Bidwilliane. N. O. Cupulifere. 
TAB. DCX XX. 
Fagus rusca. Hook. fil, 
Foliis remotiusculis coriaceo-membranaceis perennantibus ovati: 
acutis grosse serratis basi cuneatis integerrimis penuinerviis 
brevi-petiolatis demum fuscescentibus, floribus Jateralibus 
terminalibusque, masc. ternis pedunculatis nutantibus pubes- 
centibus, foemineis sessilibus solitariis, cupulis alatis valvarum 
dorso basi lamellato-cristatis, fructus angulis lato-alatis apice 
subhirsutis dentatis. 
Betuloides fusca. Banks and Soland. mss. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island; Banks and Solander, 
1749; Bidwill (masc.); Diefenbach. Wangarei and Poverty 
Bay ; Colenso (fem). Hokianga; Edgeriey. 
A handsome tree, 40-60 feet high, called “ Hutu? by the 
natives. Branches striated, red brown. Branchlets clothed 
with minute pubescence. Leaves about an inch long, quite 
glabrous, ovate, acute, coarsely, almost incisely, serrated, the base 
cuneate entire, between coriaceous and membranaceous, at 
length becoming brownish, the nerves conspicuous. Flowers 
abundant, lateral and terminal. We possess copious male 
Specimens from Mr. Bidwill; in these the flowers are ternate, 
pedunculate, drooping. Perianth turbinate, 5-6 toothed, downy 
as well as the peduncle. Stamens 5.6 in each perianth. Fila- 
ment slightly protruded. Anthers oblong. Female flowers 
mostly terminal on short branchlets. 
Of the fructiferous plant 
(see Tan. DCXXxXI.) we have fine specimens from Mr. Colenso. 
_ -*he cupule is about the size of a large pea, with longitudinal 
_ _Wings, the — of the valves crested near the base with 
transverse lamelle, pubescent. Nut slightly hairy, having 3 
longitudinal wings, and toothed at the top 
Fig. 1. Peduncle, with male flowers :—~magnified. 
