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long quite unable to determine. At length, among some plants 
sent to my father by Mr. Colenso, and also by Mr. Pascoe, 
we detected excessively minute, solitary, axillary flowers, 
scarcely so big as a small pin's head, and upon another spe- 
cimen some fruit. A careful examination of these has led 
me to refer the plant to Celastrinee and to the genus El@o- 
dendron. It is no less remarkable for the small size of the 
flowers than for the variable form of its leaves; so variable, 
that did we not occasionally see the several kinds upon one 
and the same branch, it would be difficult to believe they 
could belong to the same species. 
ELZODENDRON MICRANTHUM. 
Humile, ramis rigidis tortuosis, foliis brevi-petiolatis sub- 
orbicularibus sinuato-crenatis nunc obovatis oblongisve pin- 
natifidis vel etiam linearibus bipinnatifidis, floribus minu- 
tissimis solitariis axillaribus brevi-pedunculatis, pedunculis 
folio multo brevioribus, floribus polygamis 5-fidis, drupis 
3-spermis. (Tas. VIII). | 
Han. Mountains near the Waikare Lake, Northern Island, 
Mr. Colenso. Gulf of Shouraki, Mr. Pascoe. Interior of 
the Northern Island, Mr. Bidwill. 
Dzscmierrow. Frutex humilis, ramis rigidis tortuosis, 
attenuatis, cortice cinereo vel cinereo-fusco tectis, glabris, 
junioribus subpubescentibus. Folia plerumque semi-unciam 
longa, alterna, rotundata, fere orbicularia, subcoriacea, gla- 
rà, sinuato-crenata, reticulata, basi sensim in petiolum per- 
brevem gracilem attenuata; nunc majora et obovata vel 
oblonga et pinnatifida, segmentis plurimis brevibus obtusis 
Sepe bifidis ; nunc magis elongatis linearibus pinnatifidis et 
non raro bipinnatifidis. Flores minutissimi, axillares, soli- 
tarii, pedunculati, monoici v. dioici. Pedunculus gracilis, 
petiolo vix duplo longior folio 4-plo brevior, plerumque 
decurvus, Calyx 4-fidus, patens, tubo lato planiusculo, lobis 
Totundatis, sub lente ciliatis. Petala 5, lobis calycinis alterna, 
bid triplo longiora, patentia, subrotunda, subundulata, ses- 
Masc, Stamina 5, ad oram tubi lati inserta, petalis 
