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5. Melicytus ramiflorus Forst. (Violac.) Mahoe, Cowleaf, 
Whiky-wood. 
MH. ramiflorus is an evergreen small tree or shrub attaining a maximum 
height of 9 m with a trunk 30—60 cm in diam. covered with thin palish-grey 
bark. The crown is rounded, dense and made up of slender boughs and 
numerous brittle twigs. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, s—ı2 cm long, rather 
thin, green or yellowish-green and bluntly serrate. The small dioecious flowers 
are born in fascicles on the naked branches below the leaves. The berries are 
about 5 mm in diam., but their great number, violet colour and position render 
them conspicuous. 
The species occurs in Norfolk ee and Tonga as ‚well as New Zealand. 
6. Fuchsia excorticata (Forst.) Linn. f. (Onagrac.) Kotukutuku, 
New Zealand fuchsia. 
F. excorticata is a deciduous or semi-deciduous tree or ie with an 
extreme height of ı2m. The trunk is stout, sometimes go cm in diam. though 
generally much less, most irregular in shape and often semi-prostrate. The 
bark is thin, smooth and long papery strips hang from the trunk, leaving a 
shining green surface beneath. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 
5—ıo cm long, thin, soft, green above and silvery beneath. The solitary 
flowers, 3 cm long, are bright-green blotched with purple. They appear in 
spring before the leaves and depend from the leaf-axils.. The berries are 
ı.2 m long, black and juicy; they are much relished by birds. 
The species is endemic; it occurs from sea-level to about goo m altitude. S 
T: Nothopanax arboreum Horst. f.) Seem. A, Whauvhaupaku | f 
Ivy-tree. 
