TIU'l ART AI.IUM OF .V/vII' ZEALAND FLORA. 



2'.t 



flowers arc twice as large as those of J/, rduiijlorns, and Iiaiiy- in rasciclcs of 1 or (5, on 

 the l)raiiclu's ; they are y(>ll()wisli in llicir lowci- parts, tlie lips of liirii- petals having a 

 purple tinge. The berries are ^ of an inch in dianieti'r. As fai- as is known, this plant 

 is confined to the northern part of the Northern Island, and is easily distinguislied from 

 J/. 7-(imiJl(jrm by its coarser habit, broader and more leatliery leaves, and larger flowers 

 and berries. 



3. M. LANCEOLATUS {Hook., F.) 



A slender shrub, or small tree, 10-12 feet high, Avith brittle branches and dark-brown 

 bark. The leaves are from 1-7 inches long. The flowers are small, two or three 

 together. The berry is oblong, and ,V of an ineli in diameter. It is fdiiiid on the West 

 Coast of the Northern Island. 



4.. M. MICEANTHUS {Uook., F.) 



A small rigid shrub, with tortuous branches, co\-ered with grey or brown bark. 

 The leaves are small and scattered, \-\ an inch long. The flowers are unisexual, very 

 minute, and grow on the axils of the branches. The berry is as small as a mustard seed. 

 The shrub is foimd on the East Coast and in the interior of the Northern Island, and in 

 the northern part of the Middle Island. It is a plant of very ditt'erent habit and 

 ajipearance from any of the preceding species. 



GENUS III. 

 HYMENANTHERA {Brotoi.) The Hymenanthera. 



Geneeic Chaeacteh.— Woody slinibs, \Yith alternale or 

 fascicled, entire or toothed, minutely stipuled leaves, with 

 small axillary, solitary, fascicled, sometimes unisexual (lowers. 

 Sepals, 5. Petals, 5,' short. Anthers, sessile, connate, con- 



nective, produced into a membrane, and furnished witli a scale 

 at the back. Style short, with a 2-Iobed stigma. Berry small 

 with 2 or few globose seeds on 2 placentas. — Handbook of yew 

 Zealand Flora, p. IS. 



Description, etc. — A small genus, native also of Norfolk Island, Tasmania, and 

 South Eastern Australia ; the species are very variable in foliage. The genus is named 

 from Hymen, the god of marriage, in consequence of the anthers being connate, or 

 united in j)airs. 



