_Alsewosmia. | CAPRIFOLIACE2. 241 
a short slender petiole, entire or sinuate-dentate or deeply sinuate- 
lobed, almost membranous, sometimes glaucous below. Flowers 
solitary or in fascicles of 2-5, 4—$in. long, very slender. Calyx- 
lobes triangular, acute. Corolla with a crimson tube and 4-5 
greenish or reddish-green acute lobes. Berry 4-14in. diam., 
broadly oblong, red.—Raoul, Choiz, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 
Me edando. N24. Fl, 109; Kirk, Students’ Fl..227. A. ilex, 
A. Cunn. Precur. n. 492. A. pusilla, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. 
(1885) 241. 
NortH Jsranp: From Mongonui and Kaitaia southwards, but often 
local. SourH Isnranp: Marlborough—Rai Valley, Rutland; Pelorus Sound, 
MacMahon; Mount Stokes, Kirk. Sea-level to 2500 ft. September— 
November. 
A very variable plant, which in some of its forms comes very near to both 
A. Banksu and A. linartifolia. Mr. Colenso’s A. pusilla only differs in its 
rather smaller size. 
3. A. Banksii, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 489.—A small slender 
shrub 1-4 ft. high; branches spreading, younger ones pubescent. 
Leaves 4—2in. long, very variable in shape, broadly ovate or or- 
bicular to obovate-oblong or obcuneate, narrowed into a rather long 
petiole, entire or coarsely toothed or lobed, especially towards the 
upper part of the leaf. Flowers solitary or 2-3 together, 4-Lin. 
long, greenish-yellow, rarely reddish. Berry 4in. diam., globose ; 
seeds few, 4-8.—fiaoul, Choiz, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 102, 
t. 24; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 110; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 227. A. atriplici- 
folia and A. paleeiformis, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 491, 490. 
NortH IstaAnp: From Mongonui and Kaitaia southwards to the Auckland 
Isthmus, but often rare and local. September—November. 
4, A. linariifolia, A. Cunn. Precwr. n. 487.—An erect much- 
branched shrub 1-4 ft. high, with slender pubescent branches. 
Leaves numerous, crowded, 4—3in. long, ;4,-4in. wide, linear to 
linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or subacute, gradually nar- 
rowed into a short petiole, quite entire or sinuate-toothed or lobed, 
rather membranous. Flowers solitary or in fascicles of 2-5, 4-2 in. 
long, greenish-yellow, rarely reddish. Corolla-lobes 4, toothed and 
fimbriate. Berry broadly ovoid or turbinate; seeds few.— Raoul, 
Choix, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 108, t. 25; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
110; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 227. A. ligustrifolia, A. Cunn. Precur. 
n. 488. <A. Hookeria, Col. Hxcur. North Is. 84. 
NortH Istanp: From Mongonui and Kaitaia southwards to the Manukau 
Harbour, not uncommon. September—November. 
A very variable plant. Small forms, with narrow-linear leaves, have much 
of the habit and appearance of Pittosporum reflexum ; larger states (A. ligus- 
grifolia, A. Cunn.), with lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaves, approach 
A. quercifolia very closely. 
