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Myrsine.]

5. M. Coxii, ''Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxxiv. (1902) 318.—A closely branched shrub 8–15 ft. high; bark rough, dark-brown; ultimate branchlets more or less pubescent with short stiff white hairs. Leaves alternate or crowded on short lateral branchlets, ½–¾ 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 ¼ in. diam., globose, purplish, 1-seeded.—Suttonia Coxii, ''Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxxv. (1903) 359.

6. M. montana, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 184.—A perfectly glabrous shrub or small tree 8–15 ft. high; bark dark red-brown. Leaves alternate, ¾–1¼ in. 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 beneath sometimes loose and wrinkled when dry; margins flat or slightly recurved, sometimes obscurely sinuate towards the tip. Flowers in 2–5-flowered fascicles on the branches below the leaves, rarely solitary, small, ⅛ in. diam., unisexual; pedicels rather slender, about ⅙ in. 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, $1⁄10$ in. diam.—M. neo-zealandensis, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxii. (1890) 479. Suttonia montana, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' ii. 334; Mez in Pflanzenreich, Heft 9, 334. S. neo-zealandensis, Mez, l.c.