_Leptospermum. | MYRTACEE. 161 
Too well known to need comment here. The wood is dark-red, hard and 
durable, and is applied to a variety of purposes, but can seldom be obtained of 
large size. An infusion of the leaves has been used in the place of tea. 
2. L. ericoides, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 338.—A shrub or tree 
20-60 ft. high, with a trunk 1-3ft. diam.; bark loose, papery ; 
branchlets slender, glabrous or the younger sparingly silky. 
Leaves fascicled or alternate, 44 in. long, very narrow-linear or 
linear-lanceolate, sometimes narrow linear-spathulate, acute but 
not pungent, concave, veinless, dotted, glabrous or slightly silky ; 
margins often ciliate when young. Flowers $—+in. diam., axillary, 
solitary or fascicled, usually produced in great profusion ; pedicels 
short, glabrous or silky. Calyx-tube turbinate; lobes ovate, acute, 
persistent. Petals orbicular, shortly clawed. Capsule small, tur- 
binate, wholly included within the calyx-tube.—A. Cunn. Precur. 
n. 304; Raoul, Choix, 49; Hook. f. Kl. Nov. Zel. i. 70; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 70; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 69; Students’ Fl. 158. 
Var. lineatum, Kirk, 1.c.— Smaller and more slender, 2-12 ft. high, usually 
more silky. eaves narrower, 4-345 in. broad. Flowers smaller, 4in. diam. 
NorrH anp SoutH Istanps: Abundant from the North Cape to the Bluff, 
ascending to 3000ft. Var. lineatwm, from the North Cape to the Auckland 
Isthmus. Kanuka ; Maru. November—January. 
Easily distinguished from the preceding by its greater size, narrower leaves, 
smaller flowers, and much smaller capsules, which are entirely included in the 
calyx-tube. Wood durable; much used for piles, house-blocks, posts and 
rails, &c. 
3. L. Sinclairii, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 158.—A sinall prostrate 
or suberect shrub 1-5 ft. high; branches spreading; young shoots, 
leaves, pedicels, and calyces hoary with appressed silky hairs. 
Leaves +-4in. long, linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
flat or concave. Flowers larger than in L. ericoides, + in. diam., 
on longer pedicels, often crowded towards the ends of the branch- 
lets, forming rounded heads. Calyx-tube narrow-turbinate ; lobes 
oblong or ovate, acute or obtuse, persistent. Petals obovate, 
clawed. Capsule narrow-turbinate, more deeply sunk within the 
calyx-tube than in ZL. ericoides. 
NortH Isnanp: Three Kings Islands, 7. #.C.; Great Barrier Island, 
Hutton and Kirk ! Sea-level to 1800 ft. November-January. 
This is very close to L. ericoides. Its distinguishing characters are the 
‘smaller size, broader and flatter silky-hoary leaves, larger flowers, and more 
deeply sunk capsules. 
2, METROSIDEROS, Banks. 
Erect or climbing trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, sometimes 
-distichous, coriaceous. Flowers often handsome, white or red or 
crimson, usually disposed in terminal cymes or racemes. Calyx- 
tube adnate to the base of the ovary, campanulate, turbinate or 
urceolate ; lobes 5, imbricate. Petals 5, spreading. Stamens very 
numerous, much longer than the petals; filaments filiform; anthers 
6—FL 
