Flora of New Zealand Series

Hymenanthera traversii Buchan. in T.N.Z.I. 15, 1883, 339, t. 28, f.1.

Drimys traversii Kirk in T.N.Z.I. 30, 1898, 379.

Wintera monogyna Tiegh. in J. de Bot. 14, 1900, 291.

Type locality: "in the bush, Collingwood district". Type: H. H. Travers, W.

Depressed to erect compactly branched shrub up to 1 m. or more tall; bark rough, reddish brown; branchlets ± viscid. Lvs close-set, on stout appressed or ascending petioles c. 5 mm. long; lamina 10-25 × 6-10 mm., obovate-oblong to obovate, very thick and coriac., dull green above, glaucous below; margins somewhat thickened; midrib alone evident below. Fls solitary or 2-(3) together, on decurved pedicels 1-5 mm. long. Calyx entire, or with 1-2 very shallow lobes; petals 5-6, greenish yellow, oblong to narrow-obovate, 4-5 mm. long; stamens 5-6; carpel us. solitary; fr. c. 2-3 mm. diam., depressed-obovoid, mesocarp slightly fleshy; seeds 3-6, angled.

DIST.: S. Montane forest margins and scrub, N. W. Nelson, from Collingwood to Westport.