page_title: Pseudowintera traversii
hierarchical_section_title: Pseudowintera traversii
caption_attribution_description: English: Pseudowintera traversii, previously Hymenanthera traversii, Buchanan. A Small glabrous, branched, shrub-tree. Branches rigid, reddish-brown, rough, with viscid secretion; leaves coriaceous, alternate, olive-green, shortly petioled, ¾-1 inch long, obovate, obtuse or acute, covered closely on the back with small silvery-white tubercles, margins reflexed, venation obscure, midrib distinct, stipules very small. Flowers very small, solitary, in the axils of the upper leaves; pedicels short, curved, with small bracts at base; calyx cupular, entire; petals ⅛ inch long, linear obovate or linear oblong, obtuse. This addition to the flora of New Zealand was discovered in the bush, Collingwood district, Nelson, by Mr. H. H. Travers, while on a recent visit there. As an ornamental foliaged plant it may be commended, but from its diminutive inflorescence it can hardly claim a place in the flower border. Plate XXVIII, fig. 1, portion of branch nat. size; 1 a, flower enlarged; 1 b, petal showing glands.
context_page_description: Pseudowintera traversii, sometimes called Travers horopito, is a species of woody shrub in the family Winteraceae. The specific epithet traversii is in honor of naturalist Henry H. Travers, son of William Thomas Locke Travers.
context_section_description: Pseudowintera traversii, sometimes called Travers horopito, is a species of woody shrub in the family Winteraceae.  The specific epithet traversii is in honor of naturalist Henry H. Travers (1844-1928), son of William Thomas Locke Travers.
caption: Pseudowintera traversii, previously Hymenanthera traversii. Fig. 1, portion of branch 1a, flower; 1b, petal showing glands.
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