Tas. 4379. 
CORYNOCARPUS taviaara. 
Smooth-leaved Corynocarpus. 
Nat. Ord. Myrsinacem® ?—PEnTANDRIA Mono@ynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx liber, pentaphyllus, foliolis subrotundis ciliatis concavis im- 
bricatis deciduis. Corolle petala 5, subrotunda, ciliata, ealyce paulo majora 
imbricata concava. Stamina 5 e basi petalorum, cum iis alternantia; flamenta 
crasso-subulata : anthere ovato-oblonge, dorso medio affixee, introrsee. Stamina 
sterilia fertilibus alternantia, petaloidea, spathulata, laciniato-serrata, apice bifida. 
Glandule perigyne ad basin staminum sterilium obcordate sessiles. Discus 
perigynus latiusculus stamina corollam calycemque gerens. Ovarium superum 
ovatum, uniloculare: ovudwm solitarium. Stylus ovarii longitudine. Stigma 
capitatum, papillosum. “Naa turbinato-clavata, oblonga, monosperma.” — 
Arbor Nove Zelandia, Ardisive facie, ramosa; foliis alternis petiolatis obovatis 
glaberrimis levibus. Panicula terminalis thyrsoidea, floribus parvis albis globosis 
brevissime pedicellatis. 
Corynocarrus levigata. 
Corrnocarrvs levigata. Forst. Prodr. n.114. Gen. Char. t.16. 4. Rich. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. p. 365. All. Cunn. in Tayl. Ann. Nat. Hist. v.4. p.260. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v.1. p. 78). 
MERRETTIA lucida. Sol. MSS. in Bibl. Banks. 
A native of New Zealand, drawn from a specimen sent by the 
late Mrs. Sherbourne, from her collection at Hurst House, Lan- 
cashire, and the only one we have seen; so that in the absence 
of fruit, we can only speak, as Mr. Allan Cunningham and 
others have done, doubtfully, as to its place in the Natural 
System. The position of the seed alone would militate against 
its being one of the Myrsinacee, and there is a something mn 
the structure of its flowers indicating an affinity very different 
from that family. Although the blossoms have little to recom- 
mend them, the plant itself “forms a tree,” says Mr.Cunningham, , 
“ Karaka of the natives, upon which the eye of the traveller rests 
with pleasure, by reason of its rich dark glossy leaves and highly 
ornamental growth ; and it furnishes a plum-like fruit, of which 
the drupaceous coat, when fully ripe of a sweetish taste, is eaten 
by the natives. The nut or kernel also, upon being deprived (by 
_ JUNE Ist, 1848, 
