Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 47 



the leaves have enabled me to determine, the New Zealand sea coast 

 plant is identical with that elaborately described by M. Endlicher 

 from Norfolk Island. 



MYRSINEjE, R. Br. 



Myrsine, L. 



405. M. Urvillei ; glabra, foliis ovatis obtusis integris (undulatis) pellu- 

 cido-punctatis, floribus subsessilibus fasciculatis (4) 5-andris polygamis, 

 lobis calycinis minimis dentiformibus, antheris sessilibus ovoideis. DC. 

 {rev. Nat. Ord. Myrs.) in Linn. Tr. v. 17. p. 105. — M. undulata. A. C. Mss. 

 1826. — Merista laevigata. Banks et Sol. Mss. 1769. — Suttonia australis. A. 

 Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 349. t. 38. Tepan Incol. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. In dry woods, 

 Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cunningham. (Middle Island) Tasman's Bay. 

 1827, D'Urville. 



406. M. 1 divaricata ; ramis valde divaricatis arcuatis dependentibus 

 glabris, foliis (semiuncialibus ad extremitatem ramulorum 2 — 3) late obcor- 

 datis seu emarginatis retusis coriaceis venosis, margin e incrassatis, paginis- 

 que punctatis, punctis pellucidis rubescentibus, lobis calycinis (quaternis) 

 ovatis obtusis glabris, bacca "globosa" pedicellata nigro-punctata. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). A shrub found at the head of the Wy- 

 caddy river, Bay of Islands; also near the mission station on the Hokianga. 

 ; — 1834, R. Cunningham. 



EPACRIDEiE, R. Br. 

 1. Cyathodes, Labill. 



407. C. acerosa, foliis lineari-oblongis linearibusve (semiuncialibus) pa- 

 tulis cuspidatis subtus glaucis 3 — 5-nerviis, nerviis extimis pectinatis ramu- 

 losis, margine ciliatis. R. Br. Mss. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. iv. p. 473. — 

 Styphalia acerosa. Banks et Sol. Mss. — Leucopogon Forsteri. A. Rich. Fl. 

 Nov. Zel. p. 216. — Epacris juniperina. Forst. Prodr. n. 71. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Summits of 

 hills Wangaroa. — 1826, A. Cunningham. (Middle Island), Astrolabe bar- 

 bour.— 1827, D'Urville. 



2. Leucofogon, R. Br. 



408. L.fasciculatus, spicis aggregatis solitariisve nutantibus, ovariis tri- 

 locularibus, drupis globosis, foliis lanceolatis planiusculis 5-nerviis, margine 

 serrulatis, ramulis pubescentibus. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 215. — Epacris 

 fasciculata. Forst. Prodr. n. 72. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). A large shrub in close forests. Kana 

 Kana river, Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cunningham. (Middle Island). — 

 1773, G. Forst er. 



409. Ij. Fraseri, pumilus, pedunculis brevissimis erectis unifloris, foliis 

 confertis imbricatis adpressis erecto-patulisve obovato-oblongis convexius- 

 culis mucronatis subtus striatis, marginibus cartilagineis ciliatis scabris, ra- 

 mulis tenuissime pubescentibus. 



