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260 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Ziliacee. 
2. Astelia Zinearis, Hook. fil.; dioica, pusilla, caulibus ceespitosis, foliis anguste linearibus acuminatis 
carinatis marginibus recurvis, scapis folio brevioribus paucifloris, bacca lineari conica trigona, stigmate 
sessili, seminibus plurimis placentis parietalibus affixis.—77. Antaret. p. 16. 
Has. Northern Island. Summit of Ruahine mountains, Colenso. 
The smallest New Zealand species, first found in Lord Auckland's Group, densely tufted. Leaves spreading, 
1-6 inches long, linear, silky, and villous at the base, glabrous or covered with appressed scales, or ciliated above, 
keeled. Flowers few, on short peduncles. Berry large for the size of the plant, red. Seeds obovoid, shining, not 
angled.—The 4. alpina of Tasmania and 4. pumila of Fuegia are closely allied to this. 
$ b. Perianth of the female flower often enclosing the ripe fruit. Berry trilocular. Seeds angled. 
3. Astelia nervosa, Banks et Sol.; foliis anguste lineari-elongatis subulatis 2—8-nerviis argenteo- 
sericeis glabratis v. glaberrimis, panicula subcoarctata, ramis robustis; masc. perianthii infra medium 6- 
partiti laciniis late lineari-oblongis subacutis, staminibus medio laciniarum insertis, antheris late oblongis ; 
fm. perianthio maris, ovario conico trigono, stylo brevi crasso, bacca 3-loculari perianthio urceolato 
baccato immersa stylo crasso terminata, placentis axillaribus, seminibus atris nitidis tereti-angulatis.— 
Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Haz. Northern and Middle Islands, Banks and Solander, etc., in boggy ground. Ruahine mountains, 
Colenso. Mountains above Nelson, 5000 feet, Bidwill. Middle Island, Zyall. Akaroa, Raoul. 
Leaves 2 feet long, very narrow, ¿- inch, generally silky, sometimes quite glabrous. Panicle a span long, 
erect, with stout ascending branches. Flowers much larger than in 4. Banksü. Perianth silky and chafty, cut to 
below the middle into six broad, oblong, blunt pieces, on which the stamens are inserted. Fruit yellow, enclosed in 
the fleshy perianth, three-celled. Seeds black, shining, and angled. The two lateral nerves of the leaf are sometimes 
stronger than the middle one, and red. 
4. Astelia Solandri, A. Cunn.; foliis e basi lata densissime villosa longe lineari-subulatis 2—3-costatis, 
paniculee ramis brevibus v. valde elongatis; mase. densifloris, floribus breve pedicellatis, perianthii profunde 
6-partiti laciniis membranaceis linearibus, filamentis elongatis, antheris lineari-elongatis ; fun. paniculee 
ramis densifloris, floribus minoribus tubo hemispheerico limbi lobis 6 reflexis, staminibus sterilibus ore 
perianthii insertis, ovario globoso 3-loculari, ovulis placentis axillaribus affixis, stylo subelongato.—4. Cunn. 
Prodr. A. furfuracea, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, on limbs of trees, etc., Banks and Solander, Cunningham, etc. 
A very distinct plant, both in male and female flower; if I am right in referring these to the same species. 
Leaves covered below with a thin pellicle as in Celmisia coriacea, often 2-4 feet long, very broad, 3 inches at the 
base, and there clothed with dense silky masses of snow-white wool, smooth above, silvery below, with two very 
strong nerves. Panicle 6 inches to 13 foot long; male of very stout branches 1 inch across, including the flowers ; 
female branches sometimes 10 inches long. Male flowers very large, of a more membranous texture than in the 
other species. Perianth divided into six lincar, blunt pieces, silky externally. Stamens with very long exserted 
filaments, + inch long, and linear oblong anthers. Female perianth much smaller, more scarious, with a hemi- 
spherical tube and six recurved segments. Ovary globose, three-celled, with a straight style. —I have not seen ripe 
fruit. The texture of the perianth of this plant is quite that of other Liliacea, whereas that of its congeners is more 
dry and opake. 
5. Astelia Banksii, A. Cunn.; dense molliter argenteo-sericea, foliis anguste lineari-subulatis sericeis 
glabratisve, panicule mase. ramis laxis elongatis, perianthiis parvis glabratis segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis, 
filamentis subulatis, antheris parvis latis, panicule /wm. ramis brevibus confertis, perianthiis rotatis sericeis 
segmentis acuminatis, ovario conico trigono stigmate subsessili, bacca ovoidea obtusa 3-loculari, loculis 3-6- 
