Myrsine.} MYRSINEZ. 433 
CuatHam Isuanps: Abundant in woods, H. H. Travers ! Cox and Cockayne ! 
Srpwarr Isuanp: Not common, G. M. Thomson, Kirk ! August-September. 
5. M. Coxii, Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxiv. (1902) 318. 
—A closely branched shrub 8-16 ft. high ; bark rough, dark-brown ; 
ultimate branchlets more or less pubescent with short stiff white 
hairs. Leaves alternate or crowded on short lateral branchlets, 
4-4 in. long, narrow obovate, obtuse or emarginate, gradually nar- 
rowed into a short petiole, entire, coriaceous, glandular-dotted, 
veins finely reticulated on both surfaces; margins flat, ciliated 
when young. Flowers in fascicles of 2 or 3 on the branches below 
the leaves, rarely solitary in the axils of the leaves, small, almost 
sessile but the pedicels lengthening in fruit. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes 
deltoid, ciliate. Petals 4, quite free, obovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliate, 
marked with reddish glands. Anthers almost as large as the petals. 
Stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit about + in. diam., globose, purplish, 
l-seeded.—Suttonia Coxiu, Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxv. 
(1903) 359. 
CHarHam IsLanps: Not uncommon in swampy forests, Cox and Cockayne ! 
July—August. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but distinguished by the smaller size, 
smaller and proportionately narrower leaves, few-flowered fascicles, and almost 
sessile flowers. Mr. Cockayne informs me that it has creeping underground 
stems, which at intervals put up erect branches. 
6. M. montana, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 184.—A pertectly 
glabrous shrub or small tree 8—-l5it. high; bark dark red-brown. 
Leaves alternate, #14 in. long, narrow-obovate, obtuse or emargin- 
ate, gradually narrowed into a short slender petiole, coriaceous or 
almost membranous, quite glabrous, glandular-dotted, veins reticu- 
lated on both surfaces, cuticie beneath sometimes loose and 
wrinkled when dry; margins fiat or slightly recurved, sometimes 
obscurely sinuate towards the tip. Flowers in 2~-5-flowered 
fascicles on the branches below the leaves, rarely solitary, small, 
sin. diam., unisexual; pedicels rather slender, about 41in. long. 
Calyx 4-lobed; lobes oblong, rounded. Petals 4, quite free, obovate- 
oblong, obtuse, revolute, ciliate. Anthers nearly as large as the 
lobes. Female flowers not seen. Fruit globose, .,in. diam.—M. 
neo-zealandensis, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii. (1890) 479. Sut- 
tonia montana, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 334; Mez in Pflanzen- 
reich, Heft 9, 334. S. neo-zealandensis, Mez, l.c. 
NorruIsutanp: Ruahine Range and Hawke’s Bay, Colenso! Sour Isnanp: 
Marlborough—Mount Stokes, McMahon! Nelson—Maitai Valley, T. F. C.; 
near Westport, W. Townson ! Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
Mez keeps up M. neo-zealandensis as a distinct species, but an examination 
of the type specimens in Mr. Colenso’s herbarium has convinced me that it 
cannot be retained even as a variety. 
