Flora of New Zealand Series

H. nutans Hook. f. in J. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) 1, 1856, 127 non Guill. Zeph. Tahit. 35.

Carumbium polyandrum Hook. f. Handbk N.Z. Fl. 1864, 248.

Type: K, M'Gillivray.

Slender glab. canopy tree up to c. 8 m. tall; branches brittle, lf-scars prominent. Lvs of young plants up to 3 dm. diam.; of adults on petioles up to 10 cm. long, stipules ± 2 cm. long, caducous; lamina ± 5-10 × 5-10 cm., very broad-ovate to subrhombic, abruptly narrowed to acute or acuminate apex, cuneate to truncate at base, membr., dark green above subglaucous below. Racemes slender, up to c. 20 cm. long. ♀ 5-1, at base, on pedicels up to 4 cm. long; bracts minute, glandular; styles 2, stigmas capitate. ♂ ∞, mostly in clusters of 3, on filiform pedicels up to c. 2 mm. long; stamens ∞, close-set. Capsule up to 10 mm. or more diam., ± globose; aril yellowish.

DIST.: K. Now much reduced by attack of goats.

FL.- FT. most of year.