Metrosideros.| L+ .| MYRTACEAE, 593 
6. M.-hyperieifolia 4. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 562.—A climbing shrub ; 
branches slender, spreading, obscurely tetragonous, usually minutely 
pubescent. Leaves distichous, 3-1 in. long, oblong-lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acute or apiculate or obtuse, rounded at the 
base, sessile, rather membranous, glabrous or slightly silky when young. 
Flowers small, pink or whitish-pink, in small lateral few-flowered cymes 
or racemes ; pedicels slender, glabrous or pubescent. Calyx-tube pyriform, 
suddenly expanded into a short and broad cup-shaped limb; lobes 5, ovate- 
triangular. Petals orbicular, shortly clawed, exceeding the calyx-lobes. 
Stamens slender, } in, long. Ovary wholly adnate to the base of the calyx- 
tube. Capsule small, $4 in. long, globose, 3-lobed, crowned by the iunnel- 
shaped calyx-limb, loculicidally 3-valved to the base.—Raoul Chor (1846) 
49; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 67, t. 16; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 71; 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 161; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. &l. (1906) 164. 
M. subsimilis Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xi (1880) 361. 
TIA C Me ASRS, 
Nortu AND Sourn Isntanps, Stewart Istanp: Abundant in forests from the 
North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 2000 ft. November—January. 
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The smallest species of the genus. The flowers are occasionally quite white, and 
are always produced on the old wood, never terminal. 
7. M. Colensoi Hook. f. Fi. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 68.—A slender climbing 
shrub with numerous very slender leafy terete or obscurely tetragonous 
branches; branchlets densely pubescent or setose. Leaves distichous, 
often imbricating, sessile or very shortly petioled, 4-#1n. long, ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, rounded at the base, almost 
membranous, densely pubescent when young, often becoming almost 
glabrous when mature. Flowers small, pink or whitish, in terminal or 
lateral trichotomous cymes which are rarely more than Idin. long; 
peduncles and pedicels silky-pubescent. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, much 
longer than the ovary, pubescent; lobes small, narrow-triangular, acute, 
as long as or slightly longer than the small orbicular petals. Ovary wholly 
adnate to the base of the calyx-tube. Capsule small, ¢-in. long, globose, 
3-lobed, crowned by the long funnel-shaped calyx-limb, loculicidally 3-valved 
to the vpase—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 72; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 162 ; 
Cheesem. Man, N.Z. Fl. (1906) 165. 
Var. pende . Kirk l.c.—Branchlets much more slender, almost filiform, pendulous. 
Flowers white.—M. pendens Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1880) 360. 
NortH AND SoutH IsLanps: Rare and local. In forests from the Bay of Jslands 
and Whangarei (Handbook, H. J. Matihews) southwards to Cook Strait. Marlborough— 
As far south as the Lower Clarence Valley, J. H. Macmahon! H. J. Matthews! Nelson— 
Vicinity of Neison and Maitai Valley, Lower Motueka Valley, 7. F. C.; Mokihinui, 
Peirie ; between Westport and Charleston, Cockayne. Sea-level to 2000 ft. De- 
cember—January. 
_ _ Albed to the preceding species, but easily distinguished by the much more slender 
habit, pubescent branchlets, and by the thinner much more acuminate and usually 
pubescent leaves. 
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8. M. robusta 4. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 557—A tall and stout forest- 
tree 60-80 or even 100ft. high; trunk irregular, 3-8 ft. diam. or more; 
branches spreading, forming a huge rounded head; branchlets 4-angled, 
puberulous. Leaves decussate, 1-I}in. long, elliptic-oblong or ovate- 
oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, very coriaceous; petioles 
