Melicytus.| VIOLARIEA. 47 
again as the calyx. Style short, stout; stigma broad, discoid, 
3-5-lobed. Berry globose, 4in. diam.; seeds 4-6.—Raouwl, Choia 
de Plantes, 48; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.i. 18; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 17; 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 42. 
Nortu Istanp: Not uncommon in hilly forests from Kaitaia southwards 
to the Waikato River. SourH Isnanp: Waikari Creek, near Dunedin, 
G. M. Thomson! Petrie! Sea-level to 2000 ft. Septem ber—October. 
Easily distinguished from M. ramiflorus by the larger, more coriaceous, 
obovate leaves, and larger flowers on decurved pedicels, with the bracts placed 
just below the flowers. The Otago specimens have smaller leaves, but are not 
otherwise different. 
3. M. lanceolatus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 18, t. 8.—A slender 
glabrous shrub 6-1ldit. high, with brownish bark; branches suc- 
eulent, brittle. Leaves 3—6in. long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate, finely and sharply serrate, membranous; petioles short. 
Flowers small, in 2-5-flowered fascicles; pedicels short, slender, 
decurved, with 2 bracts above the middle. Calyx-lobes oblong, 
obtuse or subacute. Petals erect, recurved at the tip. Connective 
of the anthers produced into a long subulate point. Style long; 
stigmas 3, minute. Berry globose, +in. diam., blue-black when 
fully ripe; seeds 6-12, angled, minutely tubercled —Handb. N.Z. 
Fl.17; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 48. 
NortH anp SoutH Isnanps, Stewart Istanp: Not uncommon in forests 
south of Whangarei. Ascends to 3000 ft. on Te Aroha Mountain. October- 
November. 
This can be recognised by the narrow leaves, subulate appendage to the 
anthers, long 3-fid style, and minutely tuberculate seeds. The anthers often 
cohere at the back, as in Hymenanthera, but in habit and other respects the 
species agrees better with Melicytus. 
4. M. micranthus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 18.—A shrub or 
small tree 5-15ft. in height, very variable in habit, sometimes a 
much-branched bush with tortuous and interlaced rigid branches, at 
other times a small tree with a compact head and slender trunk 
2-5 in. diam.; branchlets pubescent at the tips. Leaves alternate 
or fascicled on short lateral branchlets, coriaceous, small, 4-1 in. 
long, oblong-obovate or obovate or orbicular-obovate, obtuse, sinuate 
or toothed, rarely lobed; petioles short, puberulous. Flowers 
minute, axillary, solitary or 2-3 together; pedicels longer or shorter 
than the petioles, pubescent. Male flowers: Calyx-lobes short, 
rounded, often ciliate. Petals twice as long as the calyx, broadly 
oblong, obtuse. Anthers sessile, very broad, rounded, obtuse, con- 
nective flat. Females: Calyx and petals of the males. Abortive 
anthers present. Ovary ovoid; style short, thick; stigma large, 
discoid, with 3-5 fleshy lobes. Berry oval or subglobose, $+ in. 
diam., purple or purple-black. Seeds 1-4, smooth or angled.— 
Handb. N.Z. Fl.17; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 48. Eleeodendron micran- 
thum, Hook. f. in Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. 228, t. 8. 
