Flora of New Zealand Series

Mullerina raoulii Tiegh. loc. cit. 42, 1895, 25.

This was based on specimens from Bay of Islands, Raoul on Metrosideros; and Whangaroa, A. Cunningham on Metrosideros and Vitex. The infl. is said to be terminal, the fls 5-merous. Van Tieghem says the sp. was confused by Cunningham and Raoul with Elytranthe tetrapetala. No specimens have been seen or collected by N.Z. botanists of later date.

GENERA OF LORANTHOIDEAE

Van Tieghem's genera, as far as N.Z. representatives are concerned, may be keyed as follows:

1 Ovary 2-(6)-loculed; fertilized embryosac reaching only to basis of style2

Ovary 1-loculed; fertilized embryosac reaching nearly to stigma4

2 Tepals becoming free to basePERAXILLA

Tepals remaining united in lower part3

3 Pedicels with single bractALEPIS

Pedicels with 1 bract and 2 bracteolesTRILEPIDEA

4 Staminal filaments much-narrowed at insertion of versatile anther5

Staminal filaments not so narrowed, anther not versatile6

5 Infl. AxillaryHOOKERELLA

Infl. TerminalMULLERINA

6 Pollen 5-lobed; calyculus well-developedILEOSTYLUS

Pollen hemispheric; calyculus ill-developedTUPEIA

Van Tieghem assigns the N.Z. spp. as follows: PERAXILLA - colensoi, haastii, tetrapetala, uniflora. ALEPIS - flavida. TRILEPIDEA - adamsii, ralphii. ILEOSTYLUS - kirkii, micranthus. TUPEIA - antarctica. HOOKERELLA - tenuiflora. MULLERINA - raoulii.

No adequate diagnosis is given of P. haastii, P. uniflora, T. ralphii, I. kirkii, and these remain incertae sedis. I. kirkii is based on specimens collected by Kirk near Auckland, but there are no specimens so named in Kirk's herb. at W.