BEILSCHMIEDIA TAWA. 959 
DESCRIPTION. 
Beilschmiedia Tawa, Benth. and Hook. f. 
Nesodaphne Tawa, Hook. f. 
Laurus Tawa, A. Cunn. 
A lofty evergreen tree, 50ft. to 8oft. high, with thin black bark and slender 
branches. Young shoots silky. Leaves alternate, 2in. to 4in. long, lanceolate, 
or narrow-oblong or broadly lanceolate, membranous, entire, acute, often 
glaucous beneath, finely reticulated on both surfaces. Panicles axillary, 2in. to 
3in. long; branches and pedicels very slender, glabrous. Flowers minute ; 
perianth with six lobes; stamens, twelve, in two series; anthers opening by 
valves; ovary one-celled, with a short straight style. Fruit, a deep-purple 
berry, 1in. long or less, one-seeded ; seed without endosperm. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE CXXVI. 
Beilschmiedia Tawa, Benth. and Hook. f. Flowering specimen, natural size. 
1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil. All magnified. 
(Beilschmiedia Tarairi, Benth. and Hook. f. 5. Flower. 6, Stamen, with 
perianth-lobe. 7. Stamen. 8. Pistil. All magnified.) 
