Flora of New Zealand Series

H. dentata R. Br. var. angustifolia (R. Br.) Benth. Fl. Aust. 1, 1863, 104.

Slender erect to spreading dioec. shrub or small tree up to 3 m. tall; branchlets ± flexuous, slender, sts interlacing. Lvs (sts few or absent) submembr., (1)-2-3 cm. × 1-4 mm., linear to very narrow-oblong, entire or sinuate or with a few bluntly serrate teeth. Fls ± 3 mm. diam., us. solitary; ♂ with sepals broadly ovate to deltoid, ± fimbriate, ± 1 mm. long; petals ± 3 mm. long, oblong, brownish yellow, revolute at apex; ♀ smaller, style 2-(3)-fid. Berry 3-4 mm. diam., subglobose, white, ± purple-stained. Seeds (1)-2, concavo-convex.

DIST.: N., S., St. Lowland to lower montane forest margins and riverbeds from lat. 39° southwards.

FL. 8-10. FT. 9-12.