Metrosideros. | MYRTACEAE. 591 
Fl. (1889) t. 127; Students’ Fl. (1899) 160; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
162. M. speciosa Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii (1890) 463. M. aurata 
Col. lc. xxiii (1891) 385.  Leptospermum scandens Forst. Char. Gen. 
(1776) 72. 
Norra Istaxp: Abundant from the Three Kings Islands and the North Cape 
southwards to Cook Strait. Sours Istanp: Marlborough—Queen Charlotte Sound, 
J. H. Macmahon! Nelson—Vicinity of Nelson, 7. Ff. O.; Collingwood, 7. Kirk / 
Buchanan!  Westland— Common as far south as the Waiho River, in lowland 
forest, Cockayne ; Martin’s Bay, Poppelwell, W. A. Thomson ! Sea-level to 2500 ft. 
Aka. February—June. 
According to Mr. J. W. Hall, the capsules require a whole year to ripen their seeds. 
Mr. Colenso’s M. aurata, which is kept up as a variety by Mr. Kirk, only differs in the 
yellow or yellowish-orange flowers. It has been noticed in several districts from Auck- 
land to Collingwood, but not more than a single specimen has been found in each 
locality. It can only be considered an accidental sport. 
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2. M.lueida A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 333.— Usually a tall 
erect or inclined branching tree 30-60 ft. high, but often dwarfed to a 
small bush in subalpine or exposed localities ; bark pale, papery ; branchlets 
and young leaves silky. Leaves 14-3 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate or lanceo- 
late, acuminate, very coriaceous, pale glossy-green above, dotted with 
oil-glands beneath, narrowed into a short stout petiole. Flowers bright- 
crimson, in short broad cymes at the ends of the branches; peduncles 
and pedicels short, stout, silky. Calyx obconic, silky; lobes 5, ovate, 
obtuse. Petals oblong, exceeding the calyx-lobes. Stamens numerous, 
lin. long. Ovary sunk in the calyx-tube, 3-celled. Capsule 4 in. long, 
coriaceous, broadly urceolate, obscurely 5-ribbed, crowned by the per- 
sistent cup-shaped calyx-limb.—A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 561; Raoul 
Choiz (1846) 49; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 67; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
71; T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 58; Students’ Fl. (1899) 160; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 163. M. umbellata Cav. Ic. 1v (1795) 20, t. 337. 
Agalmanthus umbellatus Homb. and Jacq. Voy. Astrol. et Zel. (1852) 78. 
Melaleuca lucida Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 216. 
Nortu Isnanp:* In hilly or mountain districts from Whangarei d ti 
Great and Little Barrier Islands southwards, but often local and absent from wide 
. di SOT Abundant along the western side, and along the shores of 
Foveaux Strait, less common on the eastern side. STEWART ISLAND, THE SNARES, 
AUCKLAND IsLtanps: Abundant, forming a large proportion of the forest. CAMPBELL 
IsLAND: Rare. Sea-level to 3500 ft. Southern-rata ; Mountain-rata ; Ironwood. 
December—January. 
Wood extremely strong, hard, heavy, and durable; useful for shipbuilding, &e. 
3. M. Parkinsonii Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv (1883) 389, 
t. 28, f. 2.—A much-branched shrub with straggling often prostrate 
branches, or a small tree 20-30 ft. high; trunk seldom more than 6-9 in. 
diam. Leaves more or less distichous 1-3 in. long, ovate-lanceolate to 
oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, acute or acuminate, rounded at the 
base, coriaceous, quite glabrous; petioles very short. Flowers bright- 
crimson, usually in dense paniculate cymes springing from the branches 
below the leaves, but sometimes terminating the branchlets as well. 
Calyx-tube turbinate, glabrous ; lobes 5, ovate, triangular, obtuse. Stamens 
1in. long. Ovary sunk in the calyx-tube, 3-celled. Capsule [in. long, 
coriaceous, broadly campanulate, obscurely 5-ribbed, effwned by the per- 
sistent cup-shaped calyx-limb.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 160; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 163; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 49. 
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