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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Escalloniaceae R.Br. ex Dumort.

ESCALLONIACEAE

Fls us. perfect, in racemes or panicles; sepals 5, united below; petals 5, us. quite free; stamens us. 5, alternating with lobes of disk; ovary superior to inferior, 1-6-celled; ovules us. ∞. Fr. capsular or baccate. Trees or shrubs with simple alt. to subopp. exstipulate lvs. A few genera of southern hemisphere.

Key

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Fls in racemes, tinted pale lilac
1. QUINTINIA
Fls in panicles, white
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Lvs 7·5-15·5 cm. long, of lanceolate order; petals c. 1·5 cm. long; ovary superior
2. IXERBA
Lvs 2.5-5 cm. long, of elliptic order; petals c. 4 mm. long; ovary inferior
3. CARPODETUS
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