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18 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Violariee. 
Petals linear-oblong or rounded, blunt. Stamens five, sessile; connectivum of the anthers broad, sometimes pro- 
duced above into a sharp horn or broad membrane, and furnished at the back below with a strap-shaped erect body. 
Ovary 1-celled, with three to four parietal placenta, each bearing one to two rows of few or many ovules. Berries of 
some species eaten by the natives; round, fleshy, full of seeds, which are angled from mutual compression. (Name 
from pedi, honey, and kuros, a cavity, in allusion to the five scales behind the anthers, called nectaries by Forster.) 
1. Melicytus ramiflorus, Forst.; cortice albo, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis serratis, antheris obtusis, 
stigmate sub-6-lobo sessili, bacca parva. Forst. Prodr. DC. Prodr. v. 1. p. 957. A. Richard, Flora. 
A. Cunn. Prodr. Tachites umbellulifera, Banks et Sol. MSS. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, abundant, Forster, etc. Nat. name, * Maho&," R. Cunn., Lyall. 
(Cult. in England.) 
A brittle, white-barked shrub or tree. Leaves 4-5 inches long, oblong-lanceolate, sharp, serrated all along 
the margin with small blunt teeth.— Mr. Colenso measured a tree of this at Waikare Lake 4 feet 2 inches in 
circumference. 
2. Melieytus macrophyllus, A. Cunn.; cortice fusco, foliis obovatis grosse sinuato-dentatis, pedunculis 
infra florem bracteolatis, antheris apiculatis, stigmate discoideo 3-lobo, baccis majoribus. A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island; Bay of Islands, Frazer, Cunningham, ete. 
A large bush, 6-7 feet high, with dark-coloured bark. eaves broader than in the former, deeper green, and 
with but few large blunt teeth. Flowers much larger (two lines across), on stouter peduncles, which are bracteolate 
at the apex. Anthers apiculate. Stigma broad, discoid, and lobed. Berries reddish, as large as a pea. 
3. Melicytus Zanceolatus, Hook. fil.; cortice fusco, foliis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis argute 
serratis, fasciculis paucifloris, pedunculis medio 2-bracteolatis bracteolis connatis, antheris apice appendice 
subulato instructis, stylo elongato 3-fido, bacca parva oblonga. Tas. VIII. 
Has. Northern Island; forests of the east coast, Colenso. 
A slender succulent brittle shrub, 10-12 feet high. Leaves long and narrow, 6-8 inches long, sharp and sharply 
serrated. Flowers in fascicles of three to four. -dnthers with the connectivum produced into a sharp flat point. 
Style long, trifid at the top. Berries oblong, blue-black, small. —Prare VIII. Fig. 1, male flower; 2, stamens ; 
3, 4, anthers; 5, rudiment of pistillum; 6, female flower; 7, petal; 8,9, sterile stamens; 10, pistil; 11, ovary cut 
across; 12, berry; 18, berry cut across; 14, seed; 15, the same cut longitudinally; 16, embryo :—all but fig. 12 
magnified. : 
4. Melicytus micranthus, Hook. fil. ; humilis, ramis rigidis tortuosis, ramulis puberulis, foliis parvis 
alternis fasciculatisve breve petiolatis obovato-orbiculatis obtusis sinuatis subeoriaceis venosis junioribus 
oblongis linearibus profunde sinuatis pinnatifidisve, floribus minimis solitariis axillaribus pedicellatis, pedi- 
cello puberulo bracteolato, calycis lobis 4-5 rotundatis ciliatis, petalis oblongo-rotundatis, antheris late 
rotundatis sessilibus in fl. $ effoetis connectivo superne in squamulam simplicem v. bifidam producto dorso 
appendiculato, ovario pauci-ovulato, ovulis placentis 4 nerviformibus solitariis geminisve suspensis, stigmate 
4-lobo discoideo, bacca 2-4-sperma. Elæodendron micranthum, Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 3. 
py uper 
Has. Northern Island, and northern parts of the Middle Island; east coast and interior, Colenso, 
Pascoe, Bidwill. Nelson, Bidwill. 
A scrambling, low, small-leaved, rigid shrub, or small tree, with tortuous grey or black-barked branches; the 
youngest pubescent. Leaves on very short petioles, strongly veined, i-i inch long, rounded-obovate, blunt, 
sinuated, very pale green ; young ones often linear and pinnatifid. Flowers very minute, green, on puberulous 
pedicels shorter than the petioles, axillary, solitary. Calya-lobes rounded, ciliated. Petals oblong or rounded, often 
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