432 ; MYRSINE®. [Myrsine. 
the leaves, hermaphrodite, ,4in. diam. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes 
rounded, ciliate. Petals 5, oblong, revolute, cohering at the base. 
Stamens 4, affixed to the base of the petals. Drupe oblong, 4in. 
long, red, 1- or rarely 2-seeded.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 184; 
Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 15. Suttonia salicina, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1. 
52; Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 172, t. 44. Rapanea salicina, Mez in Pflan- 
zenreich, Heft 9, 370. 
NortH anp SourH Is~tanps: Not uncommon in woods from the North 
Cape to Marlborough and Westland. Sea-level to 2800 ft. Toro. Sep- 
tember—December. 
Wood dark-red, prettily marked; often employed by cabinetmakers for 
inlaying. 
3. M. Urvillei, A. D.C. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. (1834) 105.— 
A small closely branched tree 10-20 ft. high; bark dark-brown or 
black, red on the young branches. Leaves alternate, spreading, 
1-2in. long, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, shortly petiolate, 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous or the midrib puberulous above, veined, 
dotted with rounded pellucid glands, margins strongly undulate. 
Flowers crowded in fascicles on the branches below the leaves or 
axillary, small, .-;4, in. diam., whitish, unisexual; pedicels short. 
Calyx small, 4-lobed; lobes sometimes wanting. Petals 4, quite 
free, revolute. Male flowers with 4 stamens and an abortive 
ovary; anthers as large or larger than the petals. Female flowers 
much smaller; anthers smailer, empty. Ovary with a large 
sessile fringed stigma. Fruit small, rounded, $in. diam., black 
when fully ripe.—A. Cunn. Precur. n. 405; Raoul, Choix, 44; 
Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 184; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 16. M. Richard- 
iana, Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus. 1. (1836) 171. Rapanea Urvillei, 
Mez im Pflanzenreich, Heft 9,371. Suttonia australis, A. Rich. Fl. 
Nouv. Zel. 249, t. 38; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 172. 
NortH AND SoutH IsLANnps, STEWART IsLaAND: Abundant in woods from 
the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Mapau; Tipau. 
March-April. 
4. M. chathamica, F’. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is. 38, t. 7—A small 
tree 10-20 ft. high with dark bark; branches stout, the ultimate 
ones pubescent with short stiff hairs. Leaves 1—-24in. long, obo- 
vate, obtuse or emarginate at the tip, narrowed into a short stout 
petiole, entire, thick and coriaceous, glabrous or pubescent along 
the midrib, flat, glandular-dotted, veins reticulated on both sur- 
faces. Flowers in many-flowered fascicles on the branches below 
the leaves or occasionally axillary, small, 4,in. diam., unisexual ; 
pedicels 44in. long, rather stout. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes deltoid, 
ciliolate. Petals 4, quite free, oblong, obtuse, fimbriate, densely 
studded with reddish glands. Anthers almost as large as the 
petals. Ovary l-celled; stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit globose, 
4-1in. diam., purplish, 1-seeded.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 736. 
Suttonia zhathamica, Mez in Pflanzenreich, Heft 9, 333. 
