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Elæocarpus.]

1. E. dentatus, ''Vahl. Symb. Bot.'' iii. 66.—A round-headed tree 40–60 ft. in height; trunk slender, straight, 1–3 ft. diam.; branchlets often bare of leaves except at the tips, silky when young. Leaves erect, on short stout petioles $1/undefined$–1 in. long; blade 2–4 in., linear-oblong obovate-oblong or obovate-lanceolate, narrowed below, obtuse or shortly acuminate, coriaceous, obscurely sinuate-serrate, often white with fine appressed silky hairs beneath; margins recurved. Racemes numerous, 8–12-flowered, silky, usually shorter than the leaves. Flowers drooping, ⅓–½ in. diam., white. Petals obovate-cuneate, lacerate. Stamens 10–20; filaments very short; anthers linear, with a flat recurved tip. Ovary silky, 2-celled. Drupe about ½ in. long, oblong or ovoid, purplish-grey; stone rugose, 1-celled, 1-seeded.—''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 34; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 11; Students' Fl.'' 76. E. Hinau, ''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 602; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 602; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 32. E. Cunninghamii, Raoul, Choix de Plantes, 25. Dicera dentata et D. serrata, ''Forst. Char. Gen.'' 80. Eriostemon dentatus, ''Colla. Hort. Ripul.'' 52, t. 30.

2. E. Hookerianus, Raoul, Choix de Plantes, 26, t. 25.—A small glabrous tree 20–40 ft. high, with a trunk 1–3 ft. diam.; bark pale. Young plants with numerous tortuous and interlaced branches, which bear narrow-linear leaves ½–2 in. long, sinuate or irregularly toothed or lobed or almost pinnatifid, occasionally broadly obovate or almost orbicular. Leaves of mature plants l$1/undefined$–3 in. long, elliptical or linear-oblong or lanceolate, coriaceous, obtuse, sinuate-crenate or serrate; margins flat; petioles short, ¼–½ in. long. Racemes slender, spreading, shorter than the leaves. Flowers greenish-white, small, drooping. Sepals lanceolate. Petals slightly longer than the sepals, 4–5-lobed at the tip. Drupe similar to that of E. dentatus, but smaller, $1/undefined$ in. long.—''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 32; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 34; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 12, 13; Students' Fl.'' 76.