Flora of New Zealand Series

Leiospermum racemosum Don in Edinb. new phil. J. 1830, 91.

Kamahi.

Tree up to 25 m. or more tall; trunk up to 12 dm. diam. Lvs of seedlings simple to 3-lobed or 3-foliolate, ovate-elliptic to elliptic, membr., 1-4 × 1-2 cm., coarsely serrate to incised-serrate; of juveniles similar, up to 6 × 3 cm., sts all lanceolate. Lvs of adults simple, 3-10 × 2-4 cm., on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina coriac., elliptic to ovate-elliptic to broad-ovate, obtuse to subacute, coarsely bluntly serrate. Racemes up to 12 cm. long or more, axis and pedicels ± pilose-pubescent; pedicels often clustered, ascending to patent, 2-4 mm. long. Sepals c. 1·5 mm. long, ovate, persistent; petals 2-3 mm. long, ovate-oblong, white to creamy or pale rose; stamens exserted; styles c. 3-4 mm. long, persistent. Capsules 4-5 mm. long, glab. to pubescent; seeds ± pilose-pubescent.

DIST.: N., S., St. Lowland to montane forest from lat. 37° southwards.

FL. 12-1. FT. 1-4.