70 GRISELINIA LITTORALIS. 
much used for house-blocks, fencing-posts, sleepers, boat-timbers, and similar 
purposes, but has not been thought worthy the attention of the cabinetmaker, 
except for inlaying. 
It attains larger dimensions than the preceding species, and is generally 
used throughout the South Island, but its value has not been recognised in the 
North Island. 
It forms a valuable addition to the shrubbery, and is easily cultivated. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 
Griselinia littoralis is most abundant in the South Island, where it attains 
its largest dimensions. Its northern limit, so far as is known to me, is the Cape 
Colville Peninsula, where it is very local and confined to the crests of the ranges. 
It is much more frequent in the Wellington District, and is plentiful in all 
forest districts in the South Island, crossing Foveaux Strait to Stewart Island, 
where it extends to the South Cape. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Griselinia littoralis, Raoul, ‘‘Choix de Plantes de la Nouvelle- 
Zelande, t. XIX. 
A small dicecious tree, 4oft. to 6oft. high, with trunk 2ft. to 5ft. in diameter. 
Bark, brown, furrowed. Leaves alternate, on rather long foot-stalks, ovate or 
oblong-ovate, rounded at the apex, often cuneate at the base; veins obscure 
beneath. Flowers in axillary panicles, from one-fourth to one-half the length 
of the leaves; branches of the panicle very short, finely pubescent. Male 
flowers, calyx scarcely toothed; stamens, five; petals, five; broadly ovate, 
sub-acute. Female flowers, calyx-tube adherent with the ovary, teeth obsolete ; 
petals, five, narrower and longer than in the male; stamens, none; styles, three. 
Fruit, one-celled, one-seeded. 
EXPLANATION OF PLate XLII. 
Griselinia littoralis, Raoul, with immature fruit, natural size. I. Male 
flower, front view. 2. Male flower, back view. 3. Male flower, with stamen 
removed. 4. Panicle of female flowers. 5. Female flower. 6. Longitudinal 
section of ovary. 7. Fruit, natural size. 8. Fruit. 9. Longitudinal section of 
fruit. 10. Transverse section of fruit. All magnified, except 7. 
