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long as the calyx, spreading, strap-shaped, recurved at the tips. Anthers 
sessile, apiculate. Females: Calyx of the males. Petals shorter, more 
erect, barely 4 as long again as the calyx. Style short, stout; stigma 
broad, discoid, 3-5-lobed. Berry globose, }in. diam.; seeds 4-6.—Raoul 
Choix (1846) 48; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 18; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 17; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 42; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 47. 
Nortu Istanp: Not uncommon in hilly forests from Kaitaia southwards to the 
Waikato River. Sourn [Istanp: Waikari Creek, near Dunedin, Thomson / Petrie / 
Sea-level to 2000 ft. September-—-October. 
Easily distinguished from M. ramiflorus by the larger, more coriaceous, obovate 
leaves, and larger flowers on decurved pedicels, with the bracts placed just below the 
flowers. The Otago specimens have smaller leaves, but are not otherwise different, 
3. M. lanceolatus Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 18, t. 8.—A slender 
glabrous shrub 6-15 ft. high, with brownish bark; branches succulent, 
brittle. Leaves 3-6in. long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
finely and sharply serrate, membranous; petioles short. Flowers small, 
in 2-5-flowered fascicles ; pedicels short, slender, decurved, with 2 bracts 
above the middle. Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse or subacute. Petals erect, 
recurved at the tip. Connective of the anthers produced into a long 
subulate point. Style long; stigmas 3, minute. Berry globose, Lin. 
diam., blue-black when fully ripe; seeds 6-12, angled, minutely tubercled. 
—Handb. N%. Fl. (1864) 17; 7. Kirk Students’ FI. (1899) 43; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 47. | bs 
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NortH snp Sovuts Isuanps, Stewart Isuanp: Not uncommon in forests south 
of Whangarei. Ascends to 3000 ft. on Te Aroha Mountain. October-November. 
This can be recognized by the narrow leaves, subulate appendage to the anthers, 
long 3-fid style, and minutely tuberculate seeds. The anthers often cohere at the 
back, as in Hymenanthera, but in habit and other respects the species agrees better 
with Melicytus. 
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4. M. micranthus Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 18.—A shrub or 
small tree 5-15 ft. in height, very :variable in habit, sometimes a much- 
branched bush with tortuous and interlaced rigid branches, at other 
times a small tree with a compact head and slender trunk 2-5 in. diam. : 
branchlets pubescent at the tips. Leaves alternate or fascicled on short 
lateral branchlets, coriaceous, small, 4-1 in. long, oblong-obovate or obovate 
or orbicular-obovate, obtuse, sinuate or toothed, rarely lobed; petioles 
short, puberulous. Leaves of young plants longer and narrower, often 
lear and pinnatifid. Flowers minute, axillary, solitary or 2-3 together ; 
pedicels longer or shorter than the petioles, pubescent. Male flowers : 
Calyx-lobes short, rounded, often ciliate. Petals twice as long as the 
calyx, broadly oblong, obtuse. Anthers sessile, very broad, rounded, 
obtuse, connective flat. Females: Calyx and petals of the males. Abortive 
anthers present. Ovary ovoid; style short, thick ; stigma large, discoid, 
with 3-5 fleshy lobes. Berry oval or subglobose, }-4in. diam., purple or 
purple-black. Seeds 1-4, smooth or angled.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 17; 
LI. Kirk Students’ FI. (1899) 483: Cheesem. Man. NZ. Fl. (1906) 47. 
ye Elaeodendron micranthum Hook. f. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ij (1844) 228, 
t. 8. 
