( 1821 ) 



Metrosideros saligna. Willow-leaved 

 Metrosideros. 



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Class and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. trifidus semisuperus. Petala 5. Stamina longissima, 

 exeerta. Stigma simplex. Caps. 3- vel 4-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Metrosideros saligna; foliis alternis lanceolatis utrinque 

 attenuates mucronatis, floribus lateralibus confertis sessi- 

 libus glabris. Smith in Trans. Lin. Soc. 3. p. 272. 

 mild. Sp. PI. 2. p. 956. Hort. Kew. cd. alt. 3. p. 185. 

 Persoon Syn. 2. p. 26. 



Descr. A tall shrub with flexile branches. Leaves alternate 

 or scattered, lanceolate,, narrowed towards the base, quite entire, 

 smooth, when viewed towards the light with a lens seen to be 

 dotted with pellucid glands, apex terminated with a glandular 

 mucro. The younger leaves are clothed with a silky pu- 

 bescence, adult ones quite naked. Floicers greenish white, 

 in oblong spikes, surrounding the branches near their ex- 

 tremity. Calyx superior, smooth, cupshaped with a five-cleft 

 border : segments roundish -oval, marcescent, while the entire 

 part of the calyx forming a rim above the germen is persistent. 

 Petals 5, larger than the segments of the calyx, pale green. 

 Stamens very many : Jilaments distinct, twice longer than 

 Petals: Anthers versatile. Germen 3-celled: Style longer 

 than stamens. Stigma simple. 



Large specimens of this fine shrub were communicated last 

 June by John Walker, Esq. from his extensive and curious 



collection 



