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HOHERIA PoruLNEA, var. LANCEOLATA. 
New Zealand. 
Matyvackak. Tribe MALVEAE. 
Howeri, A. Cunn.; Benth. et Hook. 5 gi Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 202. 
Hoheria populnea, A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. i. vol. iii. p. 319 (1889) ; 
Hook, Ic. Pl. t. 565; Hook. f. Fl. N. Zeal. vol. i. p. 80, et in Handb. 
N. Zeal. Fl. p. 31; Kirk, For. Fl. N. Zeal. p. 87, tt. 53-55, et in Students’ 
Flora N. Zeal. p. 71; Cheeseman, Man. N. Zeal. Fl. p. 78; Gard. Chron. 
(Suppl.) Nov. 23, 1901; Bean, Trees and Shrubs, vol. i. p. 621; var. 
lanceolata, Hook. f. Fl. N. Zeal. vol. i. p. 30; H. A. Bowles in 
Garden, 1919, vol, lxxxiii. p. 449, cum icon. ; forma distinctior a varietate 
vulgari foliis lanceolatis floribus minoribus paucioribus segreganda. 
Arbor parva, gracilis, 3-9-metralis, vel arbuscula ; novelli pilis cinereis stellatis 
pubescentes. Folia alterna, persistentia, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 
apice acuminata, basi cuneata, margine dentibus gracilibus irregulariter 
grosse serrata, lamina 2°5-10 em. longa, 1°2-3°5 cm. ‘lata, glabra vel 
subtus parce stellato-pubescentia, supra nitide viridia ; petiolus 6-12 mm. 
longus, stellato-pubescens. lores fasciculati, in ramulorum hornotinorum 
axillis aestate prope exacta orti, singuli 2-2°5 cm. lati. Calyx cinereo- 
pubescens, turbinatus, 5-lobus; lobi triangulares, acuti, 2 mm. longi, 
maturi apice recurvi. Petala 5, candida, oblongo-obovata, saepius apicem 
versus inaequaliter lobata, 9-12 mm. longa, 6mm. lata. Stamina plurima, 
in phalanges 5 aggregata; filamenta phalangium singularum inferne in 
columnam connata, superne libera; antherae luteae. Ovariwm saepissime 
5-loculare; ovula pro loculo solitaria; stigmata 5, capitata. Fructus e 
carpellis 5 alatis ad axim centralem adnatis compositus; alae pallide 
puniceae, membranaceae, oblique obovatae, 6 mm. longae, pilis stellatis 
pubescentes.—W. J. Bran. 
floheria populnea was originally discovered by Mr. C. 
Fraser in 1825, and again by Mr. R. Cunningham in 
1833. Upon their specimens Mr. A. Cunningham 
founded the genus in 1839, adapting for it the native 
name for the tree, “ houhere’’ or “ hoihere.”’ It occurs 
in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. 
The genus is closely allied to Plagianthus, which differs 
from //oheria in the often unisexual flowers, the linear 
decurrent stigmas and the solitary carpels. 7. populnea, 
like so many New Zealand trees, is extremely variable, 
and whilst most authorities follow Sir J. D. Hooker in 
regarding the various forms as belonging to one species, 
others look upon them as constituting three or four 
APRIL-JUNE, 1920, 
