712 LILIACE. [Astelia. 
anthers oblong. Female flowers: Scape shorter and stouter; 
branches shorter, crowded, more erect. Flowers smaller; peri- 
anth-segments ovate-oblong, acute, erect. Ovary ovoid-conical, 
3-celled; ovules pendulous from the inner angle of each cell; 
stigmas 3, sessile. Berry ovoid, tin. long, purplish-black when 
fully ripe, reddish-purple when immature. Seeds sharply angled ; 
testa black.—Raoul, Choiz, 40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 260; 
Handb. N.Z. Fil. 284. 
Norru Istanp: From the North Cape to Hawke’s Bay and Taranaki ; 
usually near the coast. Sea-level to 2500 ft. April; ripe fruit February to 
March. 
Usually taller and stouter than A. Cunninghamii, with larger broader 
leaves, larger flowers, and much stouter female scape, erect in fruit. The ovary 
is essentially different, being 3-celled, with the ovules attached to the inner 
angles of the cells ; and the large ovoid berry, with its angled seeds, is altogether 
unlike the small globose one of A. Cunninghamui, with its terete seeds. It is an 
abundant plant on the coast-line of the northern half of the North Island, often 
forming a large portion of the undergrowth on wooded headlands or steep 
declivities near the sea. 
4, A, trinervia, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iv. (1872) 246.— 
A large densely tufted terrestrial species. Leaves numerous, 3-6 ft. 
long or even more, 3-13in. broad at the middle, tapering into a 
long attenuated point, narrowed below and then gradually ex- 
panded into a broad sheathing base, not so coriaceous as in 
A. Banksw, pale-green, plaited, glabrous above, clothed with a thin 
silvery pellicle beneath, conspicuously 3-nerved with less evident 
nerves between; margins broadly recurved; sheathing base clothed 
with long white silky hairs. Male flowers: Scape long, slender, 
densely shaggy with white silky hairs, panicled; branches slender, 
flexuous and often interlaced, 6-12 in. long or more; bracts large, 
foliaceous. Flowers numerous, +in. long; perianth- segments. 
lanceolate, acuminate, spreading. Stamens shorter than the seg- 
ments; filaments slender; anthers oblong. Female flowers: 
Scape as in the male but panicle smaller with fewer, shorter, and 
more erect branches. Flowers smaller; perianth-segments shorter, 
erect. Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules pendulous from the inner 
angles of the cells; stigmas 3, sessile. Fruiting-scape usually 
prostrate. Berry globose, +in. diam., bright-red. Seeds sharply 
angled, testa black, 
Nortu Isuanp: In woods from the North Cape to Wellington, very plentiful 
north of the Kast Cape and Taupo. Souru Isuanp: Marlborough ~ Rai Valley, 
Macmahon ! Sea-level to 3000 ft. Kauri-grass. March-May ; ripe fruit 
February and March. 
Separated from A. Banksii by the larger size and less rigid habit, broader 
and softer pale-green conspicuously 3-nerved and plaited leaves, prostrate fruit- 
ing-scape, and red globose berry. 
5. A. Solandri, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 297.—Large, densely tufted, 
often forming immense clumps on the limbs and trunks of forest- 
