Kirx.—On the New Zealand Olives. 877 
Above 6 feet from the ground the trunk tapers very gradually, and holds 
its girth well up to the crown. No. 5 was a magnificent tree; after making 
all deductions for bark and waste, it must contain over 500 cubic feet of 
convertible timber. 
Olea lanceolata, Hook. f. 
This makes a round-headed tree of smaller dimensions than O. cunning- 
hamii, being rarely more than 50 feet in height, with a trunk from 1 to 8 
feet in diameter. Not unfrequently small specimens less than 20 feet high 
produce fruit in abundance. 
The leaves are smooth and glossy in all stages; in the young state 
natrow-linear, 3’-5" long; in the mature state linear-lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate. Racemes slender, calyx deeply cleft, segments 
linear. Drupe trigonous crimson. There are two primary forms of this 
species :— 
a, Bark of twigs whitish, prominently warted, leaves ovate, lanceolate, 
acuminate, segments of calyx linear. 
b. Bark of twigs dark, scarcely warted, leaves linear-lanceolate, racemes 
more slender than in var. a, segments of perianth broader. 
This is the most common — especially in the north. Té is also 
found at Wairoa, in the Ne 
a montana, Hook. f. 
This species forms an excessively branched round-headed tree; branches 
Slender. Leaves linear acute, in the young state 3’-5” long, when mature 
I'-3" glossy. Racemes slender, finely puberulous, 1’ long, about 12-flowered. 
Calyx lobes shallow, broad, obtuse. Styles shorter than in 0. cunninghamit. 
Drupe ovoid, narrowed at base and apex. 
In specimens collected at Whangaroa (North) th the branchlets are almost 
capillary, and the leaves less than 3" in breadth. < 
O. montana is rare and local north of the Rangitikei, in some localities 
being restricted to a few specimens, or even to a solitary tree, but in the 
Southern part of the Wellington district it is common. It is especially 
Plentiful in the valley of the Ruamahanga, where it attains a large size. 
A solitary specimen at Karori is fully 60 feet high, with a trunk 40 feet 
in the clear. Girth at base 9’ 1", tapering to 7’ 4” at 6 feet from the ground, 
but above that holding its girth well up towards the crown. I have been 
*ssured that specimens are found on the lower flanks of the Rimutaka fully 
®qual in dimensions to the | specimens of O. cunninghamit. 
It will be eee to ce ht as ae not 
being Imown to occur south of the Little Barrier Island. It extends, how- 
_ er, northward to Norfolk Island. 0. lanceolata is So 
= on southern side of Cook Strait. | 
