Suttonea. | MY RSINACEAE. , 713 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 432. M. Richardiana Endl. on Ann. Wien. 
Mus. i (1836) 171. Rapanea Urvillei Mez in Pflanzenr. Heft 9 (1902) 371. 
Norte AND Souts Istanps, STEWART Is~AND: Abundant in woods from the 
North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Mapau ; Trpau. March—April. 
So far as my own observations go, the petals are absolutely free in this species, 
which cannot therefore be placed in Rapanea as that genus is limited by Mez. I have 
restored A. Richard’s name of australis, as it clearly has two years’ priority over that 
f Urvilles. 
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4. §. chathamica,Mez in Pflanzenr. Heft 9 (1902) 333.—A small tree 
10-20 ft. high with dark bark ; branches stout, the ultimate ones pubescent 
with short stiff hairs. Leaves 1-24in. long, obovate, obtuse or emarginate 
at the tip, narrowed into a short stout petiole, entire, thick and coriaceous, 
glabrous or pubescent along the midrib, flat, glandular-dotted, veins 
reticulated on both surfaces. Flowers in many-flowered fascicles on the 
branches below the leaves or occasionally axillary, small, 5 in. diam., 
unisexual; pedicels 4-4in. long, rather stout. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes 
deltoid, ciliolate. Petals 4, quite free, oblong, obtuse, fimbriate, densely 
studded with reddish glands. Anthers almost as large as the petals. 
Ovary l-celled; stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit globose, }-4in. diam., 
purplish, 1-seeded.—Myrsine chathamica_F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is. (1864) 
38, t. 7; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1867) 736; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 432. 
CHATHAM ISLANDS: Abundant in woods, H. H. Travers! F. A. D. Cox and 
Cockayne! Krull and Hawkins (fide Mez). STEWART Istanp: Wilson Bay and 
Old Neck, Petrie and Thomson, T. Kirk! Cockayne! Mutton-bird Islands, H. Guthrie- 
Smith ! Long Island, Poppelwell. August-September. hard AM, btn ng Tine A 
Ftans SIS FE. 
5. §. Coxii Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxv (1903) 359.—A closely 
branched shrub 8-15ft. high; bark rough, dark-brown; ultimate 
branchlets more or less pubescent with short stiff white hairs. Leaves 
alternate or crowded on short lateral branchlets, §—%in. long, narrow- 
obovate, obtuse or emarginate, gradually narrowed into a short petiole, 
entire, coriaceous, glandular-dotted, veins finely reticulated on both 
surfaces ; margins flat, ciliated when young. Flowers in fascicles of 
2 or 3 on the branches below the leaves, rarely solitary in the axils 
of the leaves, small, almost sessile but the pedicels lengthening in 
fruit. Calyx 4-lobed ; lobes deltoid, ciliate. Petals 4, quite free, obovate- 
oblong, obtuse, ciliate, marked with reddish glands. Anthers almost as 
large as the petals. Stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit about lin. diam., 
globose, purplish, 1-seeded.—Myrsine Coxii Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. _ 
xxxiv (1902) 318; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 433. 7 tees cH  @S 
CHATHAM ISLANDS: Not uncommon in swampy forests, /’. A. D. Cox and Cockayne ! 
July-August. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but distinguished by the smaller size, smaller and 
proportionately narrower leaves, few-flowered fascicles, and almost sessile flowers. 
Dr. Cockayne informs me that it has creeping underground stems, which at intervals 
put up erect branches, 
> 6. S. montana Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii (1855) 334.—A perfectly 
glabrous shrub or small tree 8-15 ft. high; bark dark red-brown. Leaves 
alternate, {-lj7in. long, narrow-obovate, obtuse or emarginate, gradually 
narrowed into a short slender petiole, coriaceous or almost membranous, 
quite glabrous, glandular-dotted, veins. reticulated on both surfaces, cuticle 
