisque re tro rsum pilosis, petalis plerumque parvis. G. rc-
trorsum, DC. Prod. ? G. patulum, Forst. Prodr. etc.
Yar. 7 . glabratum; foliis 3 -5 -lo b is, lobis late cuneatis 3-5-fidis.
H ab. No rth e rn and Middle Islands. AU th e varieties are ab u n d an t in wmste places, etc., Forster, etc.
N a t. name, " P in ak itere .”
A branching herbaceous plant, covered more or less copiously with spreading or retrorse hairs.—Root pei'eimial,
tuberous, used by the natives for food in times of scarcity, aud caUed “ Matua Kumara,” Colenso. Stems weak,
subereet, a span to a foot high. Leaves on long petioles, orbicular, deeply cut and lobed. Peduncles two-flowered.
Flowers veiy variable in size, white, pink, or purple. Capsules even on the surface, haiiy. Seeds covered with reticulated
impressed dots. This plant is common in Australia and Tasmania, and has been referred by Sir W. J. Hooker
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