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438 females with 2 sessile empty anthers and an oblong-ovoid ovary with a large 2-lobed stigma. Drupe ⅓–⅔ in. long, ovoid, 1- or rarely 2-seeded, red.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 186; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 59, 59a, 59b''. O. apetala, ''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 403 (not of Vahl)''.

3. O. lanceolata, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 176.—A closely branched round-headed diœcious tree 20-50 ft. high; trunk 1–3 ft. diam.; branches more slender than in O. Cunninghamii, often with white bark. Leaves coriaceous, smooth and glossy; of young trees 3–6 in. long, narrow-linear, acumioate; of adult plants 2–4 in., linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, shortly petiolate, glabrous, veins usually prominent onbotti surfaces. Racemes ⅓–¾ 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 ½ in. long, ovoid, red or orange.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 187; Kirk, Forest Fl.'' t. 60, 61.

4. O. montana, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 176, t. 46 and .—A much-branched round-headed diœcious 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, ⅙–¼ in. broad, narrow-linear; of adult trees 1½–3½ in. long, ¼–⅓ 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 ¼–⅓ in. long, narrow-ovoid, red.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 187; Kirk, Forest Fl.'' t. 29, 30.