Flora of New Zealand Series

Pukateria littoralis Raoul in Ann. Sci. nat. Sér. 3, 2, 1844, 120.

Type locality: "Akaroa in rupibus et maritimis". Type: P, Raoul. There is a Raoul specimen in K.

Tree up to 10 m. or sts 15 m. tall, with short gnarled trunk up to 15 dm. diam. Lvs broad-ovate to ovate-oblong, rounded at apex, less glossy, slightly to not unequal-sided at base; main veins hardly prominent to obscure below. Panicles sts reduced to a simple racemes. Fls as in G. lucida but both ♂ and ♀ bearing petals. Fr. c. 6-7 mm. long.

DIST.: N., S., St. Lowland to montane forest and lower subalpine scrub from lat. 35° 30' southwards; more abundant in S. Papauma, broadleaf.

FL. 11-1. FT. 1-8.