458 MONIMIACEAE, [Hedycarya. 
RO: 
n. 336; Raoul Choix (1846) 30, t.20; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 219 ; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 240; VT. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 110. H. scabra 
A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 337. Zanthoxylum novae-zelandiae A. Rich. 
Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 291, t. 33. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: Abundant in woods from the Three Kings Islands 
and the North Cape to Banks Peninsula and Milford Sound. Sea-level to 2500 ft. 
Porokawwhirv. October-November. 
2. LAURELIA Juss. 'SO"%. 
Tall aromatic forest-trees. Leaves opposite, coriaceous. Flowers 
dioecious or polygamous, in axillary cymes or racemes. Male flowers : 
Perianth-tube short, campanulate ; lobes 5-12, in 2 or 3 series, subequal 
ot the outer shorter. Stamens 6-12; filaments short, 2-glandular at 
the base ; anthers 2-celled, opening by 2 upturned valves. Female flowers 
(or hermaphrodite): Perianth elongating after fertilization, narrow- 
urceolate or tubular, ultimately 3—5-cleft. Stamens reduced to scales, or 
the outer series alone perfect. Carpels numerous, fusiform, pilose, narrowed 
into long plumose styles; ovule solitary, erect, anatropous. Achenes 
small, densely pilose, included in the enlarged perianth. Seed albuminous ; 
embryo small, radicle inferior. 
Besides the New Zealand species, which is endemic, there is a second found in Chile. 
The genus is very closely allied to the Australian Atherosperma, which principally differs 
in the flowers being seated within 2 cymbiform bracts. 
1. L. novae-zealandiae 4. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 354.—A tall forest- 
tree, often attaining a height of 80 to 100 or even 120ft.; trunk 4-6 it. 
diam., usually with radiating buttresses at the base; bark pale, almost 
white ; branchlets opposite, tetragonous, the younger ones faintly pubescent. 
Leaves opposite, petiolate, 14-3in. long, oblong or elliptic-oblong or 
obovate, obtuse, cuneate at the base, coarselv and bluntly serrate, coriaceous, 
dark-green and glossy above, paler beneath, glabrous or silky-pubescent: 
when young. Flowers small, 1-}in. diam., polygamo-dioecious, in axillary 
racemes 4—lin. long; pedicels silky, as is the perianth externally. Male 
perianth shallow, 5-6-partite almost to the base; stamens about 12. 
Female (or hermaphrodite) perianth with a swollen tube contracted above ; 
segments of the limb short, spreading. Stamens either all reduced to erect 
scales, or some or all of the outer row perfect. Carpels numerous ; styles 
long, silky. Fruiting-perianth much enlarged and elongated, often quite 
lin, long, narrow-urceolate, splitting irregularly into 3-5 valves. Achenes 
6-12, narrowed into long plumose styles—Raoul Choixz (1846) 42; Hook. f. 
Fl. Nov. Zel, i (1853) 218; T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 71; Cheesem, Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 600.  Atherosperma novae-zelandiae Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 240, 
oe NortH Istanp: Abundant in swampy forests. SoutH Istanp: Various localities 
in Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland, rare and local. Sea-level to 2000 ft. Puka- 
tea. October-November, 
The wood is pale-brown, often prettily clouded with darker brown. It is strong 
and tough, and does not readily split, so that it is occasionally used for boatbuilding. 
hc eile rarely for cabinetwork. The leaves and voung branches are aromatic when 
ruised. 
