METROSIDEROS LUCIDA. 101 
It is plentiful on the Snares and Stewart Island, and forms the chief feature 
of the arboreal vegetation of the Auckland Islands, but is rare on Campbell 
Island. 
It ascends from the sea-level to nearly 4,000ft. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Metrosideros lucida, Menzies. 
M. uinbellata, Cavanilles. 
Agalmanthus umbellatus, Hombron et Jacques, ‘‘ Voyage au Pole Sud,”’ 
t. r: Dicot. 
An evergreen tree, 30ft. to 6oft. high. Leaves in the young state silky, 
glabrous when mature, Thin. to 3in. long, opposite, shortly petioled, lanceolate 
or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, the under-surface dotted with oil- 
glands. Flowers crimson, in terminal, short, broad cymes. Calyx superior, 
funnel-shaped, silky, lobes five, persistent; petals, five, small; stamens very 
numerous, crimson. Ovary sunk in the base of the calyx, three-celled. Calyx at 
length woody, longer than the woody three-valved capsule; seeds minute, 
numerous. 
ExpLanaTion or Pirate LVIII. 
Metrosideros lucida, Menzies. YVlowering specimen, natural size. 1. Flower. 
2. Longitudinal section of flower. 3. Transverse section of fruit. All magnified. 
