Myrtacee. | FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 67 
persistent. Stamens and style 1 inch long. Fruit an urceolate, turgid, thick, six-ribbed capsule, bursting irregu- 
larly between the ribs (which are persistent), and crowned with the deep cup-shaped calyx-tube. Seeds very 
numerous, linear. Pirate XV. Fig. 1, ovarium; 2, the same cut longitudinally ; 3, capsules; 4, vertical section of 
the same; 5, a seed :—all but fig. 3 magnified. 
2. Metrosideros Zucida, Menz.; ramulis tetragonis glaberrimis sericeisve, foliis (2-3 une.) breve 
petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis in petiolum crassum angustatis coriaceis lucidis, floribus subses- 
silibus v. thyrso terminali abbreviato trichotomo, calyce breviter obconico sericeo lobis persistentibus, 
capsula coriacea breviter urceolata intus 3-valvi extus irregulariter rupta. A. Rich. Flor. A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Fl. Antarct. v.1. p. 12. M. umbellata, Cav. DC. Prodr. Agalmanthus, Homb. et Jacq. Voy. au Põle Sud. 
Melaleuca, Forster. 
Has. Northern Island; on the mountains, Colenso. Middle Island; abundant, Forster, Lyall, ete. 
An erect, branching tree, with yellowish bark on the obscurely tetragonous branches. Very young leaves silky, 
old very coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, (2—3 inches,) acuminate, on short stout petioles. Flowers large, bright scarlet, 
sessile at the end of the branches, or in very short, thick-branched thyrsi. Calye broadly obconic, (3 inch long,) 
silky; lobes persistent. Stamens and style 1 inch long, scarlet. Fruit coriaceous, broadly urceolate, crowned 
with a thick, short, cup-shaped calyx-tube, obscurely six-ribbed, bursting irregularly outside, but inwardly by three 
capsular valves.—This forms the bulk of the timber in Lord Auckland’s Islands. 
$ b. Capsule enclosed in the calyx, which is prolonged into a tube, bursting regularly into three valves. 
3. Metrosideros albiflora, Sol.; scandens, glaberrima, foliis (2-3 unc.) breve petiolatis elliptico-ovatis 
lanceolatisve longe acuminatis coriaceis lucidis, thyrsis terminalibus pedunculatis trichotome ramosis multi- 
floris, capsulis (parvis) coriaceis 3-lobis 3-costatis tubo elongato lobisque calycis reflexis coronatis. Banks 
et Sol. MSS. et Te. Gartner, v. 1. p. 172. t. 84. M. diffusa, A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 569. 
Has. Northern Island. Bay of Islands and east coast, Banks and Solander, etc. 
A stout-trunked climber, ascending lofty trees; everywhere perfectly smooth. Leaves (13—3 inches) elliptical, 
shortly petioled, acuminate, coriaceous, polished above. Zhyrsi terminal, peduncled, 14-4 inches long. Calya 
urceolate, 2—3 lines in length, with a long wide-mouthed tube and persistent reflexed lobes. Petals white. Stamens 
yellowish, 2 inch long. Capsules brown, coriaceous, (4 inch,) turgid, three-lobed, three-ribbed, bursting down their 
whole length into three valves. 
4. Metrosideros diffusa, Sm.; scandens, vage divaricatim ramosa, ramis teretibus, ramulis thyrsoque 
puberulis glabratisve, foliis (8-1 unc.) breve petiolatis oblongo-obovatis elliptico-oblongisve subacutis ob- 
tusisve, thyrsis di-trichotome divaricatim ramosis terminalibus axillaribusve, floribus rubieundis breve pedi- 
cellatis, calycis tubo basi elongato ovoideo in tubum liberum elongato-campanulatum producto, capsula 
urceolata turgida tubo campanulato basi contracto coronata 3-costata ad basin 3-valvi. Smith in Linn. Soc. 
Trans. M. myrtifolia, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Gartner. M. lucida, Linn. 
Has. Northern Island; frequent in woods, Banks and Solander, etc. 
A large climbing shrub, with rooting branches. Leaves (1 inch long) on short petioles, oblong-elliptie or 
ovate, blunt, quite smooth, strongly veined. Zhyrsi terminal or lateral, peduncled or sessile, bi-trichotomously 
branched; branches patent. Flowers scarlet, pedicellate. Calyx + inch, rather hairy, narrow, oblong, with a very 
broad campanulate five-lobed tube. Petals and filaments l inch) scarlet. Fruit a broadly obovate or oblong 
coriaceous capsule, (2 inch long,) broader than the campanulate calyx-tube which crowns it, three-ribbed, three- 
valved to the base. 
5. Metrosideros Aypericifolia, A. Cunn.; frutex scandens, divaricatim ramosus, ramulis gracilibus pu- 
berulis 4-gonis, foliis distichis quasi pinnatis sessilibus (3-3 unc.) ovato-lanceolatis subacutis apiculatis sub- 
