Myrtus. | MYRTACEAE. 597 
Very closely allied to M. bullata, but the leaves are smaller, usually green, with 
the surface plane or very slightly tumid; and the berry has fewer seeds. 
Dr. Cockayne (Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1 (1918) 179) considers that M. Ralphii is a 
polymorphic hybrid between M. bullata and M. obcordata. A series of aa gi 
which he has kindly sent gives a certain amount of support to this view; bu " 
present I am unable to accept it, for the following reason: I have been acquainte 
for 50 years with a locality for M. Ralphii in which, to the best of my belief, there are 
no specimens of M. obcordata within at least 20 miles, and none of M. bullata within 
5 miles. This fact is in direct opposition to Dr. Cockayne’s statement that the 
species is never to be,found unless both M. bullata and M. obcordata are present. 
3. M. ae Hook. ¥ Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 71.—A much-branched 
shrub 5-I5ft. high; branches slender, spreading, the younger ones 
pubescent. Leaves opposite or in opposite fascicles, +-$ in. long, obcordate, 
narrowed into a short puberulous petiole, coriaceous, glabrous on both 
surfaces or slightly silky when young. Flowers solitary, axillary, 7 in. 
diam., white. Peduncles as long as the leaves, pubescent. Calyx 4-lobed ; 
lobes oblong, acute. Petals 4, orbicular. Berry }+in. long, broadly ovoid, 
dark-red or violet, 2-celled. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, reniform; testa 
bony.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 74; TT. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 70; 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 165; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 169. Eugenia 
obcordata Raoul in Ann. Scr. Nat. Ser. i, 2 (1844) Tg Ch Re 
NortH anp SoutH Istanps: In woods from Ahipara (Mongonui County) to 
Foveaux Strait, but local to the north of the East Cape. Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
Rohutu. December—January. 
4. M. pedunculata Hook. f. a Hook. Ic. Plant, (1844) t. 629.— 
A much-branched compact or diffuse shrub 5-15 ft. high ; branches slender, 
glabrous, 4-angled. Leaves opposite, +-3in. long, obovate or obovate- 
oblong or oblong-ovate, rounded at the tip, rarely acute, coriaceous, 
glabrous, narrowed into short petioles. Flowers axillary, solitary, {1in. 
diam., white. Peduncles slender, glabrous, longer or shorter than the 
leaves. Calyx glabrous, 5-lobed, 2-bracteolate at the base. Petals 5, 
rounded. Berry small, din. long, broadly ovoid, red or yellowish, 2-celled. 
Seeds 2-5.—Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 71; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 74; T. Kirk 
Forest Fl. (1889) t. 112; Students’ Fl. (1899) 165; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fi. (1906) 169. Hugenia vitis-idaea Raoul in Ann. Scr. Nat, Ser. 11, 2 (1844) 
122. 
NortH anp SoutH IsLtanps, Stewart [sxtanpd: From Kaitaia and the Bay of 
Islands southwards, but local to the north of the Upper Waikato. Sea-level to 
3500 ft. Rohutu. December—January. 
Closely allied to M. obcordata, but easily recognized by the glabrous branchlets, 
obovate leaves rounded at -the tip, and 5-lobed calyx. 
4. EUGENIA Linn. 
Shrubs or trees, glabrous or rarely tomentose or villous. Leaves 
opposite, penniveined. Flowers solitary and axillary, or in terminal or 
lateral cymes or panicles. Calyx-tube globose to narrow-turbinate ; lobes 4, 
rarely 5. Petals the same number as the calyx-lobes. Stamens numerous, 
in many series. Ovary 2- or rarely 3-celled ; style filiform; stigma small : 
ovules numerous in eacheell. Fruit a berry, rarely dry and fibrous, crowned 
by the persistent calyx-limb. Seeds solitary or few, globose or variously 
compressed ; testa membranous or cartilaginous. Embryo thick and 
fleshy ; radicle short ; cotyledons thick, more or less united or distinct. 
