Tas. 5935. 
PLAGIANT HUS Lyatuu. 
Native of New Zealand. 
Nat. Ord. Matvace&#.—Tribe MALvEz. 
Genus Pracrantuvs, Forst.; (Benth. and Hook. f., Gen. Pl., vol. i. p. 202). 
Praciantuus Lyallii ; arborea, ramulis floribus foliisque subtus stellato- 
pubescentibus, foliis ovato-cordatis acuminatis profunde duplicato- 
crenatis, floribus axillaribus paniculatis albis, pedunculis 1-floris 
ebracteolatis petiolos subequantibus, calyce late campanulato, petalis 
oblique obovato-cuneatis, filamentis basi connatis, ovario sub 10-locu- 
lari; stylis intus apicem versus stigmatosis, fructu spherico, carpellis 
membranaceis compressis exalatis. 
Pracianravus Lyallii, Hook. f., Handbook of the New Zealand Flora, p. 30. 
Houerta Lyallii, Hook. f., Fl. Nov. Zel., Vol i. p. 31,4. FL 
A beautiful small tree, native of the mountainous districts 
of New Zealand, at an elevation of 2000 to 4000 feet, where 
it was discovered by Dr. Lyall, R.N., naturalist to H.MS. 
Acheron, when on the coast survey of that island, under the 
command of Captain Stokes, R.N. Though unknown in 
the northern island, it appears to be very abundant in the 
middle one, and I have received specimens from all the — 
provinces, from Nelson to Otago. It flowers in January, 
and from its copious flowering forms conspicuous white 
belts round the margins of the dark Beech forests. In 
autumn again it is no less conspicuous for the golden colour 
of its fading foliage, it being one of the few deciduous trees 
of the New Zealand forests. Not that it is altogether a 
deciduous tree either, for Dr. Haast informs me that trees © 
growing in the Canterbury district above 3000 feet shed 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1871. 
