T. Kiek. — On a new Species of Fagus. 297 



EXPLANATION OP PLATE XVII.. 

 I. Stilbocarpa polaris (after Hooker). 



1. Bud. 



2. Staminate flower with petals removed. 



3. Stamen. 



4. Pistillate flower. 



5. Portion of ovary, showing a single ovule. 



6. Section of ovary. 



7. Ripe fruit. 



8. Section of fruit. 



9. Seed. 



10. Longitudinal section of seed. 



11. Embryo. 



II. Aralia tyallii, T. Kirk. 



1. Bud. 



2. Stamens. 



3. Perfect flower. 



4. Pistillate flower. 



5. Longitudinal section of pistillate flower. 



6. Transverse section of ovary. 



7. Ovule. 



8. Fruit. 



9. Longitudinal section of seed. 



Art. XXXVII. — Description of a new Species of Fagus. By T. Kiek, F.L.S. 



[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Sodety, 1st October, 1884.] 



Plate XVI. 



Fagus blairii, n. s. 



A tree 40-60 feet high, trunk 2-2f feet in diameter. Young twigs and 



petioles slightly pubescent. Leaves spreading, petioled, ovate, entire, 



minutely apiculate, abruptly rounded at the base, coriaceous, ■§■"-§" long, 



•J-"— |" broad, clothed beneath with fulvous appressed tomentum. Valves of 



the involucre with a membranous margin and one or two narrow scales at 



the outer base. Nuts winged, wings shortly bifid. 



Hah. South Island. By the Little Grey Kiver, Nelson, Head of Lake 

 Wakatipu, Valley of the Dart, Otago : T. Kirk. Five Bivers Plain : W. 

 N. Blair. 



This species is closely allied to F. cliff ortioicles, Hook, f., from which it 

 differs in the habit and spray, which resemble those of the European beech, 

 and especially in the ovate apiculate leaves, which are of larger size and are' 

 never cordate, while the pubescence is of a fulvous hue, never white. I have 



