Colensoane. N. O. Vitices. 
TABS. CDXIX, CDXX. 
VITEX LITTORALIS. A. Cunn. 
Foliis ternatis quinatisve, foliolis ellipticis obtusis cum acumine 
petiolatis glabris, paniculis brevibus racemosis axillaribus ter- 
minalibusve, ramis dichotomis, calyce campanulato subdenta- 
to, staminibus exsertis, corolla extus tomentosa. A. Cunn. 
Vitex littoralis. All. Cunn. Bot. of N. Zeal. in Ann. of N. Hist. 
v. 1, p. 461. 
Ephialis pentaphylla. Banks et Sol. Mss. et Ic. ined. in Bib- 
loth. Banks. (A. C.) 
Has. Rocky shores of the Bay of Islands, N. Zealand, growing 
frequently within the range of salt water. All. Cunningham, 
Mr. Colenso. 
This is described as a tree of very irregular growth, and which, 
from the hardness and durability of its wood, has been denomi- 
nated the New Zealand Oak, and indeed it seems to answer all 
the purposes of that prince of trees. The wood is of a dark 
brown colour, close in the grain, and takes a good polish. It 
splits freely, works well, and derives no injury from exposure 
to the damp; twenty years’ experience having proved that, in 
that period, it will not rot, though in a wet soil and underground. 
For ship-building it is, like the Teak (which belongs to the same 
natural order), a most valuable wood. It grows from 15 to 30 
feet high without a branch, and varying from 12 to 20 feet in 
circumference. 
ig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Stamen. J. 3. Pistil: magnified. 
