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602 series; the 2 outer series with introrse anthers and eglandular filaments; the third series with extrorse anthers and filaments 2-glandular at the base; an inner fourth series of 3 staminodia present. Ovary not immersed in the perianth-tube, the perianth ultimately wholly deciduous. Fruit an oblong or ovoid or globose berry.

1. B. Tarairi, Benth. and Hook. f. ex T. Kirk Forest Fl. t. 43.— A tall evergreen tree 50–70 ft. high, with a straight erect trunk 1½–3 ft. diam.; bark dark-brown, smooth and even; young branches, petioles, veins of the leaves beneath, upper surface of young leaves, and branches of the inflorescence densely clothed with red-brown velvety tomentum. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 3–6 in. long, obovate-oblong or broadly oblong, obtuse, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous above when mature with impressed veins, glaucous and finely pubescent beneath with prominent veins; petioles about ½ in. long. Panicles axillary, shorter than the leaves, 1½–2½ in. long; branches spreading. Flowers small, ⅙ in. diam.; pedicels short; bracts linear, obtuse, caducous. Berry 1–1½ in. long, ovoid, dark-purple.—Nesodaphne Tarairi, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 217; Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 238. Laurus Tarairi, ''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 351; Raoul, Choix,'' 42.

2. B. Tawa, Hook. f. and Benth. ex T. Kirk Forest Fl. t. 126.—A tall forest-tree 40–80 ft. high, with a trunk 1–4 ft. in diam.; bark thin, smooth, dark brownish-black; branches slender, silky when young. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 2–4 in. long, usually lanceolate, but often broader and oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute, quite entire, very finely reticulate on both surfaces, often glaucous beneath; petioles ¼–½ in. long. Panicles slender, glabrous, 1½–3 in. long; branches lax, elongate. Flowers minute, hardly ⅛ in. diam. Berry rather smaller than in the preceding species, about 1 in. long, ovoid, dark-purple.—Nesodaphne Tawa, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 217; Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 239. Laurus Tawa, ''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 352; Raoul, Choix,'' 42. L. Victoriana, ''Col. ex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 239.