Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 461 



MYOPORINE^E, R. Br. 

 1. Myoporum, Banks and Sol. — R. Br. 



387. M. latum, Forst. Prodr. n. 238. Willd. Sp. PL Pers. Syn. 2. p. 144, 

 A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 195. — Citharexylon perforatum, Forst. Mss. conf. 

 Steud. nom. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). — 1773, G. Forster. (Northern Island.) 

 Rocky shores of the Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 



388. M. pubescens, Forst. Prodr. p. 239. Willd. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 144. 

 New Zealand (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 



2. AVICENNIA, L. 



389. A. tomentosa, L. Br. Prodr. 1. p. 518. Willd. Sp.Pl. 3. p. 395.— A. 

 resinifera, Forst. Prodr. n. 246. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 195. 



Manaova, D'Urville. Manama ab Incolis dicitur, R. Cunningham. 



New Zealand, on the immediate shores of both the Northern and Middle 

 Islands. 



Obs. I. This tree is the Mangrove of New Zealand, of which For- 

 ster says, to justify his name, " Gummi ex hac arbore exsudans 

 forte idem est, quo barbari Novae Zelandise homines vescuntur, ut 

 patet e diario navarchi gallici Crozet (p. 67. Voyage deM. Marion.). 



Obs, II. M. Ach. Richard insists that Forster's plant, which that 

 voyager believed had produced a gum which the French observed 

 the natives using as a masticatory, is different from the Linnsean spe- 

 cies, notwithstanding that Mr. Brown, upon comparing authentic 

 specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, had seen no ground to separate 

 them. Richard's characters are as follow: A. resinifera, Forst., 

 corollse laciniis acutis glabris. A. tomentosa, L., corolla? lobis obtusis 



emarginatis villosis. 



VERBENACE^, Juss. 



1. VlTEX, L. 



390. V. littoralis : foliis ternatis quinatisve, foliolis ellipticis obtusis cum 

 acumine petiolatis glabris, paniculis brevibus racemosis axillaribus termina- 

 libusve, ramis dichotomis, calyce campanulato subedentato, staminibus ex- 

 sertis, corolla extus tomentosa. — Ephialis pentaphylla. Banks et Sol. Mss. 

 et Ic. ined. in Biblioth. Banks. Puredi s. Puriri, Incol. A. Cunningham. 



New Zealand (Northern Island).— 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. — 1826, A. Cun- 

 ningham. A tree of very irregular growth on the rocky shores of the Bay 

 of Islands, growing frequently within the range of salt water. 



That able missionary, the Rev. W. Yate, observes that " this tree 

 from its hardness and durability has been denominated the New 

 Zealand Oak, and indeed it seems to answer all the purposes of that 

 prince of trees. The wood is of a dark brown colour, close in the 

 grain, and takes a good polish ; it splits freely, works well, and de- 

 rives no injury from exposure to the damp, twenty years' experience 

 having proved that in that period it will not rot, though in a wet soil 



