564 MALVACEAE. [| Hoheria. 
broadly ovate-deltoid or almost orbicular, usually thin and membranous, 
conspicuously veined. Leaves of mature trees 3-5 in. long or more, ovate, 
long acuminate, deeply and coarsely doubly serrate, coriaceous, finely reticu- 
lated, often purplish beneath. Flowers large, ?-1 1m. diam., pure-white, 
arranged in 4—10-flowered fascicles; peduncles 3-1 in. long.—Hook. Ic. Plant. 
(1843) tt. 565-66; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 30; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 31; TZ. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 53; Students’ Fl. (1899) 71; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl, (1906) 78. H. Sinelairi Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 31. 
NortH Istanp: From the North Cape to the Waikato River, abundant. 
March—May. Houhere ; Hothere. 
An exceedingly handsome and graceful plant, now widely planted in shrubberies 
throughout the Dominion. 
I regret that in the first edition I accepted without due inquiry Mr. Kirk’s state- 
ment to the effect that H. populnea did not pass through a juvenile stage markedly 
different to the adult. It is quite easy to prove the contrary. In this matter I have 
to thank Mr. Carse for a full series of specimens showing the extent of the change in | 
the Mangonui district. = rn ey { 1% 2s) es 
2, H. sexstylosa Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii (1885) 238.—An erect 
somewhat fastigiate much-branched tree 12-25 ft. high; branches slender, 
glabrous; bark dark reddish-brown; young shoots, peduncles, and calyces 
more or less pubescent. Leaves of young trees (also frequently found on 
the lower branches of old ones) very variable in size and shape, 1-3 in. 
long, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, or rounded-ovate to almost orbicular, often 
deeply lobed or incised. Leaves of mature trees 2-5 in. long, lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, sharply and deeply serrate ; finely 
reticulate, glabrous when mature, or the petioles clothed with stellate pube- 
scence. Flowers numerous, 3 in. diam. or more, arranged in 2-5-flowered 
fascicles ; peduncles 3-1 in. long.—H. populnea var. lanceolata Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 80; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 31; TV. Kirk Forest Fl. 
tt. 54 f. 2, 544 f. 1, 2, 55a; Students’ Fl. (1899) 71; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 79. | 
NortH awd Sourn Istanps: From the Kaipara Harbour southwards to Canter- 
bury, but local to the north of the Waikato River. March—April. Houhere ; 
Hoihere ; Ribbon-wood ; Lacebark. Sea-level to 2500 ft. 2 
3. H. angustifolia Raoul in Ann. Sei. Nat. Ser. iii, ii (1844) 122.— 
A small slender tree 12-25 ft. high or more; branches spreading, bark dark- 
brown; branchlets, petioles, and inflorescence more or less clothed with 
stellate pubescence. Young plants forming a straggling bush with nume- 
rous flexuose and interlaced branchlets; the leaves of which are small, 
4 in. long, orbicular or obovate-orbicular, cuneate at the base, 3-5-toothed 
towards the tip. Leaves of mature plants 1-2 in. or rarely 1-3 in. long, 
linear-oblong or lanceolate, rarely broader and oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or 
rounded at the tip, rarely acute, sharply spinulose-toothed, thin and mem- 
branous, glabrous when mature. Flowers smaller than in the other species, 
gin. diam., arranged in 2~4-flowered fascicles ; peduncles usually much 
shorter than the leaves. Styles 5. Carpels 5, din. long.—Choix (1846) 26, 
t. 26. H. populnea var. angustifolia Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 30; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 31; 7. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) tt. 54 £1, 544 f. 3, 
548 f. 2, 55 f. 1, 2; Students’ Fl. (1899) 72; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 79. 
