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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Aristotelia L'Hér.

ARISTOTELIA L'Hér., 1784

Fls unisexual, axillary, in racemes to solitary, 4-5-merous; sepals valvate, petals us. lobed or toothed; disk thickened. Stamens ∞ or 4-5, inserted on disk, anthers opening by apical slits. Ovary 2-4-celled, ovules 2 per cell, styles subulate. Fr. a berry. Embryo straight. Shrubs or trees with opp. lvs. Perhaps 12 spp. of Australia, New Hebrides, South America. The N.Z. spp. endemic.

Key

1
Lvs at least 5 cm. long, membr.; infl. with ∞ fls
1. serrata
Lvs at most 2.5 cm. long, coriac.; infl. of few fls or of 1 fl
2. fruticosa
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