606 PROTEACE. [Persoonia. 
Nort Isuanp: Not uncommon in woods from the North Cape to Rotorua 
and the Hast Cape. Sea-level to 2800 ft. Toru; Toro. October— 
November. 
The specific name was given as ‘‘ Toru’’ in Cunningham’s original descrip- 
tion in the ‘‘ Botanical Magazine,’’ and according to Mr. Colenso this is the 
proper spelling of the Maori name. It was, however, changed to ‘‘Tora’”’ in 
Cunningham’s subsequently published ‘‘ Precursor,” and was again altered to 
‘“‘Toro”’ by Sir J. D. Hooker. The wood is dark-red and prettily figured, and is 
occasionally used for inlaying and ornamental cabinetwork. 
2, KNIGHTIA, Rk. Br. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, coarsely toothed 
or entire. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular, arranged in axillary or 
terminal dense-flowered racemes; pedicels in pairs. Perianth 
cylindrical; the segments at first cohering by their margins, but 
ultimately separating and revolute to the base. Stamens affixed 
above the middle of the segments; filaments very short; anthers 
long, linear, acute. Hypogynous glands 4, distinct. Ovary sessile, 
1-celled; style long, straight, lnear-clavate; ovules 4. Follicles 
coriaceous, l-celled, 4-seeded. Seeds winged at the top. 
A small genus of 3 species, the typical one confined to New Zealand. The 
remaining two are natives of New Caledonia, and form the subgenus Hucarpha, 
characterized by the large deciduous bracts. 
1. K. excelsa, &. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. (1810) 194, t. 2.— 
A tall slender tapering tree 60-90 it. high, witb the narrow fastigiate 
mode of growth of a Lombardy poplar; trunk 2-4 ft. diam.; bark 
dark-brown or almost black; branches erect, the younger’ ones 
angled and clothed with rusty brown pubescence. Leaves of 
mature trees 4—-6in. long, linear-oblong or narrow obovate-oblong, 
obtuse, coarsely and bluntly toothed, very coriaceous, hard, rigid, 
almost woody, pubescent when young, quite glabrous when old; 
leaves of young trees not so coriaceous, longer and narrower, 
4-10 in. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, often acute, more acutely 
serrate. Racemes lateral, sessile, 2-4in. long; peduncles and 
perianth densely clothed with bright red-brown velvety tomentum. 
Flowers in pairs on short pediceis, densely crowded, 1-14 in. long. 
Perianth cylindric, swollen above ; segments separating to the base 
and coiling up into a twisted mass. Ovary tomentose; style 
1-1+in. long, stout, erect, clavate above. Follicles 14in. long, 
pubescent, tapering into the persistent style, ultimately splitting 
into 2 boat-shaped valves.—A. Cunn. Precur. n. 350; Raoul, Choiz, 
42; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 219; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 241; Kark, 
Forest Fi. t. 35. 
Nortu IsLanpd : Common in woods throughout. SoutH Isuanp: Southern 
shores of Cook Strait, Croixelles Harbour, Kirk; Pelorus Sound, Buchanan, 
J. Rutland ! Sea-level to 2800 ft. Honeysuckle; Rewarewa. |November— 
December. 
