388
Great Barrier Island
From a little above the sea level to 2000 ft
Decr 1867
T. Kirk.
A diocious tree 40 to 60 ft high 3 ft or more in diameter, bark reddish-brown slightly flaky, wood red, apparently durable. branches spreading at length ascending — L.1 of two kinds — in young trees & in sheltered lowlands on trees up to 40 ft high. —1-1½ in long lanceolate, narrowed into a very short petiole or sessile — nerve prominent, distichous or scattered, not pungent — on older trees branches (with the leaves) terete ⅒ of an inch in diameter leaves most densely quadrifacious, imbricated. Apressed — scale-like, triangular, convex, slightly keeled when old — Fl.2 ♂ catkins sessile, terminal, solitary ¼-⅛ in long of many minute loosely imbricated scales, anthers — — — — ♀ terminal, solitary ¼-½ in long of few tumid, green scales — — — at length bearing 3-5 faintly ribbed compressed nuts, with rounded edges.
Please cite as “FVM-67-12-00b,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on