Colensoane. N. O. Cupulifere. 
TAB. DCLII. 
Facus Menztesit. Hook. fil. 
Ramis brunneis subpubescentibus, ramulis fulvo-tomentosis, 
foliis breviter petiolatis subrhombeo-cordatis coriaceis rigidis 
grosse duplicato-crenatis venosis, cupulis pedunculatis soli- 
tariis 4-partitis fimbriato-squamosis fimbriis apice incrassatis, 
carpellis trialatis alis superne falcato-acuminatis stylo per- 
sistente longioribus. 
Has. New Zealand; Dusky bay, southern extremity of the 
group, A. Menzies, Esq. 1791. Banks of the Lake Waikare, 
Northern Island, WV. Colenso, Esq., T. Bidwill, Esq.—“ Taivav : 
of the natives, according to Mr. Colenso. 
Very similar to some of the states of our F. Cunninghami of 
Van Diemen’s Land (see Hook. Journ. of Bot. v. 2. p. 152. t-7.)# 
so much so that we have sometimes been inclined to consider it 
the same: but besides the improbability of the same species of 
tree inhabiting islands so very remote from each other, there 
are characters that appear sufficient to distinguish them. The 
leaf is here more rhomboidal, and more distinctly veined. The 
fimbrie of the cupules are more numerous and arise from & 
more decided scale; the carpels are broader upwards, and the 
wings are prolonged much further above the top of carpel, are 
more acuminated, and have, in the axils of these prolongations, 
soft spinous processes, a little thickened at the point, which we 
do not find in the F. Cunninghami. We are not acquainted 
with the male flowers, and indeed we have had only one perfect 
fruit to examine, 
Fig. 1. Fruit bursting open. /. 2. carpel. 
