50 VIOLARIER. [Hymenanthera. 
3. H. obovata, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 350.— 
An erect glabrous shrub 4-12ft. in height, in sheltered places 
slender and sparingly branched, in more exposed situations forming 
a compactly branched bush. Leaves of mature plants 3-2 in. long, 
obovate or oblong-obovyate. thick and coriaceous, obtuse or retuse, 
quite entire, gradually narrowed into a short petiole; margins 
slightly recurved. Leaves of seedling plants membranous, obovate- 
cuneate, toothed or lobed. Flowers small, solitary or geminate, 
axillary or on the branches below the leaves, apparently dicecious, 
but not seen in a state fit for description. Berry ovoid, purplish, 
2-seeded ; seeds plano-convex.—Students’ Fl. 44. 
SoutH Is~tanp: Nelson— Between Takaka and Riwaka, Kirk! Graham 
River, Mount Arthur, Mount Owen, 7’. #'. C. Marlborough—Queen Charlotte 
Sound, Banks and Solander! Canterbury—Broken River, Kirk! Ashburton 
Mountains, 7’. H. Potts ! Altitudinal range from 1000 to 4000 ft. No- 
vember. 
A well-marked plant, at once recognised by the usually slender habit, strict 
branches, and entire obovate leaves. It is generally found on limestone rocks. 
4. H. latifolia, Hndl. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Norfolk, 70.—A stout 
sparingly branched shrub 3-10 ft. high; branches erect or 
straggling; bark covered with minute lenticels. Leaves alternate, 
variable in size and shape, 14—4 in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate 
to obovate or obovate-oblong, coriaceous, obtuse or subacute, nar- 
rowed into a short stout petiole, sinuate or sinuate-serrate, rarely 
entire; margin thickened, slightly recurved; veins reticulate. 
Flowers dicecious, fascicled, j,in. diam. Males: Often very 
numerous and clustered on the branches for a considerable length ; 
pedicels decurved, bracteolate about the middle. Sepals ovate, 
obtuse, free almost to the base. Petals twice as long as the sepals, 
linear-oblong, erect at the base, revolute at the tips. Anthers 5; 
connectives produced into a long and narrow projection above each 
anther which is almost as long as the anther and jagged at the 
tip. Females: Smaller and less numerous, on shorter pedicels, 
usually erect. Sepals and petals as in the males. Ovary ovoid ; 
stigmas 2. Berry broadly ovoid or nearly globose, purplish ; seeds 
2, plano-convex, grooved on the convex face, with a large strophiole. 
—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 45. H. latifolia var. tasmanica, Kirk in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. 163. 
NortH Istanp: Three Kings Islands, 7. fF. C.; North Cape Peninsula, 
Buchanan! Kirk! T. F. C.; Taranga Islands, Kirk! T. F'. C.; Great Barrier 
and adjacent islets, Kirk! Little Barrier Island, Kirk, T. F. C., Miss 
Shakespear! Waiheke Island, rare, Kirk; Cuvier Island, 7. F. C.; Shoe 
Island, J. Adams ! August-September. Also in Norfolk Island. 
The identification of this plant with the Norfolk Island H. latifolia must 
not be considered as proved until specimens from both localities have been 
compared. The large broad leayes and numerous flowers separate it from its 
New Zealand allies. 
