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Zealand biological region, if S. tenuifolia, a doubtful species 

 from Norfolk Island, be excluded ; while Bapaneopsis, con- 

 taining eight species, is found only in the Sandwich Islands. 

 As for Myrsine, the genus to which all the New Zealand 

 Myrsinacece are referred in the " Handbook of the New Zea- 

 land Flora," it contains, according to Mez, only four species, 

 which are Asiatic or African. Bapanea, the genus to which 

 the remainder of the New Zealand Myrsinacece are referred 

 by Mez, contains 136 species, for the most part previously 

 referred to Myrsine, and found in both the Northern and 

 Southern Hemispheres, chiefly in the tropics. The follow- 

 ing are the diagnoses of the genera Myrsine, Suttonia, and 

 Bapanea, together with their synonyms, copied verbatim from 

 " Das Pflanzenreich," and afterwards is given a list of the New 

 Zealand species of the Myrsinacece and their synonyms. 



Myrsine, L. 



Myrsine, L., Gen. (1737) 54 et Spec. pi. ed. 1 (1753) 196 ; 

 Willd. Spec. pi. 1 (1797) 1121; Gaertn. Fruct. 1, 281; 

 E. Br. Prodr. 1 (1810) 533 et post eum omnes sequentes 

 pro minima parte ; Endl. Gen. (1836-40) n. 4221 p. 736 ; 

 Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. ii. (1876) 642; Pax in Engl, et 

 Prantl. Pflzfam. iv. 1 (1889) 92. 



Flores reductione sexus alterius dioici, 4-vel 5-meri. 

 Sepala libera vel basi brevissime coalita, imbricata vel per 

 anthesin saltern saepius aperta, margine ciliata vel rarissime 

 nuda, punctato-picta. Petala basi brevissime vel breviter vel 

 rarissime medium usque coalita, imbricata, margine saepius 

 ciliata, punctata. Stamina petalis longiora vel breviora ; fila- 

 mentis permanifestis, longe nunc longuiscule liberis, petalis 

 prope basin insertis sueto annulo glanduloso insidentibus ; 

 antheris paullo super basin dorsifixis, liberis, rimis binis tota 

 longitudine introrsum dehiscentibus, apice fere constanter 

 apiculatis. Ovarium glabrum, ovoideum vel ellipsoideum ; 

 stylo constanter manifesto nonnunquam perlongo petala 

 superante ; stigmate maximo, disciformi vel margine foliaceo- 

 inciso. Placenta uniseriatim perpauciovulata. Fructus glo- 

 bosus, 1-spermus, baccatus ; endocarpio crustaceo. Semen 

 globosum, placentae reliquiis indutum ; albumine corneo, 

 crasse ochraceo-ruminato ; embryone cylindrico, transverse 

 Frutices nani vel altiores vel arbores foliis sparsis, sae- 

 pissime serratis vel crenatis. Inflorescentiae laterales, 

 axillares vel e ligno bienni provenientes, in ramulorum 

 brevissimorum verruciformium saepius subnullorum apice 

 umbellatae, pauciflorae. Flores parvi, pedicellati. 



Genus hie depuratum et ad species reductum a Bapanea, 

 cui erat confusum, toto coelo differt et Embeliae imprimis 

 } Micreinbeliae proprius accedit. 



