Flora of New Zealand Series

Type: A, M. E. Johnson.

"Glabrous tree with smooth bark." Lvs on stout petioles ± 10 mm. long; lamina very coriac., entire, obovate to broad-obovate, ± 10-18 × 4-9 cm. Infl. a panicle c. 5 cm. diam., enlarging in fr.; bracts caducous. Fls "yellowish" on pedicels ± 5 mm. long; sepals ovate, acute, ± 1·5 mm. long; corolla c. 2.5 mm. diam., c. 1 mm. long, rather obscurely lobed. Stamens c. 3·5 mm. long, filaments gradually widening to base. Pistil ± 2.5 mm. long, tapering to stigmatic pit; ovules 2-4. Fr. bright red, subglobose, ± 17 mm. diam.

DIST.: West Id of Three Kings.

FL.- FT. January.

Dedicated by Baylis "to its discoverer, Major Johnson, on whose enterprise, skill and persistence the exploration of the smaller islands of the Group has greatly depended. The generic name commemorates the tragic wreck in 1902 of the inter-colonial passenger steamer Elingamite beneath the cliffs on which the tree grows."