376 EAGACEAE. | Nothofagus. 
lobes with 3-4 membranous transverse lamellae. Nuts 3-winged, broad at 
the base, narrowed above.— Fagus Blairii 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
Xvi (1885) 297; Forest Fl. (1889) t. 57; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
642. 
NortuH Istanp: Forests near the sources of the Wanganui River, 7. Kirk / lower 
part of Waimarino Plateau, 7’. #. C. Sourn Istanp: Marlborough—Mount Fyffe, 
W. M. Goodall (fide Cockayne). Nelson—Wairau Valley, Buller Valley, Little Grey 
River, 7. Kirk. _Otago—Five-fingers Plain, W. N. Blair; Lake Wakatipu and valley 
of the Dart, 7. Kirk. Not uncommon in western Otago, Lake Te Anau, Lake Mana- 
pouri, &c., H. J. Matihews! Martin’s Bay, Buchanan. 
Differs from . Solandri in the broader ovate apiculate leaves, fulvous pubescence, 
and 4-valved fruiting-involucre. Some specimens without flower or fruit, collected 
by Petrie near Arrowtown, Otago, agree with F. Slairii in the thick fulvous pubescence 
on the under-surface of the leaves, but the leaves are more oblong and obscurely toothed 
_ or sinuate, much as in F. apiculata var. dubia. 
Hosta . Ss) 
5. N, Slant {Ssni Oerst. in Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. v, ix (1873) 
355.—A lofty fordst-tree 40-80 ft. high; trunk 2-5 ft. diam.:; bark black 
and furrowed on old trees, pale and smooth on young ones; _ branchlets 
closely pubescent. Leaves evergreen, shortly petiolate, 1-? in. long, linear- 
oblong to elliptic-oblong, obtuse, cuneate and usually unequal-sided at the 
base, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous and reticulated above, clothed 
with appressed greyish-white pubescence beneath, margins recurved ; 
stipules membranous, caducous. Male flowers axillary, either solitary or 
2-3 on a short common peduncle. Perianth broad and shallow, cup-shaped, 
shortly 4-5-toothed. Stamens 8-15. Female involucres solitary in the 
upper axils, sessile, 2-3-flowered. fF ruiting-involucres }in. long, ovoid, 
glabrous or pubescent, usually 3-lobed; lobes with three membranous 
transverse lamellae. Nuts 2-3-winged, broad at the base, narrowed above. 
—Fagus Solandri Hook f. on Hook. Ic. Plant. (1844) t. 639; Raoul Choix 
(1846) 42; Hook f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 230; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
250; T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 56; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 648. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: Forests from the East Cape to the south of Otago, 
usually in hilly or mountain districts. Sea-level, to 2500 ft. Tawhar ; Tawhar- » aes 
beg, ; : , a ti itr" 
raurikt ; Black-beech, November—December. {'. \- Ba. 2? parte? 
) Li u 
Wood pale-red, often streaked with black, not durable unless taken from full 
mature trees. Young trees often have the leaves distichously arranged, with the under- 
surface glabrous or nearly so. 
Hoole .fs-) 
6. N. eliffortioides /Oerst. in Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. v, ix (1873) 355.— 
A small tree, usually from 20 to 40 ft. high, rarely more, with a trunk 
1-2 ft. diam., in alpine localities often dwarfed into a much-branched bush 
5-12 ft. high. Branches spreading, often distichous, especially in young 
trees ; branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves shortly petiolate, distichous, 
¢-3 in. long, ovate-oblong or ovate or ovate-orbicular, acute or subacute, 
rarely obtuse, always broadest at the unequally rounded or almost cordate 
base, quite entire, very coriaceous, glabrous and reticulated above, more 
or less clothed with greyish-white appressed hairs beneath; margins thick- 
ened, often recurved; stipules membranous, caducous. Male flowers 
axillary, solitary or in pairs on very short peduncles, often very abundantly 
produced. Perianth broad, cup-shaped, shortly 4-5-toothed. Stamens 
8-15. Female involucres solitary and sessile in the upper axils, 2-3- 
flowered. FF ruiting-involucres 4-}in. long, ovoid, pubescent, 3-lobed ; 
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