164 MYRTACE:. [Metrosideros.. 
SoutH Is~tanpD: Nelson—Wakamarina Ranges, near Collingwood; Ana- 
tori Ranges; Heaphy River, W. S. Hayward! J. Dall! Buller Valley, Nine- 
mile Creek, R. J. Kingsley! Mount Rochfort, not uncommon, altitude 
1000-2500 ft., W. Townson ! Sea-level to 3000 ft. December—January. 
A very handsome plant, which has the most restricted range of any of the- 
New Zealand species. 
4. M. albiflora, Sol. ex Gertn. Fruct. i. 172, t. 34, f. 11.—A 
much-branched woody climber, glabrous in all its parts; branchlets 
terete, slender, often drooping. Leaves decussate, 14-34 in. long, 
elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, acute or acuminate, glossy 
above, very coriaceous, narrowed at the base into a short stout 
petiole. Flowers white, in terminal much-branched paniculate 
cymes; pedicels pubescent. Calyx narrow-campanulate or almost 
tubular; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, persistent. Petals exceeding the 
calyx-lobes, white, orbicular. Stamens and style filiform, 4-3 in. 
long. Ovary adnate to the base of the calyx, 3-celled. Capsule: 
4-tin. long, splitting to the base into 3 valves when mature, urceo- 
late, globose and 3-lobed below, crowned by the much narrower 
tubular calyx, the lobes of which are sharply reflexed at the top.— 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 67; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 711; Kirk, Students’ 
Fl.161. M. diffusa, A. Cunn. Precur.n. 560 (not of Smith); Hook. 
Ic. Plant. t. 569. 
NortH Istanp: Forests from Mongonui and Hokianga southwards to the- 
East Cape, but often local. Ascends to 2800 ft. December-—January. 
A very handsome species, easily recognised by the large broad leaves and 
large panicles of white flowers. 
5. M. diffusa, Sm. im Trans. Linn. Soe. iii. (1797) 268.—A tall 
and stout woody climber reaching the tops of the highest trees ;. 
young branchlets, inflorescence, and calyces pubescent or setose. 
Leaves 3-14 in. long, very shortly petioled, elliptic-oblong or ovate- 
oblong or ovate, obtuse or subacute, very coriaceous. Flowers very 
abundantly produced, bright-crimson, in terminal or rarely axillary 
much-branched cymes. Calyx-tube narrow-oblong, suddenly ex- 
panded into a broad cup-shaped limb; lobes 5, broadly oblong, per- 
sistent. Petals orbicular, shortly clawed ; margins usually fimbriate 
or jagged. Ovary wholly adnate to the base of the calyx-tube. 
Capsule in. long, globose, rather coriaceous, 3- or 6-ribbed,. 
3-celled, loculicidally dehiscing to the base, crowned by the short 
cup-shaped calyx-limb.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 67; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. 71; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 161. 
Norra Istanp: Not uncommon in forests from Mongonui and Ahipara to- 
the East Cape and Taranaki. Sea-level to 2000 ft. September—October. 
A most brilliant plant when in full bloom, well worthy of cultivation. 
6. M. hypericifolia, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 562.—A climbing” 
shrub ; branches slender, spreading, obscurely tetragonous, usually 
minutely pubescent. Leaves distichous, }-lin. long, oblong-lan- 
ceolate or ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acute or apiculate or 
