176 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Loganiacee. 
2. Olea danceolata, Hook. fil.; arbor, ramulis puberulis 24-34-uncialibus anguste linearibus ovato- 
lanceolatisve acutis glaberrimis coriaceis, venis (sicco) utringue prominulis obliguis laxe reticulatis, racemis 
sparse pilosis gracilibus 6—8-floris, floribus gracile pedicellatis. 
Var. a; foliis ovato-lanceolatis 3-uncialibus. 
Var. £; foliis anguste lineari-ellipticis 2-uncialibus. 
Has. Northern Islands. Woods on the east coast and in the interior, Colenso. Auckland, Sinclair. 
Although I have many and good specimens of the New Zealand Olives, they are not sufficient in a genus so 
remarkable for the protean forms of its leaves to pronounce decidedly upon. I have therefore, in separating this 
from O. Cunningham, relied more upon the nervation than on any character of form or dimensions, and have 
united under the varieties a and of this, plants differing only in the size and breadth of the leaf.—O. lanceolata 
is a smaller tree than O, Cunningham, 20-30 feet high, with smaller, narrower, less coriaceous, sharper leaves, 
varying from less than 2 inches long in var. 8 to 3$ in var. a, and proportionally in breadth, from linear to ovate- 
lanceolate. The veins in dried specimens are prominent on both surfaces, and are reticulated towards the margin, 
with very broad open spaces, whereas in O. Cunninghamii they are fewer, spread more from the costa, do not branch, 
and present sunk lines on the upper surface. The flowers and fruit are much the same in both, but the racemes 
more slender, fewer-flowered, less hairy, in O. lanceolata. Berry crimson. ; 
3. Olea montana, Hook. fil.; arbor, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis plantis junioribus 5-6 adultis 2-8 
unc. longis angustissime lineari-elongatis obtusis acuminatisve coriaceis nitidis aveniis v. venis laxe reticu- 
latis inconspicuis, racemis 8-10-floris pubescentibus, drupis lineari-oblongis parvis. Metrosideros salicifolia, 
A. Cunn. Prodr. in part. Tas. XLVI. A. et B. 
Has. Northern Island. From the Bay of Islands to the east coast, generally in mountainous dis- 
tricts, Cunningham, Colenso. 
A large bushy-headed tree, 40-50 feet high. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves very narrow, linear, coriaceous, 
2-3 inches long on old trees, 6 and upwards on young ones, acuminate or blunt, seldom more than ž inch broad, 
very coriaceous, shining, veinless, or with a few parallel reticulated veins. Inflorescence as in the former species, 
but smaller in the same proportion in all parts as the foliage is smaller. Berries + inch long, linear-oblong.—I have 
given on Plate XLVI., at fig. B, a pair of leaves of one of Mr. Cunningham’s specimens of Metrosideros salicifolia, 
which I thought at one time belonged to another Olea, but which I now suspect are Mida salicifolia, Cunn.— 
PLATE XLVI, 4. flowering, and B. fruiting specimen of Olea montana, natural size, Fig. 1, female flowers; 2, 
young anthers; 3, ovarium ; 4 and 5, vertical and transverse sections of ditto; 6, ripe fruit; 7 and 8, transverse 
and vertical sections of ditto ; 9, seed :—all magnified. 
NAT. On». LIV. LOGANIACEA. 
Gen. I. LOGANIA, Br. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla subcampanulata, fauce villosa v. pilosa, lobis sestivatione imbricatis. Stamina 
5, tubo corolle inserta. Stylus 1, persistens. Ovarium 2-loculare. Capsula 2-partibilis. Semina numerosa, 
peltata; placenta suture ventrali adnata. 
'The only New Zealand species is a small, alpine, woody, rigid, branching, prostrate shrub, with numerous 
small white flowers, turning black when dry, and much resembling an alpine Coprosma. Stems 3-6 inches long, 
much branched ; branches short, rigid, pubescent. Leaves + inch long, crowded, opposite, the bases of each pair 
united by two small blunt stipules, very coriaceous, elliptical, ovate or spathulate, blunt, nerveless, quite glabrous, 
entire and shining. Flowers 1 line long, two to three together, on axillary, stout, pubescent pedicels, which are 
