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Gen. I . O XA L IS , L .
^ SepaU ¡Apetala 5. Stamina 10 ; filamentis basi monadelplns, 5 alternis externis brevioribus. StvU
0, apice capitellati. Capsula pentágona, globosa v. elongata, 5-locularis, 5-valvis.
description. The spec.es of this country may at once be recognized by the trifoliolate leaves (like Clover) ea I, leaflet
: e specilesi. M ;ost orf tfhe :m/ a re more or le"s,s acid, like the English Wood Sorrel. (Name from „¿„r. sh«a■r»p nor: acid.)
1. Oxnhs com ia ila ia L .; püosa v. glabrata, caule erecto decumbente v. repente folioso, foliolis pro-
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sirie fa ; suberecta v. erecta, stipulis nuUis. 0 . stricta, Anct. O. ü rv illei, 0 , lacicola, O propmqua,
0 . divergens, A . Cmm. Prodr. O. ambigua, A . R ich . Flora.
Var 7 . microphylla; caule procumbente racbcante, foKoHs minimis, capsulis oblongis. 0 . exilis et 0
microphylla, A . Cunn. Proclr. 0 . reptans, Forst. Proclr. 519.
«■ debilis, prooumbens, caulibus filiformibus, foliolis membranaceis cüiatis. 0 . ciliifera
et 0 . teiiuicauhs, A . Cunn. Proclr. 0 . flaccida. B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
k a r . e .e ra sAfoUa ; cauUbus rigidis caespitosis, foliolis carnosis pilosis. 0 . crassifolia, A. Cunn
I s l a n d / ' ® abundant, except in tb e more liumid pai-ts of th e Middle and Southern
I have careMly examined an immense suite of specimens of this plant, from New Zealand and all other parts
e t h s l e r “/ / r ! " I - n confidently assert, that that a n tlo r’s
Europe, which vary qmte as much elsewhere when they grow freely, as they do in New Zealand. I have enumerated
e varieties not because I behave them to present characters of any importance or constancy, but for the sake
n mes th t“ ® T ' ’“ ® t ^ *“ “ " ‘"S Under how many
^m e s this same w,de-spread species stands in systematic works of botany, it would be diffienlt to say ; but I find
. affir stndymg care nlly the limits of its variations in one spot, it may easily be recognized in any other I d
t t s / t m d“ - T • / / ™ Most, if not all
the tates made into species by Mr. Cunningham, occur in Europe, as any extensive he.-barium shows. The majority
rend t f 1 ” America. Its extreme abnndanoc in New Zealand wiU
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2. Oxalis Eorst,; aeaulis, pilosa v. glabrata, rhizomate repente squamato, stipulis magnis
b u ffa ta scanosis, folus c ra s s iu so uH foliolis ,3 late obcordatis subtus glaucis, scapo 1-floro petiolis tequilongo
V. longiore 2-bracteolato, sepabs oblongis obtusis, petalis albis obovatis apiee retusis v. oblique bilobis glaber-
rim.s V, cilmtis capsula globosa membranacea. Forst. Comm. Goett. I C . Prodr. F l. Antarct. n 2 « 253
0 . lactea, HooP B o t .Journ. v. 2. 0 . c a tarac te, A . Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. P la n t, t. 4 1 8 . Tab. X I I I
t lA B . Ih ro u g h o n t th e islands, in damp, shaded, and in alpine locahties.
f l a c c i d ' ' r h i z o m a . clothed above with the imbricating
flaccd. búllate, membranous scales of the old leaves. F em e s l - l * inch long, arising from the root or rhizomt.’
generally hairy, as are the peduncles, leaflets broadly, obcordate. glabrous, rather fleshy, glaucous below. Scapes
one-flowered, often twice as long as the petioles, bearing two bracteolm above the middle. Sepals oblong, blunt.
PetaU pm-e white, i - l inch long, oblong-obovate or obcordate, obliquely lobed or retuse. but variable in this last
particular, often ciliated. CapsuU membranous, globose.—I have but two specimens of the Magellanic plant, which
are rather smaller and more fleshy than the New Zealand ones; and the petals are not ciliated; but these characters
are aU variable, both in New Zealand and Tasmanian individuals, some of which are very small and fleshy, scarcely
an inch high, others elongated, more membranous, and 3 - 4 inches long. The petals are broadly obovate or more
oblong, quite smooth or ciliated, obliquely notched, or regular in outline. The large membranous stipules and
white flowers ai-e its best characters, which it has in common with the very nearly allied 0. Acetosella, L. (wood-
sorrel) of England, and the north temperate zone generally.—P la t e X III. Eig, 1 , flower; 2, petal; 3 , stamens and
styles; 4 , g-ermen:— all). ’
N a t . O r d . X IX . R U T A C EÆ , Juss.
Gen. I . M E L IC O P E , Porst.
^ Calyx 4 -partitus, persistens. Petala 4, p atentia. Stamina 8 ; filamentis subulatis. Ovaría 4, disco
inserta, 1-loeulana, 2-ovulata, p lu s minusve in te r se coa lita; stylo e rec to ; stigmate capitato. Carpella 4,
coriacea, venosa, 2-valvia, ab o rtu 1-sperma. Semen funículo filiformi appeiisum ; te sta coriacea.
A genus confined to New Zealand, containing two species, which are shrubby, opposite- or fasciculate-leaved
plants or small trees. leaves one- or three-foliolate, with peUncid dots. Flowers axfllajy, paniculate or fascicled,
greenish Calyx four-partite, smaU. Petals four, spreading, much longer than the calyx. Stamens eight ; filaments
smoo^ , onger or shorter than the petals. Ovarium smroundcd by four cleft glands at the base, of four more or less
combined caipels, with one erect straight style and a capitate stigma. F ru it of four diverging two-lobed carpels
each tiTO-valved and splitting down the inner angle, whence the black seeds project, attached by the long funi!
cums. (Name from peXc, honey, and eowq, a division, because of the cleft honey-secreting glands round the ovarmm.)
1. Melicope ternata, E o rs t.; glaberrima, foliis oppositis longe petiolatis, foliolis 3 obovato- v. lineari-
0 o n ^ s acutis in petiolum angusta tis, paniculis subtrieliotome ramosis, petalis ovatis staminibus longioribus
sty 0 brevi. Forst. P ro d r .p . 166. I C . Prodr. A .R ic h . Flora. A. Cunn. Proclr. Hook. Ic. P la n t, t. 6O3'
Lntoganum lævigatum. B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic. Gartner, fr u c t .
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d , and n o rth e rn parts of Middle Island, B a n k s a n d Solander, etc. Cloudy Bay
fen la ch . N a t. name, “ Wh a ran g i,” C b fa i« . U
the qMte smooth. Leaves opposite, with three leaflets, which are longer than
panicles as L i °'>l<’»g-ovatc, sharp. Flowers grecnish-wldte, small, in axillary trichotomons
reticulated L i“ r ! '’f ' ™™<=sons, very mnch
funiculus for someLme
c n l a t f 'w A. Cunn. ; fruticosa, foliis (parvis) sparsis oppositis v. ramulis brevissimis faseilarib
.‘‘“/ ‘j“/ ^Me ovatis obtusis subduplicato-crcnatis, petiolo subulato, pedunculis 2-4 gracilibus axil-
üoribus jiarvis, petalis lineari-oblongis, filamentis corolla longioribus, stylo
ga 0, ovano hirsuto. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. le . P U n t. t. 585. Astorgaiithus Hugclii, En d l. M S S .
B id w i lT 'V . T L l ? Is lan d s ; Bay of Islands, aud E a st Coast, Cunningham, Colenso. Nelson
m a m l l . Banks Peninsula, Raoul.
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