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).
North Island: Forests from the North Cape to Cook Strait, not common north of the Waikato River. South Island: Marlborough, extremely rare; Pelorus Sound, Kaikoura, Conway River, J. Rutland! Sea-level to 2500 ft. Maire; Maire-rau-nui; Black-maire. October–November.
Wood dark-brown, often streaked with black; very hard, dense, and heavy; serviceable for any purpose requiring great strength and durability.
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.
North Island: Abundant in woods from the North Cape to Cook Strait. South Island: Vicinity of Nelson, Wairoa Valley, Kirk! T. F. C.; Kaituna and Rai Valley, J. Rutland! Sea-level to 2000 ft. Maire; White-maire. November–January.
Very close to the preceding, from which it differs in the smaller size and more slender habit, smaller and smoother leaves, and especially in the smaller and much more slender almost glabrous racemes. The wood is very similar to that of O. Cunninghamii, and equally durable.
4. O. montana, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 176, t. 46 a and b.—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.
North Island: Forests from Whangaroa and Hokianga southwards to Cook Strait, but rare north of the Upper Waikato. South Island: Marborough—Rai Valley, J. Rutland! Nelson—Near Brightwater, Kirk! Sea-level to 2500 ft. Orooro; Narrow-leaved Maire. November–January.
