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by its arboreal habifc, numerous ascending brandies which are puberulous 

 at the tips, the blade of the leaf always longer than the petiole, and never 

 orbicular or obcordate ; the densely aggregated flowers, never solitary ; the 

 bell-shaped deeply-divided corolla, shorter style, and crowded fruit. 



The fruit when ripe is white and translucent, but soon becomes dis- 

 coloured from decay. In the fruiting state this plant has some resemblance 

 to Myrsine australis. It is much the largest species of the genus. 



Cypeeace^. 

 Schcenus vacillans. 



Culms simple, 9-18 inches long, flaccid, tufted, leafy, compressed; 

 Leaves altex-nate, ascending, 2-3 inches long, ^^^ inch broad, linear acute. 

 Spikelets 1-4 axillary, on scabrid pedicels \-^ inch long, dark brown ; 1-2- 

 flowered ; glumes 4-6 narrow lanceolate, keel scabrid ; stamens 3, bristles 

 8. Nuts small, whitish, slightly trigonous, not polished ; stigmas 2 or 3. 



North Island. — Deep guUies at the source of the Matai Eiver, Mount 

 Wynyard. 



This species is closely allied to S. axillaris, Br., but is easily recognized 

 by its large size, longer flaccid leaves, clustered lanceolate spikelets and 

 narrow glumes. It has not been observed elsewhere. 



