Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Elaeodendron micranthum Hook. f. in Lond. J. Bot. 3, 1844, 228.
Type locality: S. Nelson. Type: K, Bidwill no. 52.
Shrub up to 2 m. tall or occ. more; branches stiff ± interlaced; branchlets stiff, ± pubescent. Lvs sts fascicled; petioles slender 3-5- (10) mm. long, ± pubescent; lamina subcoriac., 1-2.5 × 1-2 cm., elliptic- to obovate-oblong to broad-ovate, sinuate to subcrenate, sts sub- entire. Fls minute, axillary, solitary or 2-3 together; pedicels ± pubescent; ♂ with short ± ciliate rounded calyx-lobes; petals oblong, twice length of calyx; anthers broad, sessile; connective flat. ♀ calyx and petals as in ♂; style short, stout; stigma discoid, 3-5-lobed. Berry 3-4 mm. diam., obovoid to subglobose, dark purple; seeds (1)-4.
DIST.: N., S. Lowland forests and margins from lat. 35° southwards.
FL. 10-4. FT. 11-5.
