long, campanulate, divided to the base ; lobes lanceolate-subulate, acuminate ; margins with stellate pubescence,
back with simple elavate hairs. Siametis five, with minute petaloid glands at theii- base, longer than the ovary i
filaments filiform, curved. Anthers short, oblong, extrorse; loculi completely two-valved. Ovmy villous, three-
celled, with a stout, straight, glabrous style and minute stigma. Ovules two, coUateral, ascending. Seeds solitary
in each ceU ; testa glabrous ?
N a t . O e d . X V II. ELÆOCARPEÆ.
T he m ajor itj o t E lx o c a rp e a are tropical Indian, and b e lo n g 'to tb e genus E la o e a rpm , o f wh icb one
species inhabits N ew Sou th W a le s. Several species are natives o f N ew Zealand, and others o t th e P a cific
Islan d s. A s an Order this is hardly sufficiently distin c t from T ilia c e x , o f which there are about
fifteen tropical Australian species.
Gen. I . A R IS T O T E L IA , L ’H éH t.
S ep a la 4 - 6 , valvata v. subimbricata. P e ta la 4 - 6 , plerumque apice lobata. S tam in a plurima, disco
carnoso in se r ta ; filam e n tis br ev ib u s; antlusris e longatis, apice rimis v . poris dehisc entibus. Ovarium 2 ^ -
loculare ; loeu lis 2 -o vu la tis. Banca carnosa, 2 -4 -lo cu la r is, septis membranaceis. Semina an gulata; testa
Crustacea, extus carnosa v . membranácea, umblHco veutrah ap p en d icu la ta ; eudopleura membranácea;
albumine carnoso; embrymu: axili, r e c to ; cotyledonibus dila ta tis; r a d k u la tereti, supera.— J n e s k , DC.
In the New Zealand Flora I have explained my reasons for agreeing with Planchón in reducing Friesia to A ristotelia,
a genus confined to Ohili, New Zealand, and Tasmania. The Chilian species bears an acid eatable fruit, said
to be odvautiçeously used, made into a wine, in malignant fevers,— 2 Vees or shrubs, with opposite, exstipulate leaves,
and flowers in panicles or on single-flowered peduncles. SepaU fonr or flve, valvate or slightly imbricatmg. Petals
four or flve, generally lobed at the apex. Stamms numerous, with short fllaments, mserted in a fleshy disc; anfhms
hnear, bursting witb pores or short slits at the apex. O va r, two- to four-celled, with two superimposed ovules in
each ceh, and a straight, simple style. B e rry fleshy, two- to foiir-celled ; septa membranous. Cells one- or two-
seeded. Seeds pendulous, angular. Testa crustaceous, usually with a fleshy outer coat. Embryo straight, in fleshy
albumen, with terete radicle, and broad, fiat cotyledons. (Named in honour o f the Macedonian philosopher.)
1. A n sto te lia peduncularis (H o ok , fil.) ; glaberrima, folus breve petiolatis oppositis ternisve
e lliptico-V. ovato- v. anguste lanceolatis a cuminatis serratis, pednncuUs gracilibus axillaribus unifloris, sepalis
ob longo-lanceolatis, petaHs trilobis, disco tomentoso, ovario tetrágono 2 -4 -lo cu la r i, bacca obcordata 1 - 3 -
sperma.— Eriesia peduncularis, B C . P r o d r . i. 5 2 0 ; E o o h Journ. B o t. i. 2 5 0 , ii. 4 1 4 . Elæocarpus peduncularis,
L a b . Nov. E o l l . ii. 1 5 . t. 1 5 5 . {Gunn, 3 1 2 .)
H a b . Southern and mountainous parts o f the I slan d , in shaded places, common, ascen d in g to 4 0 0 0 feet.
— (El. N o v . to Jan.) ( v .v . )
A smaU. weak, straggling shrub, 2 -4 feet high, everywhere glabrous. Stems slender, terete. Leaves opposite
or ternate, v e iy variable in size, 1 - 4 inches long, varying from ejliptical-ovate or oblong to linear or lanceolate-
obiong, coarsely toothed, shortly petioled. Flowers ve iy variable in size, i - i inch long, while, solitary or fascicled,
on long, slender, curved, one-flowered pedicels, which are jointed beyond the middle. Sepals ovate-lanceoiate,
acute, nerved. P etals rather longer than the sepals, cuueate-oblong, three-lobed. Disc fleshy, subpyramidal, iobedi
pubescent. Stamens ten to twelve, on the top of the disc ; filaments curved, subulate. Ovary tetragonal, with
tour cells and two superimposed ovules attached close together in each cell. B e rry obcordate, varying in size from
a pea to a small cherry, and in colour from pink to black (stains purplish), fonr-celled, one- to three-seeded. Seeds
emptic-oblong, angled ; testa coriaceous or crustaceous, with a fleshy snrface ; albumen fleshy ; embnjo straight, with
a cylindrical radicle, and flat, oblong cotyledons.
N a t . O r d . X V I II . H YPERICINEÆ.
( are chiefly natives o f Europe and America, and are, w ith comparatively few exceptions,
inhabitants o f temperate climates ; some are however tropical : their nearest allies are th e tropical Clusiaceæ.
Very few species are Australian.
Gen. I . H Y P E R IC UM , L .
S epala 5 , imbricata. P e ta la 5 , contorta. S tam in a plurima, in phalanges coalita v . libera, filamentis
filiformibus. Ovarium 1 -3 -lo c u la r e ; stigmatibus 3 . Capsula membranacea v . coriacea, l-lo cu la r is, 3-
valvis, seminibus valvarum marginibus inflexis inse r tis.— Herbæ v . frútices ; foliis oppositis, ex stip u la tis ;
floribus s o lita r iis subcymosisve.
A large genus of plants, for the most part natives o f the temperate regions of Europe and the mountains of
Asia, and North and Sonth America.— Ee^-bs or shrubs, with often angled stems, the leaves, and sometimes petals
and sepals, studded with glandular dots or glands. lea v e s opposite, often sessile. Sepals five, imbricate. Petals
five, crumpled in æstivation. Staonens numerous, with slender filaments, which are free, or united into bundles;
anthers smidl. Ovary thi-ee-celled, with as many styles and smaU. capitate stigmata. Eruit of three carpels,
whose inflexcd margins bear numerous minute seeds, but do not meet in the axis ; testa often reticulated ; albumen
none. (Name, the vTu^piKov of Dioscorides.)
1 . Hypericum gramineum (Eorst. Prodr. 5 3 ) ; caule simplici v . basi diviso e t superne dicho-
tomo erecto v . basi decumbente tetragono, foliis oblongis obtusis sessüibus subeordatis punctatis marginibus
plerumque revolutis, sepaUs oblongis obtusis v. ovatis acuminatis punctatis integerrimis, petahs calyce
longioribus, filamentis fere liberis, capsula conica.— L a b . S e rt. A u st. Caled. 5 3 . t. 5 3 ; FI. N . Zeal. i. 36.
H . involutum. Chois, in B C . F ro d r. i. 5 4 9 ; H o o h Journ. B o t. i. 2 5 1 , ii. 4 1 5 . H . p edicellare, E n d l. F ia n t.
E ilg . 1 2 . Ascyrum involutum. La b . FI. Nov . E o ll. ii. 3 2 . 1 . 1 7 4 . Brathys B iliardieri e t B . Eorsteri, Spach,
Ann. Sc. N a t. v. 3 6 7 . {Gunn, 7 3 .)
H a b . Abundant everywhere in g ood soü .— (El. Oct. Jan.) {v. v.)
D is t r ib . South-eastern and W e ste rn extratropical Australia, N ew Zealand, N ew Caledonia, and Cape
o f Good H o p e ?
An erect herb, a span or less high.— Stems four-angled, slender, sometimes decumhent at the base, simple or
dichotomously divided. Leaves | —1 inch long, suberect, oblong, sessile, bhmt, cordate at the base, dotted ; margins
more or less recurved or revolute. Flowers on long or short peduncles, 4 - 4 inch broad. Sepals oblong, obtuse,
or acute. Petals golden-yellow, variable in size, often ciuling inwards after flowering. Stamens numerous ;
filaments almost wholly free.
2 . Hypericum Japonicum (Tbunb. E l. Jap. 2 9 5 . t. 8 1 ) ; caule humifuso v . basi prostrato ascendente
ramoso v . simplici tetragono, foliis sessihbus late oblongis obovatis obtusis punctatis plaiiis mar-
g inibusve revolutis, sepalis ob lon g is obovatisve obtusis acutisve p unc tatis integerrimis, petalis calyce vix
longioribus, filamentis liberis, capsula globosa v. oblonga acuta calycem v ix superante.
Var. /3. h um ifu sum ; caulibus humifusis basi ramosissimis, ramis simplicibus v. divisis.— FI. N . Zeal.
i. 8 7 . Hypericum pusillum, Chois, in B C . F ro d r . i. 5 4 9 . Ascyrum humifusum, L a b . FI. N o v . E o ll.
ii. 3 3 . t. 1 7 5 . {Gunn, 6 6 6 .)
H a b . B o th varieties abundant in hüly, humid situations throughout th e Colony, growing amougst
grass, etc .— (El. all summer.) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . N ew Zealand, Japan, India, Madagascar, South Chili?, California?