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only one of its genus, much resembling Elmmiwce in habit, Inflorescence, vdvate perianth, and epigynous d isc ; but
certainly allied to EscaUonia in the struttm-e of the fru it; the latter is an extensive genus, confined to South
America, and represented by Carpodetus in New Zealaud, and hy Quiniima in New Holland. The valvate petals are
found in another allied plant, Oornidia of Chili. (Name from sapjros, fru it, and Stror, bound; from the fruit being
girt by tbe calyx.)
1. Carpodetus serratus, F o rst. Gen. DC. Prodr. A . Cmm. Prodr. S o o t Ic . P la n t, t. 564.
H a b . N o rth e rn aud Middle Is la n d s ; usually on river-hanks. N a t. name, " P iri P iri W liata,” Cimu.
(Cultivated in England.)
Bark grey-brown, tubercidated on the branches, which, witb all other parts, are covered with scattered small
white appressed haii-s. Leaves ovate-oblong or elliptical ( l i inch), acute, coarsely serrate, narrowed into a petiole
( i inch long), clouded red, yellow, and green, paler below ; veins reticulated. Leaves on young plants small, 4 meh,
very variable, rounded or obovate, panduriform or deeply sinuate below the middle, displaying that tendency to
lobatiou common to so many other New Zealand plants. Panicles shorter than the leaves, branches spreading.
Flowers white, 2 lines across.
Geu. I I . Q U IN T IN U , A . DC.
Calycis tu b u s obconicus, elongatas, ovario a d n a tu s ; Umbus 5-deutatus, i-su p e ru s . P e ta la 5, imbricata.
Staviiua 5. Ovarium S-4-loculare, superne liberum, conicum, in stylum crassum S-lobum co n tra c tum ; ovulis
plurimis, ángulo interiori loeulorum insertis. Capsula lignosa, eostata, supra medium calyce persistente
cincta, superne libera, .3-valvis, incomplete 3-locularis. Semina parva, fusiformia, imbricata, la te alata.
The only New Zealand species are shrubs or small trees, covered more or less with lepidote scales, that secrete
a viscid exudation; they have alternate, exstipulate, entire, or obtusely serrated leaves, and axillary or terminal
racemes. Calyx with a rather long obconic tube, united witb tbe ovary; the limb five-toothed. Petals 6. imbricated.
Stame7ts 5. Ovary three-quarters immersed in the calyx; upper part free, conio, forming a three-lobed
style, with as many capitate stigmata (rarely four-lobed), three-celled, with many ovules at the inner angle of the
cells.’ CapsuU coriaceous, ribbed, terete, oblong, encircled above the middle by the persistent calyx-teeth, incompletely
three-celled; upper part free, three-valved. Seeds numerous, imbricating, oblong-fusiform, with a broad
membranous hyaline border, formed of long delicate ceUs, albuminous; embryo very minute, not seen.—The
dehiscent woody c.apsule of this genus is very different from that of Carpodetus, as are the membranous hyaline
seeds, which closely resemble those of Hydrangea, Comidia, Pliiladelplius, and others, to which this is more nearly-
allied than to Carpodetus, although the leaves are alternate. The Australian Q. Sieben has longer and more completely
consolidated styles. I have not discovered the true nature of the seed in either : it is very small, and loosely
enveloped in a beautiful broad, membranous, compressed coat, (Named in honour of La Qumtiuie, a French
botenist and writer on horticulture.)
1. Q u in tm ia serrata, A. C u n n .; foliis elongato-linearibus lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve sinuato-
serratis integerrimisve lepidotis discoloribus, racemis multifloris foHum submquautibus. A. Gunn. Prodr.
Hook. Ic . P la n t, t. 558.
H ab . N o rth e rn I s la n d ; n o t uncommon in dry woods, Cunningham, etc.
A small, erect tree. Young branches, haves, and racemes, covered with lepidote scales. Leaves petiolate
(3-6 inches), very narrow, linear or linear-oblong, blunt, sinuate, seriate or entire, reddish below. Racemes about
as long as the leaves, strict, erect, many-flowered; pedicels 2 lines long. Plowers \ inch across. Capsules 2 -3 lines
long.—Tery variable in length and breadth of leaf.
2. Quintinia elliptica, n. s p .; foliis elUpticis eUiptico-lanceolatisve integerrimis obtusis. A n sp.
distirtcla ?
H a b . N o rth e rn Is la n d ; east coast, Colenso.
Mr. Colenso considers this a very distinct plaut, and so it may b e ; but his specimens are only in bud and fruit,
neither of which show any difference from Q. serrata: the petioles are longer, leaves smaller ( l -^-2 inches), broader,
elliptical, and quite entire.
N a t . O r d . X X X V . C U N O N I A C E ^ , B r .
Gen. I . ACKAMA, A.
Calyx 5 -partitus, valvatus. Pe ta la 5, lineari-spathulata. Stamina 1 0 , glandulis hypogynis totidein
alternantia, elongata. Ovarium liberum, dense strigoso-hirsutum, 2-loculare ; ovuhs plurimis, ángulo loculi
interiori affixis ; stylis 2, filiformibus. Capsula libera, calyce persistente suffulta, coriácea, septicide
2-locularis, 2-valvis; valvis stylis persistentibus terminatis ; semina min im a ; te sta laxa, reticulata.
Ackama rosatfolia is the only known species : it forms a tree 3 0 -4 0 feet high, with opposite, pubescent, imparipinnate
leaves, and axillary spreading panicles of very small flowers. Calyx flve-partite; lobes valvate. PetaU as
many, vexy nai'row, linear-spathulate. Stamens ten, long, exserted, alternating with ten erect fleshy glands. Omry
free, densely hispid with stiff white hairs, two-celled, with two long free styles. Capsules of two turgid, boatshaped,
coriaceous valves, terminated with the persistent style. Seeds extremely minute.—The genus is hardly
distinct from the following, Weinmannia, except in the form of the petals. (Name, an anagram of the native one.)
1, ko k am a roscefoUa, k.O\XQ.\\. Prodr.
H a b . N o rth e rn Is lan d ; Bay of Islan d s, A. Cunninyham, etc.
(Cultivated in England.)
N a t. name, "M a b a Maka,” A. Cunn.
Young branches, petioles, leaflets below, and panicles, covered with a yellowish tomentum. Leaves 5 -8 inches
long ; petiole terete. Leaflets five to eight pair, opposite, the upper gradually larger, sessile, obliquely oblong or
ovate, lanceolate, acute, serrated, reddish below. Panicles large and spreading, siib-trichotomously divided, branches
slender. Flowei's minute, line across, sessile. Capsules black, tm-gid, l i line long.
Gen. I I . M'E INM A NN EV , L .
Calyx persistens, 4-p artitu s, imbricatus. Pe ta la 4, imbricata. Stamina 8, glandulis totidem v. lobis
disci alternantia, elongata. Ovanum liberimi, 2-loculare, basi disco c in c tum ; stylis 2, liberis. Capmila
coriacea, libera, septicide 2-valvis, poly- v. oligo-sperma, stylo persistente te rm in a ta ; seminibus parvis,
glabris v. p ilo sis; albumine p a rco ; embryone cylindraceo; radicula hilo proxima.— Weinmannia et
Leiospermum, Don.
Evergreen shrubs or trees, with opposite, stipulate, simple, ternate or iinparipimiate leaves, and racemose
ilowers. Calyx small, four-lobed, imbricated. PetaU four, imbricated. Stamens eight, alteniating with eight
linear glands or lobes of a disc ; filaments long. Ovary free, seated on the disc (when present), two-celled, with two
long styles. coriaceous, with a scpticidal dehiscence ; valves boat-shaped, sharp-pointed. generally
few, very minute, with a loose testa, smooth or loosely covered with long hairs.—A genus chiefly confined to
the Southern Hemisphere, but there common to all tropical aud temperate latitudes, advancing as far as the south
cud of New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Cape of Good Hope, in the Old Y'orlcl, aud South Chib in tbe New.
(Named after J. J. W. Weinmann, an eminent German author.)
1. Weinmannia sylvicola, Banks et S o l,; arborea, ramulis petiolis pedunculis costisque pubescentibus
V. glabratis, foliis simplicibus 3-iiis pimiatisve, foliolis coriaceis petiolatis termina libus obovatis v. obovato