TAB. DCXXXIX. 
Facus Sotanpri. Hook. fil. 
Ramis nigro-fuscescentibus, ramulis pubescentibus foliosis, 
foliis undique subdistichis breviter petiolatis parvis oblongo- 
ellipticis utrinque rotundatis margine integerrimo siccitate 
recurvo, inferne appresse pubescenti-tomentosis cinerascen- 
tibus, floribus (immaturis) ¢ aggregatis sessilibus. 
Myrtilloides cinerascens. Banks and Sol. mss. in Herb. Banks. 
Has. New Zealand. First discovered, but without flower or 
fruit, at Totara Nui, by Sir J. Banks and Dr. Solander, in 
1769. Waiwatu; Port Nicholson. J. FT. Bidwill, Esq. 
forming a tree 100 feet high. Mount Egmont; Dr. Dieffen- 
bach. Tapatahi, a village near the E. coast, forming a tree 
30-60 feet high ; W. Colenso, Esq. 
Branches slightly warted, of a dark-brown or fuscous black 
colour, their apices covered with yellowish, apparently glandular 
pubescence. Leaves rather loosely placed, plane and horizontal, 
stiff, the petioles 1 line long, pubescent, dark-coloured ; lamina 
3-4 inch long, the upper surface scarcely shining, minutely 
reticulated, pale greenish-brown when dry ; under surface ash- 
coloured with a very closely appressed tomentum, not however 
wholly concealing the reticulated venation. Male flowers clus- 
tered, 3 or more together, nearly sessile, densely clothed with, 
red-brown, shining, imbricating, scariose bractee.  Perianth 
cup-shaped, about 5-toothed, 5-angled, and 10-nerved; the 
teeth somewhat irregular, and often acute, the peduncle very 
short and hairy. Stamens 8, red-brown, 7 lin. long, filaments 
as long as the perianth. Anthers exserted. 
First discovered by Sir J. Banks and Dr. Solander, whose 
Ms. name is quoted above. Mr. Dryander, after examining 
flowering specimens of a similar but distinct species, brought 
by Mr. Menzies from Dusky Bay, altered the name to Cliffor- 
ticides oblongata. J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Cluster of flowers, not fully expanded. f 2. Leaf. 
f. 3. Portion of ditto, seen from the underside :—magnified. 
