Metrosideros.] XXIX. myetaceae. 161 



long, rounded, exceeding the sepals. Ovary adnate with the base of the calyx- 

 tube, 3-celled. Fruiting calyx- tube campanulate, 5-ribbed. Capsule woody, 

 adnate with the calyx-tube for nearly half its lengthy 3-celled, centre much 

 depressed. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : Whakamariua Ranges, OoUingwood ; Anatori Ranges, Heaphy 

 River, /. Dall I W. S. Hayward I Dec, Jan. 



Originally discovered by Mr. Hayward. I am indebbed to Mr. Dall for much information 

 respecting this beautiful plant. 



4. M. albiflora, Soland. ex Gaertn. Fruct: i. 172, t. 34, f. 11. A scan- 

 dent species, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves lin.— Sin. long, opposite^ spread- 

 ing ; petiole short ; blade elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, acute or 

 acuminate, coriaceous, shining. Flowers white, in terminal paniculate cymes 

 or thyrsi. Calyx tubular or campanulate ; lobes shortly oblong, obtuse, per- 

 sistent. Petals exceeding the sepals, orbicular. Stamens exceedingly slender, 

 delicate. Ovary adnate to the base of the calyx-tube. Capsule dehiscing to 

 the base, Jin. long, tui'gid, urceolate, 3- rarely 4-celled and ribbed, crowned by 

 the tubular calyx-limb ; lobes reflexed, persistent. — Hook., Ic. PI. t. 569 ; 

 Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 67 ; Handbk. 71. M. diffusa, A. Cuna., Precurs. n. 560 

 (not of Sm.) . 



NORTH Island : in forests, Mangonui and Hokianga to the Bast Gape district ; Great Barrier 

 Island. Dec, Jan. 



The branohlets are very slender, and often pendulous or trailing. 



5. M. diflTusa, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. (1797) 368. A strong 

 climber, attaining the tops of the highest trees. Leaves opposite, very shortly 

 petioled, iin.— lin. long, lanceolate or elliptical-oblong, obtuse. Cymes terminal, 

 rarely axillary, often paniculate and leafy. Pedicels and peduncles glabrate, 

 pubescent or setose ; pedicels very short. Flowers numerous, scarlet. Calyx- 

 tube narrow-oblong ; limb broadly cup-shaped ; lobes orbicular, shorter than the 

 rounded petals. Ovary adnate to the base of the calyx-tube. Capsule thin, 

 coriaceous, turgid, 6-ribbed, ci'owned with the short calyx-limb, 3-celled, dehisc- 

 ing loculicidally to the base. — Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 67; Handbk. 71. 



NORTH Island : in forests from Ahipara to Te Aroha and the Bast Oape district, but often 

 rare and local. Ta.va.ruaB.ange, W. B. D. Majitell I Sept., Oct. 



One of the most beautiful plants in the colony. The lower branches of the panicle diverge 

 at an angle of 80°. J. W. Hall states that the seeds of this species mature in four or five 

 months. 



6. M. hypericifolia, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 56ri. A rambling climber. 

 Leaves glabrous, distichous, sessile or subsessile, scarcely coriaceous, oblong- 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute obtuse or apiculate. Flowers in lateral cymes 

 or racemes, small, 5-8-flowered. Pedicels very slender, glabrous. Calyx-tube 

 glabrous or pubescent, obconic or pyriform, constricted below the apex, and 

 abruptly dilated into a short cup-shaped limb; lobes ovate-deltoid. Petals 

 small orbicular, exceeding the sepals, white or pink. Filaments white or pink. 

 Ovary adnate with the base of the calyx-tube. Capsule less than in. long, 



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