712 MYRSINACEAE. | Suttonia., 
1. S. kermadecensis“Cheesem n. comb.— A small glabrous tree 8—15 ft. 
high ; bark rough, blackish-brown. Leaves 13-2) in. long, elliptie-oblong 
or obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, narrowed into petioles 4-4 In. long, 
entire, coriaceous, glandular-dotted, veins copiously reticulated, margins 
slightly recurved. Flowers in many-flowered fascicles on the old wood 
below the leaves, small, ,-}in. diam., unisexual; pedicels short, $4in, 
long. Calyx minute, 4-5-lobed; lobes short, broad. Corolla divided 
nearly to the base into 4 or 5 ovate acute lobes, which are frmged.on the 
margins. Anthers nearly as large as the lobes. female flowers not seen, 
Fruit globose, 4#-4in. diam., black when fully ripe, 1l-seeded.—Rapanea 
kermadecensis Mez in Pflanzenr. Heft 9 (1902) 371. Myrsine kermadee- 
eesem. un Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv (1892) 410 ; Man. N.Z-FT. (1906) 
KermapDec [snanps: Sunday Island, abundant throughout, 7. F. C., W. R. B, 
Oliver ! Sea-level to 1500 ft. August. 
This and the following species have the petals very slightly connected at the base, 
and have consequently been included by Mez in Rapanea, which only differs from 
Suitonia in the gamopetalous corolla. From geographical and other reasons it seems 
to me to be far preferable to keep all the New Zealand species in one genus. 
( Hesnrd ) 
2. S. salicina, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 52.—A small tree 15-30 ft, 
high, perfectly glabrous in all its parts; bark black or dark-red; 
branches usually leafy at the tips only. Leaves spreading, 3-7 in. long, 
3—?in. broad, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse, narrowed into a short stout 
petiole, quite entire, marked with oblong pellucid glands, veined, margins 
flat. Flowers in dense many-flowered fascicles on the branches below 
the leaves, hermaphrodite, 4,-}in. diam. Calyx 5-lobed ;, lobes rounded, 
cihate.. Petals 5, oblong, revolute, very slightly cohering at the base. 
Stamens 5, affixed to the base of the petals. Drupe oblong, 4 in. long, red, 
1- or rarely 2-seeded.—fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 172, t. 44. Myrsine salicina 
Hewaxd in Hook. Lond, Journ, Bot. i (1842) 283 (in note); Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 184; 7. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 15; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 431. Rapanea salicina Mez in Pflanzenr. Heft 9 (1902) 370. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: Not uncommon in woods from the North Cape to 
Marlborough and Westland. Sea-level to 2800 ft. Toro. September—December. 
Wood dark-red, prettily marked; often employed by cabinetmakers for inlaying. 
Pe a Otho Ts Wh 1947) S46. 
3. S. australis (A. Rich) Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) t. 38.—A small closely 
branched tree 10-20 ft. high ; bark dark-brown or black, red on the young 
branches. Leaves alternate, spreading, 1-2in. long, oblong or obovate- 
oblong, obtuse, shortly petiolate, thinly coriaceous, glabrous or the midrib 
puberulous above, veined, dotted with rounded pellucid glands, margins 
strongly undulate. Flowers crowded in fascicles on the branches below 
the leaves or axillary, small, #,— in. diam., whitish, unisexual ; pedicels 
short. Calyx small, 4-lobed; lobes sometimes wanting. Petals 4, quite 
free, revolute. Male flowers with 4 stamens and an abortive ovary; 
anthers as large or larger than the petals. Female flowers much smaller ; 
anthers smaller, empty. Ovary with a large sessile fringed stigma. Fruit 
small, rounded, fin. diam., black when fully ripe.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 
1 (1853) 172. Myrsine Urvillei_ 4. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii (1834) 
105; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 405; Raoul Choiz (1846) 44; Hook. f. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 184; 1. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 16; 
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