714 MYRSINACEAE. [Sutionia, 
beneath sometimes loose and wrinkled when dry ; margins flat or slightly 
recurved, sometimes obscurely sinuate towards the tip. Flowers in 
9-5-flowered fascicles on the branches below the leaves, rarely solitary, 
small, din. diam., unisexual ; pedicels rather slender, about 4in. long. 
Calyx 4-lobed; lobes oblong, rounded. Petals 4, quite free, obovate- 
oblong, obtuse, revolute, ciliate. Anthers nearly as large as the lobes. 
Female flowers not seen. Fruit globose, <4 10. diam.—Mez wm Pflanzenr, 
Heft 9 (1902) 334. Myrsine montana Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 184; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FT. (1906) 433. Myrsine neo-zealandensis Col. om 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii (1890) 479. Suttonia neo-zealandensis Mez in 
Pflanzenr. Heft 9 (1902) 334. reVo- Zhi d care 
Norra Istanp: Ruahine Range and Hawke’s Bay, Colenso/ SoutH IsLanp: 
Marlborough—Mount Stokes, J. H. M acmahon! Nelson—Maitai Valley, 7. F. C. ; near 
Westport, W. Townson ! Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
Mez keeps up M. neo-zealandensis as a distinct species, but an examination of the 
type specimens in Mr. Colenso’s herbarium has convinced me that it cannot be retained 
even as a variety. _ 
it A. Careres -) 
7. §. divaricata,Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 51, t. 34.—A much- 
branched shrub 4-12ft. high, with the habit of a small-leaved 
Coprosma, bark rough, dark-brown; branches spreading, rigid, inter- 
laced, often deflexed at the tips; branchlets usually pubescent. Leaves 
alternate or fascicled on short lateral branchlets, small, spreading, 
1lin, long, broadly obovate or obcordate, obtuse or retuse or 2-lobed 
at the tip, narrowed into a _ short petiole, coriaceous, glabrous, 
glandular-dotted, veins reticulated on both surfaces, cuticle often 
wrinkled beneath when dry; margins flat or slightly recurved, ciliate 
when young. Flowers in few - flowered fascicles or solitary, minute, 
45 in. diam. Calyx 4-lobed ; lobes ovate, obtuse. Petals 4 (rarely 5), 
quite free, obovate, revolute. Anthers almost as large as the petals. 
Style short; stigma capitate, lobed or crenate. Fruit depressed-glo bose, 
lin. diam., purplish.—Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 173; Mez in Pflanzenr. 
Heft 9 (1902) 334. Myrsine divaricata A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 406; 
Raoul Choiz (1846) 44; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 184; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 434. Myrsine pendula Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi 
(1889) 94. 
Norra anp Sours Isnanps, Stewart Isuanp, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL 
Istanps: From Kaitaia and Mangonui southwards, but local to the north of the 
Waikato River. Sea-level to 4000 ft. August—October. 
A very variable plant, but easily recognized by its mode of growth, which much 
resembles that of a small-leaved Coprosma. Mr. F. G. Gibbs sends me specimens of 
young plants with the leaves toothed towards the tips, collected on Mount Arthur, 
Nelson. 
8. §. nummularia Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 178, t. 45.—A very 
small prostrate or trailing shrub, with slender straggling branches 4-18 in. 
long; bark dark red-brown. Leaves small, spreading, }-}in. long, broadly 
‘oblong or obovate to orbicular, obtuse or minutely apiculate, shortly petio- 
late, coriaceous, glabrous, finely reticulated above, often wrinkled beneath, 
dotted with numerous rounded pellucid glands ; margins slightly recurved, 
ciliate when young. Flowers minute, solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3, 
axillary or on the branches below the leaves. Calyx very small, 4-lobed ; 
lobes ovate, obtuse. Petals 4, quite free, obovate, concave, ciliate. Anthers 
