Tap. 8628. 
METROSIDEROS DIrrusa. 
New Zealand. 
Myrracksk. ‘Tribe LEPTosPERMEAR. 
MerrosipEros, Banks; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 710. 
Metrosideros diffusa, Smith in Trans. Linn. Soe. vol. iii. p. 268; Hook. J. 
Fl. Nov. Zel. vol. i. p. 67; Hook, f. Handb. N. Zeal, Fl. p. 71; T. Kirk 
Stud, Fl. N. Zeal. p. 161; Cheesem. Man. N. Zeal. Fl. p. 164; affinis 
M. albiflorae, Sol., sed foliis duplo minoribus et floribus coccineis facile 
distinguenda. ‘ 
Frutexr alte scandens, divaricatim ramosus, ramulis teretibus vel obscure 
tetragonis puberulis. Folia breviter petiolata, oblonga vel elliptico- 
oblonga, obtusa vel subobtusa, 1-2 cm. longa, 0°8-1'5 cm. lata, valde 
coriacea, subtus copiose punctulata. lores terminales, cymosi, numerosi, 
brevissime pedicellati. Calyx 0°6-0°7 em. longus, puberulus; tubus 
anguste oblongus ; limbus abrupte expansus, cupularis ; lobi rotundato- 
deltoidei. Petala orbiculata, parce et minute denticulata, circiter 2°5 mm. 
longa, coccinea. Stamina numerosa; filamenta coccinea, circiter 1 cm. 
longa; antherae oblongae, luteae. Stylus gracilis, circiter 1 cm. longus. 
Capsula globosa, coriacea, 0°8 cm. longa, sulcata, limbo calycis persistente 
coronata.—R. A. Roure. 
POR AEE aE i] 
The very striking Metrosideros here figured is a native 
of New Zealand, in which country the genus is well 
represented, three of its members having already a place 
in our pages: M. florida, Sm., at t. 4471; M. tomentosa, 
A. Rich., at t. 4488; and JZ. buxifolia, A. Cunn., at 
t. 4515. In our earlier volumes, too, five other figures 
have been given of Australian plants then referred to 
Metrosideros: M. citrina, Curt., at t. 260; M. speciosa, 
Sims, at t. 1761; JZ. saligna, Sm., at t. 1821; M. hispida, 
—Sm., at’ t. 1960; and //. viridiflora, Sims, at t. 2602. 
But of these Australian species all with the exception 
M. hispida, which is Angophora cordifolia, Cav., have now 
been better transferred to the genus Callistemon. The 
species now illustrated, M. diffusa, is confined to the 
North Island of New Zealand, where it is not uncommon 
in forests from Mongonui and Ahipara to the south-east 
coast and Taranaki, occurring from sea-level to elevations 
of 2000 feet. For its introduction to this country horti- 
SepremBer, 1915. 
