602 LAURINEZ:. [ Betlschmiedia. 
series; the 2 outer series with introrse anthers and eglandular 
filaments : the third series with extrorse anthers and filaments 
2- clandular at the base; an inner fourth series of 3 staminodia 
present. Ovary not immersed in the perianth-tube, the perianth 
ultimately wholly deciduous. Fruit an oblong or ovoid or globose 
berry. 
A small genus, comprising about 20 species, scattered through tropical Asia 
and Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and tropical America. The two species 
found in New Zealand are endemic. Hooker’s genus Nesodaphne, which was 
formed for their reception, is now merged with Beilschmiedia. 
Branches stout, clothed with red-brown tomentum. Leaves 
obovate .. Bs .. 1. B. Tarai. 
Branches slender, glabrous or ‘nearly so. Leaves lanceo. 
late : .. 2. B. Tawa. 
1. B. Tarairi, Benth. and Hook. f. ex T. Kirk Forest Fl. t.43.— 
A tall evergreen tree 50-70 ft. high, with a straight erect trunk 
14-3 ft. diam.: bark dark-brown, amok and even; young branches, 
petioles, veins of the leaves beneath, upper surface of young leaves, 
and branches of the inflorescence densely clothed with red-brown 
velvety tomentum. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 3-6in. long, obo- 
vate-oblong or broadly oblong, obtuse, quite entire, coriaceous, 
glabrous above when mature with impressed veins, glaucous and 
finely pubescent beneath with prominent veins; petioles about $in 
long. Panicles axillary, shorter than the leaves, 14-24 in. long; 
branches spreading. Flowers small, 4in. diam.; pedicels short; 
bracts linear, obtuse, caducous. Berry 1-14 in. long, ovoid, dark- 
purple.—Nesodaphne Tarairi, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 217; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 238. Laurus Tarairi, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 351; Raoul, 
Choix, 42. 
Nort Is~uanp: In forests from the North Cape to the Hast Cape and 
Raglan, but local to the south of Auckland. Sea-level to 1200 ft. Tarairi. 
October-December. 
One of the handsomest trees in the colony, and one of the most distinct in 
general appearance. The wood is light, close-grained, and easily worked, but is 
unfortunately wanting in strength and durability. 
2. B. Tawa, Hook. f. and Benth. ex T. Kirk Forest Fl. t. 126.— 
A tall forest-tree 40-80 ft. high, with a trunk 1-4 ft. in diam.; bark 
thin, smooth, dark brownish-black; branches slender, silky when 
young. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 2-4 in. long, usually lanceolate, 
but often broader and oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute, 
quite entire, very finely reticulate on both surfaces, often glaucous 
beneath ; petioles +4in. long. Panicles slender, glabrous, 13-3 in. 
long ; branches lax, elongate. Flowers minute, hardly § in. “diam. 
Berry rather smaller than in the preceding species, about 1 in. long, 
ovoid, dark-purple.—Nesodaphne Tawa, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1. 
217; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 239. Laurus Tawa, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 352; 
Raoul, Choix, 42. L. Victoriana, Col. ex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
239. 
