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MN. 8. SPECIES OF METROSIDEROS 
New names from paper by Dr. W.RSB. O1it [.Vol.59 p.43.9 
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M.florida (Aka( ee scandt Druce. 
M. lucida (Southern Rata) My umbel 
M. Parkinsonii | Mm. Parki 
Mv. albiflora | M. albifi Gaertn. 
M. diffusa Mf. carmi i. new name« 
M. hypericifclia M. diffus WR. Oliv. 
M. Colensoi — M. Colens 
M. Scandens (Aka-kura ) | iv Ms perfo 
M. robusta’ (Rata) | M. robust 
Me. rebusta var. intermedia X M. subton 
M, tomentosa (Pohvtukawa) M. excels no rin. 
M. villosa (Kermdec Is. Pohutukawa ) Me. Kermac Be. oniv. 
Further notes on Metrosideros by Cocknt 
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crimson, usually in dense panicwlate cymes springy wou une prancnes 
below the leaves, but sometimes terminating the branchlets as well. 
Calyx-tube turbinate, glabrous ; lobes 5, ovate, triangular, obtuse. Stamens tl 
Tin. long. Ovary sunk in the calyx-tube, 3-celled. Capsule } in. long, uf 
coriaceous, broadly campanulate, obscurely 5-ribbed, offwned by the per- bi 
sistent cup-shaped calyx-limb.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 160; Cheesem. &g 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 163; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 49. . ! 
