Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 111 



XIV. — Florce Insularum Novcb Zelandics Precursor*; or a Spe- 

 cimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand, By 

 Allan Cunningham^ Esq. 



[Continued from p. 31.] 



MYRTACE^, n. Br., DC. 

 1. Leptospeumum, Forst., Gcertn. 



553. L. scopariim, Forst. Char. Gen. f. 36. DC. Prodr. iii. ji. 227. 

 Willd. Sp. PL 2. p. 949. A, Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 337. Jndr. Rep. U 622. 



Kai-Katea ab incolis vulgo vocatur. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Bay of Islands. 

 — 1826, A. Cunningham. (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 



A stunted tree flourishing in barren clayey soil, and producing a 

 a very hard red wood, sometimes used by the natives for the corner 

 parts of their larger canoes. The perfume, says the Rev. W. Yate, 

 which the blossoms exhale, is very fragrant. 



554. L. ericoides, ramulis glabriusculis, foliis linearibus basi sensim an- 

 gustatis approximatis glabris pimctatis ciliatis, calycibus villosiusculis, den- 

 tibus acutis persistentibus, caule arboreo. A. Rich, Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 338. 



Manouea ab incolis designatur, D'Urville, Astrolabe Bay. Rawiri, R. 

 Cunningham, Bay of Islands. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Diy barren bills, Astrolabe Bay. — 1827, 

 DUrville. (Northern Island.) — 1769, Sir Jos. Batiks. Hills around the 

 Bay of Islands. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Arbor mediocris, 12 — 15 pedalis, ramosissima. Flores parvi albi ad 

 apicem ramorum. 



2. Metrosideros, R. Br., DC. 



* Foliis npposifis. 



555. M. huxifoUa ; scandens, ramulis incano-hirsutis, foliis (4 — 5 lineas 

 longis) ellipticis ovatisve obtusis coriaceis venosis nitidis margine revolutis, 

 breviter petiolatis utrinque pilis incanis conspersis subtus punctatis, floribus 

 corymbosis terminalibus, pedunculis srepe trifloris. J^ .t^^^^ ■/-. // f^/.-i" 



-^^,7", indigenis. Lignum- Vif ce oi i\\eM\%?,\owQ.riQB. / 



New Zealand (Northern Island). A rambling shrub adhering to trees, 

 and by its lateral roots climbing to the summits of the loftiest timber in the 

 forests of Wangaroa, Bay of Islands, &c. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 



Frutex ramosissimus, caule scandente radicante vel fibrillis radiciformibus 

 ad truncos arborum adhserente quemadmodum Hedera. i^o//a lato-elliptica, 

 ovalia, obtusa. Flores parvi, albi, in corymbis ad summa ramulorum dispo- 

 siti. Calyx monosepalus, tubu urceolato pubente limbo 5-dentato, dentibus 

 brevissimislatis obtusis. Corolla quinquepetala, petalis sessilibus rotundatis 

 valde concavis deciduis. Stamina numerosa, corolla longiora, filamentis 

 glabris, antheris bilocularibus. Stylus simplex staminibus paulo longior. 

 Ca/?5M/flparvula, globosa, 3-locularis. 



