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the leaves, hermaphrodite, 1/10–1/8 in. diam. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes rounded, ciliate. Petals 5, oblong, revolute, cohering at the base. Stamens 5, affixed to the base of the petals. Drupe oblong, ⅓ in. long, red, 1- or rarely 2-seeded.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 184; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 15. Suttonia salicina, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 52; Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 172, t. 44. Rapanea salicina, Mez in Pflanzenreich, Heft 9, 370.

North and South Islands: Not uncommon in woods from the North Cape to Marlborough and Westland. Sea-level to 2800 ft. Toro. September–December.

Wood dark-red, prettily marked; often employed by cabinetmakers for inlaying.

3. M. Urvillei, A. D.C. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. (1834) 105.—A small closely branched tree 10–20 ft. high; bark dark-brown or black, red on the young branches. Leaves alternate, spreading, 1–2 in. long, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, shortly petiolate, thinly coriaceous, glabrous or the midrib puberulous above, veined, dotted with rounded pellucid glands, margins strongly undulate. Flowers crowded in fascicles on the branches below the leaves or axillary, small, 1/15–1/10 diam., whitish, unisexual; pedicels short. Calyx small, 4-lobed; lobes sometimes wanting. Petals 4, quite free, revolute. Male flowers with 4 stameus and an abortive ovary; anthers as large or larger than the petals. Female flowers much smaller; anthers smaller, empty. Ovary with a large sessile fringed stigma. Fruit small, rounded, ⅛ in. diam., black when fully ripe.—A. Cunn. Precur. n. 405; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 184; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 16. M. Richardiana, Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus. i. (1836) 171. Rapanea Urvillei, Mez in Pflanzenreich, Heft 9, 371. Suttonia australis, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 249, t. 38; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 172.

North and South Islands, Stewart Island: Abundant in woods from the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Mapau; Tipau. March–April.

4. M. chathamica, F. Muell Veg. Chath. Is. 38, t. 7.—A small tree 10–20 ft. high with dark bark; branches stout, the ultimate ones pubescent with short stiff hairs. Leaves 1–2½ in. long, obovate, obtuse or emarginate at the tip, narrowed into a short stout petiole, entire, thick and coriaceous, glabrous or pubescent along the midrib, flat, glandular-dotted, veins reticulated on both surfaces. Flowers in many-flowered fascicles on the branches below the leaves or occasionally axillary, small, 1/10 in. diam., unisexual; pedicels ⅙–¼ in. long, rather stout. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes deltoid, ciliolate. Petals 4, quite free, oblong, obtuse, fimbriate, densely studded with reddish glands. Anthers almost as large as the petals. Ovary 1-celled; stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit globose, ¼–⅓ in. diam., purplish, 1-seeded.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 736. Suttonia chathamica, Mez in Pflanzenreich, Heft 9, 333.