Olea. | OLEACEAE. eae | 
2 large exserted anthers and an abortive ovary; females with 2 sessile 
empty anthers and an oblong-ovoid ovary with a large 2-lobed stigma. 
Drupe 4-2in. long, ovoid, 1- or rarely 2-seeded, red.—Handb. N.Z. FI. 
(1864) 186; 7. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) tt. 59, 59a, 598; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 437. O. apetala A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 403 (not of Vahl). 
Nortu Istanp: Forests from the North Cape to Cook Strait, not common north 
of the Waikato River. Sourn Istanp: Marlborough, extremely rare; Pelorus Sound, 
Kaikoura, Conway River, J. Rutland!  Sea-level to 2500 ft. Maire; M Aire-raUu-NUutr ; 
Black-matre. October-November. 
Wood dark-brown, often streaked with black; very hard, dense, and heavy ; 
serviceable for any purpose requiring great strength and durability. 
3. O. lanceolata Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 176.—A closely branched 
round-headed dioecious tree 20-50 ft. high; trunk 1-3 ft. diam.; branches 
more slender than in O. Cunninghamir, often with white bark. Leaves 
coriaceous, smooth and glossy ; of young trees 3-6 in. long, narrow-linear, 
' acuminate ; of adult plants 2-4 in., linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, shortly petiolate, glabrous, veins usually prominent 
on both surfaces, Racemes 4-3 in. long, very slender, glabrous or nearly 
so, 6-12-flowered ; pedicels long, slender. Flowers ‘minute, apetalous. 
Calyx unequally 4-lobed. Male flowers with 2 or 4 large exserted anthers. 
Drupe about 4 in. long, ovoid, red or orange.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 187 ; 
T. Kirk Forest. Fl. (1889) tt. 60, 61; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 438 ; 
Ill. N.Z. Fl. u (1914) t. 134. 
Nort Istanp: Abundant in woods from the North Cape to Cook Strait. Sout 
IstaAnp: Vicinity of Nelson, Wairoa Valley, 7. Kirk! T. F. C.; Kaituna and Rai 
Valley, J. Rutland! Sea-level to 2000 ft. Maire; White-maire. November— 
January. - 
Very close to the preceding, from which it differs in the syaller size and more 
slender habit, smaller and smoother leaves, and especially in the smaller and much more 
slender almost glabrous racemes. The wood is very similar to that of O. Cunninghami, 
and equally durable. 
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4. O. montana Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.i (1853) 176, t. 464 and B.— 
A much-branched round-headed dioecious tree 20-50 ft. high or more; trunk 
rather slender, 1-2 ft. diam.; bark greyish-brown; branches slender, the 
younger ones pubescent at the tips. Leaves of young plants 3-6 in. long, 
4-4 in. broad, narrow-linear; of adult trees 14-34 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, 
linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, very shortly petioled, coriaceous, 
glabrous, shining ; veins very obscure. Racemes axillary or on the branches 
below the leaves, slender, glabrous, 5-—10-flowered; pedicels slender. 
Flowers minute, apetalous. Calyx unequally 4-lobed ; lobes broad, obtuse. 
Drupe 4+-4in. long, narrow-ovoid, red. —Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 187; 
T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) tt. 29, 30; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 438. 
NortH Is~taAnp: Auckland—Mongonui County, at Maungataniwha and Fairburn, 
H. Carse! Whangaroa, A. Cunningham, Buchanan; Bay of Islands, Buchanan !/ 
Whangarei, 7. F. C. ; Cape Brett, Shakespeare ! Waitakerei Range, T. F. C. ; Thames 
goldfields, Adams ! Upper Waikato to Rangitikei and the Tararua Mountains, 7. Kirk / 
B. C. Aston! Petrie! Cape Palliser, 7. Kirk! Sours Istanp: Marlborough— 
Rai Valley, J. Rutland! Nelson—Near Brightwater, 7. Kirk / Orooro ; Narrow- 
leaved Matre. November—January. , 
