250 EUGENIA MAIRE. 
from Hawke’s Bay from 135lb. to 212Ilb.*: in order of strength it must Be'p 1 
next to mata. | 
DisTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS. 
Eugenia comprises about six hundred species, distributed throughout 1 ropic 
and sub-tropical America, tropical Asia, and Africa. Sixteen species are fou 
in Avstralia, and thirty in New Caledonia, but only one in New Zealand. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. | 
Eugenia Maire is endemic in New Zealand, and is the only species for 
the colony: it is found in swampy situations in many localities in the Ni 
Island, from Mongonui to Cook Strait: it is most plentiful and attains 
largest dimensions from the Waikato northwards, but is. also found in 
Districts of Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, and Wellington. In the South Isle 
appears to be confined to the Marlborough and Nelson Districts, but i is \ 
rare, being only known to occur in Queen Charlotte Sound and the Pele 
where it was discovered by Mr. J. Rutland. It is essentially a lowland plat 
and ranges from the sea-level to 1,300ft. ' 
DESCRIPTION. 
Fugenia Maire, A. Cunn. i. 
A small, conical tree, 2oft. to 50ft. high, with white bark, glabrous in alli its 
parts. Branchlets slender, four-angled. Leaves opposite, rin. to 2in. 
membranous, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed ss 
slender petiole. Rigas in terminal many Pier corymbs ; pedicels sle 
jointed to the rhachis. Calyx superior, with five minute deciduous k 
petals, five, perigynous, orbicular; stamens numerous, slender; ovary 
celled, with numerous ovules in each cell; style slender, exceeding the stan ns. 
Fruit, a red drupe, ovoid, uneven, fully }in. long, crowned with the remail ns of 
the calyx; seed large, solitary. 
EXPLANATION OF PLaTE CXXII. 
Eugenia Maire, A. Cunn. Flowering specimen. 1. Fruiting species 
natural size. 2. Flower. 3. Longitudinal section of a fruit. 4. Transv 5€ 
section of the same. All magnified. 
* Balfour: Experiments on the Strength of New Zealand Timbers. 
