MYRSINE URVILLEI, A. DeCandolle. 
THE MAPAU OR MAPOU. 
OrDER—MYRSINEZE. 
(Plate XVI.) 
Tue mapau is also known as the tipau and matipou ; it is closely related to the 
preceding species, the toro, but is of lower stature, and presents a very different 
appearance. It is usually a small erect tree, from 12ft. to 2oft. high, with 
‘numerous short ascending branches, forming a narrow but compact head. The 
leaves are shortly stalked, and rarely exceed an inch and a half in length; they 
are dotted with round pellucid glands, and have waved or undulated margins ; 
the general tint of the foliage is a pale reddish-brown, quite unlike any other 
native tree with leaves of a similar shape. 
The small white flowers are produced in great profusion, and are succeeded 
by small globose black fruit. 
This species often occurs in large quantity to the exclusion of other trees. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 
Myrsine Urvillei is restricted to New Zealand, where it is generally distri- 
buted, from the North Cape to Stewart Island, ranging from sea-level to 
2,8ooft. 
PROPERTIES AND USEs. 
The wood of this species resembles that of the preceding in its marking, but 
is of a paler colour: it is applied to the same purposes, but is not so highly 
valued, although from its great abundance it is more generally used. It is 
of great strength, and considerable durability when not in contact with the 
sround. It is extensively used for firewood in many districts. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Myrsine Urvillei, A. DC. 
Suttonia australis, A. Richard. 
A small tree r2ft. to 20ft. high, trunk gin. to gin. in diameter, bark dark- 
brown or black. Young twigs and leaf-stalks red. Leaves alternate, oblong or 
obovate, waved at the margins, and dotted with round pellucid glands. Flowers 
crowded in small fascicles on the naked portions of the branchlets, or in the axils 
of the leaves. Calyx four-toothed, or the teeth sometimes wanting. Corolla 
lobed. Stamens adherent to the petals. Stigma sessile. [ruit, a round berry, 
black, one-sixth of an inch in diameter. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI. 
Myrsine Urvillei, A. DC. Fruited specimen, natural size. 
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