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011 to the stem, very oblique, oblong, ovate, obovate, or rounded, quite entire, veiy thick and coriaceous, the petiole
obscurely expanded into a sheathing base. Panicles axiUaiy or terminal, pubescent with yellowish down, as long as
or longer than the leaves, male largest ; in bud surrounded with coriaceous, ovate, acuminate, sheathing bracteolæ ;
main branches bracteolate at the base. Male fiowers have a five-toothed calyx, five subimbricated petals, and as many
alteraating stamens. Female, an inferior one- to two-celled ovarium, crowned wdtli a five-toothed calyx-bmb, five
valvate petals, and three short, erect, conical, recurved stigmata. Omdes solitary, pendulous. Berry ovoid, crowned
with the styles aud five-toothed calyx, one rarely two-celled (one always empty). Seed pendulous.—A very fine
genus, closely related to Aucuba of Japan, and still more nearly to Decosfea of Chili. The corolla, being valvate
in the female and subimbricate in the male flowers, is cmious, but involves only a question of degi’ee, which, Imwever
important in most cases, is of none here.
1. Griselinia Incida, F o rst. F ro d r. A. Cunn. Prodr. G. Uttoralis et G. lucida, Baoul, F l .p . 22.
1 .19. P aukateria, Baoul, in An n . Soc. N a t. 1 8 4 4 .^ . 120. Scopolia, Forst. Gen. Lissopliyllum, Ba n k s
et Sol. M S S .
H a e . T liroughout th e Islands ; from th e Bay of Islands to Dusky Bay, Forster, etc. F l. October.
N a t. name, “ P o u k a te r,” Baoul. (Cultivated in En g lan d .)
A^ery variable in size aud shape of the foliage, the leaves being 1-5 inches long, more or less remarkably unequal
and oblique, and the petioles extremely variable in length. I have seen but one species from New Zealand.
Gen. I I . COROKIA, A . Gunn.
Flores hermaphroditi v. 1-sexuales. Calycis tubus tu rb in atu s, ovario ad n a tu s ; limbo 5-dentato, val-
vato. F e ta la 5, extus sericea, valvata, in tu s basi squamula aucta. Stamina 5, petalis alterna, sub disco
5-lobo inserta. S ty lu s erectus, apice bilobus. Omrium 2-loculare; ovulis loculis solitariis, pendulis.
Bacca 2-locularis (abortu 1-locularis). Semen p en d u lum ; te sta membranácea; albumine carnoso; embryone
h n e a ri; radicula bilo proxima.—F r u t i c e s medio ajjixis sericei. Folia alterna, exstipulala, inte-
(jerriraa. Floros p a n ic u la ti v .fa sc icu la ti, sericei.
A genus of evergreen shrubs, containing two species, both natives of New Zealand, having alternate, exstipulate,
entire leaves, which, as well as the young branches and ilowers, are densely clothed below with white silky liairs ;
the latter, if examined with a microscope, are seen to be attached by the middle to the surface of the leaf, and thus
point two opposite ways. Flmeers fasciculate or paniculate, white or yellow. Oalyx tube obconical ; limb of five
valvate teeth. Fetals five, valvate, silky on the back, with a small scale at the base inside. Stamens five. Ovary
two-ceUed; ovules solitary, pendulous. Style erect, two-lobed at the top. Berry ovoid, fleshy, red, with a one-
to two-celled nut ; cells one-seeded ; seed pendulous, albuminous. (Name derived by Cunningham from (lie
native one.)
1. Corokia buddleioides, A. C u n n .; fruticosa, erecta, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus
paniculatis, paniculis axillaribus te rminahbusque multifloris. A . Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. P la n t, t. 424.
Amr. /3 ; foliis latioribus elliptico-lanceolatis, baccis majoribus.
H ab . N o rth e rn Islan d , Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc.; Auckland, S in c la ir; E a st coast, Colenso,
etc. N a t. name, “ Korokio-taranga,” Colenso. Var. /3. Chatham Islan d , Dieffenbach. (Cult, iu England.)
A shrab 6-8 feet bigb. Leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate, 2 -4 inches long, acuminate. Flowers yellowish,
in axillary and terminal panicles, densely silky. Berries A inch long, red, fleshy.— In var. /3 the leaves are broader
and the berry larger, but I see no other differences in the imperfect specimens I possess.
2. Corokia Cotoneaster, Rao u l; frutex ramosissimus, ramis atris tortuosis, foliis (parvis) alternis v.
fasciculatis spathulatis orbiculatis obovatis v. obcordatis emarginatis in petiolum latum linearem angustatis,
fioribus axillaribus fasciculatis. Baovd, F l. Nov. Zeal. p . 22. t. 20.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands, chiefly on th e eastern sh o re s; n o t uncommon,
Colenso, etc. F l. September. (Cultivated in En g lan d .)
A low, spreading, rigid shrub, with black, tortuous, woody branches. Leaves alternate or fascicled, small, A -f
inch long, ronndecl, obovate. obcordate, or spathulate, narrowed into a linear flat petiole. Flowers small, axillary,
solitary or fascicled. Berries red, fleshy. A inch long.
N a t . O r d . X L I . L O R A N T H A C E z E , J mss.
Gen. I . LO R A N TH U S , L in n .
Flores hermapliroditi. Calycis tu b u s ovatus, ovario a d n a tu s ; limbo tru n c a to , obsoleto. Pe ta la 4 - 8 ,
valvata, lib era v. coalita. Stamina 4 - 8 , petalis opposita, iis in s e r ta ; antheris 2-locnlaiibus. Ovarmm
1-loculare; stylo elo n g a to ; stigmate incrassato. Bacca 1-locularis, 1-sperma. Semen a lbuminosum;
embryone recto v. o b liq u o ; radicula tereti, s u p e ra ; cotyledonibus plano-convexis.
Parasitical evergreen herbs or shi'ubs, growing attached to the branches of woody plants, from which they
derive their nourishment by sucker-like roots, which penetrate the bark. Leaves opposite or alternate, quite entire,
very thick and coriaceous, jointed on to the stem. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes, panicles, or corymbs.
Calyx tube united with ovary ; limb trimcate, very short. Oorolla of four to eight long pieces, free or united into a
terete tube below, valvate, fleshy, deciduous. Stamens united with and opposite the petals. Ovary one-ceUed, with
a straight or curved style and capitate stigma. Berry ovoid, with one albuminous seed generally attached to the walls
of the cavity all round, and n straight or curved embryo; radicle terete, pointing upwards.—I have purposely
avoided all allusion to the number and position of the ovules in this genus, which involves one of the most difiicult
points in vegetable anatomy for investigation, aud about wliich nothing very conclusive has been published. I have
also adopted the usual view of the calyx and corolla, which 1 believe to be the true one, and is the only one accordant
with the relations of the similar parts iu Cornea:, Santalacece, and other allied Orders ; but many botanists of
eminence consider what I caU the calyx as an expansion of the apex of the peduncle, in which the ovary is sunk, and
the corolla as a true calyx; chiefly because of the stamens being opposite and attached to it. I t would be out of
place here to argue against this latter view, wliich appears tome hypothetical and paradoxical, and to support which
the regularly-lobed superior calyces of many plants must be supposed to be of similar origin, and to be anomalous
productions of the peduiiole. Lomntlms is a most abundant Tropical genus; one species inhabits middle and
southern Europe, several are Chilian, and others New Holland ; none are known from Tasmania or Fuegia ; in the
latter coimtry the curious genus Myzodendron takes its place. (Name from Xmpov, a thong, and avdoi, a Jiower; the
corolla being composed of narrow strap-shaped pieces.)
1. L o ran th u s tetrapelalus, F o r s t.; foliis oppositis breve petiolatis elliptico-oblongis obtusis, floribus
axiUaribus solitariis v. geiniiiis, petalis 4 linearibus liberis. Forst. Prodr. De Cand. Prodr. A . B ich . Flor.
A . Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . N o rtlie rn Islan d , and n o rth e rn parts of Middle I s la n d ; abundant. B a n k s a n d Solander.
Forster, etc,
Pamsitical, often on and F itex; very handsome, ¿'¿mi terete, branched, 1 -2 feet loug. Leaves
opposite, shortly petiolate (1 inch long), elliptical-oblong, blunt. Floicers axillary, solitary or iu pairs, as long as
the leaves. PfíÍMWCÍé very short, bracteolate at the apex. Calyx limb produced into a broad open cup. FetaU
slender, free, the lower half erect, upper patent or recurved. Anthers linear. Stiyma very small.
2. Loran th u s Colensoi, Hook, fil.; foliis oppositis petiolatis late oblongis rhombeisve obtusis sub-
euerviis, floribus magnis racemosis, pedunculis validis brevibus 3-7-floris, floribus oppositis cum te rmiuali,
petalis liberis. Ilook. Ic. P la n t, t. 633.