-iJi i i
Var. h. p ro stra tum; caule prostrate, ramulis ascendentibus, foliis la te ovatis orbiculatisve squarroso-
recurvis.
H ab . Ab u n d an t th ro u g h o u t th e Islan d s. F l. November. Vai*. S, on th e mountains (stunted). N a t.
names, "K a h i k a to a ” and "M a n u k a .” (Cultivated in En g lan d .)
A most common large shrub or small tree, with erect trunk (prostrate iu the mountains), of very hard wood
and fastigiate branches, clothed with white flowers for two months. Branchlets and young leaves silky. Leaves
very variable in shape, patent or recurved, 2 lines to f inch long, varying from linear-lanceolate in the largest states,
to orbicular in the stunted, sessile, always acuminate and pungent, rigid, concave, veinless, dotted. Flowers very
variable in size ( |—f inch), sessile, solitary, axillary or on terminal short branches. Calpv short, broadly turbinate,
smooth, with five orbicular, deciduous lobes. Petals orbicular, clawed, crumpled. Stamens numerous. Fruit a
woody, persistent, broadly turbinate capsule, half-sunk in the calyx-tube, which encircles it with a tliick ring, and
above which the five valves are free, aud together form a hemispherical crown.— The wood is hard and good,
though small; the leaves have been used as tea iu Australia and Tasmania, where the plant is very abundant and
equally variable.
2. Leptospermum encoides, A. R ic h .; arbuscula g lab emm a v. sericeo-pubescens, erecta, ramrilis virgatis
angulatis, foliis (2 -4 lin. longis) fasciculatis breve petiolatis linearibus v. anguste lineari-spathulatis
acutis coriaceis enerviis concavis punctatis, floribus aggregatis axiUaribus pediceUatis, calyce tu rb in ato pedi-
ceUoque pubescentibus v. glabris lobis ovatis persistentibus, capsulis tu rb iu a tis calycis tubo immersis valvis
apice vix liberis. A, R ich . Flora. A . Cunn. Frodr.
H ab . N o rth e rn and Middle Is la n d s ; common. F l. September to December. N a t. name, "R a tv iri,”
N o rth ern Island, Cunn.; "M an o u e a ,” jMiddle Island, D 'Urville.
A scarcely less common plant than the former, attaining a greater size (20 feet), and readily distinguished by
its smooth twiggy branches, nan-ower, less coriaceous, acute (uot pungent), uniformly narrower, subereet leaves,
which grow in bundles (sometimes curved outwards), aud more especiaUy by the pediceUate smaU flowers, and
fruit immersed in the tube of the calyx.
Gen. I I I . MYRTUS, L .
Calycis tu b u s globosus. Umbo 4 -5 -lo b o . F e ta la 4 - 5 . Stamina perplurima, petalis longiora. Bacca
globosa, calycis lobis coronata, 2-3-locnlaris. Semina panca v. plurima, reniformia v. an g u la ta ; te sta
ossea ; embryone tereti, curvato ; cotyledonibus parvis, brevibus.
Aromatic shrubs or trees, with opposite dotted leaves, axillary peduncled flowers, and globose-berried fruit.
Calyx tube globose ; limb four- to five-lobed. Petals four to five. Siamens very numerous, exserted. Berry two-
to three-ceUed, globose, crowned with the calyx-limb ; seeds few or many in each cell, reniform or angled, with a
bony testa and long terete curved embryo, with small cotyledons.—This genus, though so well known as including the
European Myrtle, is not a large or common one ; species are found in the Northern temperate regions, in the tropical
mountains of South America, in India, and in the temperate regions of Chili and New Zealand, extending to
Cape Horn in the New World and Akaroa in New Zealand. (Name, in Greek.)
1. Myrtus bullata, B a n k v S e t Sol. ; arbuscula, ramulis pedunculisque petioUs costaque folii pubescentibus,
foUis petiolatis la te elliptico- v. rotundato-ovatis bullatis subtus discoloribus pedunculis folio brevioribus
V . æquilongis 1-2-floris, floribus 4-meris, bacca verrucosa 2-locuiari oligospcrma. Ba n k s et Sol. Ic.
et M S S . A, Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Ic. P la n t, t. 557.
H a b . N o rth e rn Is la n d ; frequent. Banks a n d Solander, etc. F l. December. N a t. name, "R am a -
Rama,” Cunn. (Cultivated in England.)
An erect shrub or smaU tree, 10-15 feet. Branches subereet ; upper pubescent, as are the petioles ; midrib of the
leaf, peduncles, and calyx covered with a rusty-brown tomentum. Petioles 2 -3 lines long. Leaves (1 inch) broadly
elliptical, ovate or rounded, blunt or sharp, with few veins, the surface búllate or bladdeiy between the veins, rarely
even, bright green above, reddish below. Flowers white, on peduncles 1 inch long, an inch in diameter. Berries
deep red-purple or black, sweetish, much eaten by birds, as large as a black currant, two-celled, with several reniform
hard seeds in each ceU.— The leaves are occasionally quite even on the surface.
2. Myrtus pedunculata. Hook. f il.; frutex glaberrimus, ramis divaricatis, ramulis 4-gonis, foUis parvis
breve petiolatis oblongis obovatisve p u n ctatis subtus paUidis, pedicellis axiUaribus 1-floris, floribus 5-meris,
bacca 2-loculari polysperma. Ic. P la n t, t. 6 29.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. E a s t coast au d interior, Colenso, Sinclair. Nelson, B idw ill.
A straggling shrub, 10-12 feet high, quite glabrous. Branches sleuder, four-angled; bark white. Leaves (1 -1
inch) shortly petiolate, variable iu size and shape, linear-oblong or obovate, blunt, plane. Peduncles veiy variable in
length, shorter or longer than the leaves, solitary, one-flowered. Flotvers small, ^ inch diameter, white. Calyx-lobes
and petals five. Berry size of a red currant, orange-yeUow, two-celled, with several pale compressed shining seeds.
3. My rtu s obcordata, Hook, f i l ; frutex ramosus, ramis divaricatis ramulis petioUs pedunculis calycibusque
sericeis, foliis (pai’vis) obcordatis in petiolum brevem angustatis, peduncuHs 1-floris, floribus 4-meris,
bacca 2-loculari polysperma. Eu g en ia obcordata, Ra o u l, in An n . Sc. N a t. Ser. 2. v. 2 .p . 123.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. E a s t coast, an d mountains of th e interior, Colenso. Akaroa, Raoul.
A shrub, very similar to M. pedunculata in respect of size and habit, but the leaves (which vary from four lines
to one inch long) are always truly obcordate; the branches, petioles, peduncles, and calyx are pubescent; the flowers
have four petals and four calyx-lobes, and the beiries M. Raoul states to be of a violet-colom*.
Gen. IV . E U G E N IA , Mich.
Omnia M y r ti, sed semina pauca, magna, a n g u la ta ; embryone crassa; radicula cotyledonibusque coii-
fluentibus.
Trees, or large shrubs, witb opposite leaves and peduncled flowers, exactly like Myrti, from which they only
differ in the structure of the beny aud seed Calyx tube globose; limb four- to five-lobed. Petals four or five.
Stamens very numerous. Ovary two- to thi’ee-celled; ovules numerous. Berry globose, one- to two-ceUed, with a
few large seeds, whicli have a thick embryo, presenting no conspicuous radicle or cotyledons.—Tbis genus abounds
in the Ti-opics of the West Indies and South America; many species are found in India and the Malay Islands,
a very few in Australia. They do not advance so far south as Myrtus, attaining their highest latitude in the
Old World in New Zealand, and in the New in South Chili. (Named iu honour of Prince Eugene o f Savoy, a
patron of botany.)
1. Eu g en ia Maire, A. C u n n .; arbor erecta, to ta glaberrima, ramulis angulatis, foliis ( 1 - l i un c.) p e tiolatis
elliptico-lanceolatis ellipticisve acuminatis siccis crispatis, paniculis cymosis trichotome divaricatim
ramosis terminalibus multifloris, pedicelUs elongatis superne incrassatis, calyce late obconico obscure 5-
lobo, petalis parvis, bacca urceolari oligosperma. A. Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . N o rth ern Islan d , often in swamps. Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc. Fl. April. N a t. name,
" M aire tawake,” Cunn.
A tree 3 0-50 feet high, quite smooth in all parts. Bark pale. Leaves ( l i inch) petiolate, elliptical, acuminate,
crisped when dry. Flowers usually in terminal, trichotomously branched, spreading panicles, white; pedicels
in threes, i inch long, gradually thickened upwards. Calyx obconic, very broad, 2 lines long, with five obscure
lobes. PetaU five, rounded, smaU, white, commonly faUiug away together before expanding. Filaments capillaiy,
i inch long. Fruit an urceolate berry, nearly i inch long, crowned with the calyx-tube, containing about one
large, and several small seeds, which are of irregular form, compressed, convex on one face and rugose on the other.