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covered by the imbricated sheathing bases of the leaves : leaves, usually 4-5 
to a plant at a time, thick, glabrous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute and 
pointletted, with a distinct mucro (almost like a short awn, 60 that each 
leaf has a vertical double-pointed apex), diminishing but slightly towards 
base, 1, 14-2 inches long, 5-6 lines broad at middle, and 2-3 lines broad 
at base, sessile, sheathing, jointed immediately above clasping sheath, 
somewhat keeled, distichous, spreading, sub-faleate, dark-green spotted 
with purple, mid-rib below purple, 8-nerved longitudinally, nerves parallel 
and sparingly transversely netted, but only visible when leaf is dried: 
scape, slender, axillary in lower leaves, 4-8 lines long, (and with rhachis) 
green, closely spotted and blotched with purple; two solitary sheathing 
bracts, one at base, and one much larger and acuminate on one side in the 
middle: rhachis, 6-12 lines long, thickened. 
Raceme 5-8-flowered, flowers not crowded : pedicels 2 lines long, alter- 
nate and scattered, purple striped, each having a single broadly ovate acute 
bract, embracing at base. Perianth conniving, not split quite to base, 8 
lines diameter, light-green, striped and spotted with purple: sepals oblong- 
ovate, obtuse, with a purple stripe down the centre on outside ; dorsal one 
largest: petals oblong-lanceolate, subacute, smaller than sepals, margined 
spotted and blotched with purple: Jabellum shorter than petals, greenish- 
white minutely spotted with purple without, green within, gibbous at apex, 
subeucullate with a minute notch on each side of lp; lateral lobes very 
slightly produced, conniving, with two thick transverse opposite ridges (calli) 
Within. Capsule oblong-linear, pointletted, stout, turgid, 7-8 lines long, 
light-greenish, striped longitudinally with purple; densely woolly within : 
seeds minute, lanceolate, and with their wool light-brown. 
Hab.—High up in forks of large pine trees (Podocarpus dacrydioides ant 
P. totara), ‘‘ Seventy Mile Bush”’ (1878-80), and at Glenross (1881, D. P. 
Balfour), Hawke’s Bay ; flowering in September. A species allied to some 
of the smaller Australian species of this genus, and possessing close affinity 
With §. adversus, Hook. fil., but very distinct. 
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LILIA: ‘ 
Genus 5. Asreia, Banks and Solander. 
Astelia polyneuron, n. sp. 
A middle-sized species, few-leaved and not bushy ; epiphytical. 
Mare Pant: Leaves spreading drooping sub-coriaceous, 4°9-5 feet 
long, linear-lanceolate very acuminate acute, 1} inch wide at middle, largely 
sub-recurved, dark green, glabrous on upper surface, canescent-tomentose 
below with fine white closely adpressed hairs, possessing (under ® lens) 
oe a minutely and egularly dotted appearance, 1} ‘inch wide at base and 
there densely clothed with long straight white hair, deeply furrowed on 
