Flora of New Zealand Series

Fls in us. terminal cymes or racemes; receptacle adnate to ovary; sepals 5, imbricate; petals 5; stamens ∞, much > petals; filaments filiform, anthers versatile. Ovary 3-celled, style filiform, ovules ∞. Capsules coriac., loculicidally 3-valved, or dehiscence irregular; seeds linear. Aromatic shrubs, trees or woody lianes with simple, opp., gland-dotted, exstipulate lvs. Some 20 spp. of N.Z., Australia, Polynesia to Malaya―the N.Z. spp. endemic.

SYNOPSIS OF GROWTH-FORMS

• A.
• • Trees or shrubs
  • 1.
  • • Capsules included:
    • parkinsonii,umbellata
  • 2.
  • • Capsules exserted
    • (a)
    • • Plant at first an epiphyte:
      • robusta
    • (b)
    • • Plant not an epiphyte:
      • excelsa,kermadecensis
• B.
• • Lianes (may be bushy or straggling in absence of support), clinging by roots
  • 1.
  • • Capsules exserted:
    • perforata
  • 2.
  • • Capsules included
    • (a)
    • • Fls red:
      • carminea,scandens
    • (b)
    • • Fls white or pink:
      • albiflora,colensoi,diffusa

The nomenclature of the N.Z. spp. has been revised by Oliver (T.N.Z.I. 59, 1928, 419-423) and is followed here, with reduced synonymy.