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1. A. macrophylla, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 487. A glabrous erect or 

 spreading shrub, 4ft.— 10ft. high. Leaves 3in.— 7in. long, oblong or linear- 

 oblong or oblong-obovate, narrowed into the short slender petiole, entire or 

 sinuate-serrate or distantly toothed, subcoriaceous, often glossy. Flowers 

 solitary or in 1— 3-flowered fascicles, pendulous. Corolla liin. long or more, 

 crimson; pedicels very slender ; bracteoles acute. Calyx-lobes linear-subulate, 

 acute. Corolla-lobes usually 5, with fimbriate or minutely-toothed margins. 

 Berry crimson, iin. long. — Hook, f ., Fl. N.Z. i. 102, t. 23 ; Handbk. 109. 



NOETH Island ; from Spirits' Bay to Cook Strait, but rare and local south of Taupo. 

 SOUTH Island: Marlborough: very rare, /. iJMitoni .' Nelson; Oollingwood, J. DaM.' Oct., Nov. 

 Ascends to 3,000ft. A beautiful plant. 



2. A. quercifolia, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 493. Erect, slender, sparingly 

 branched, or branches rarely dichotomous. Leaves lin.— 4in. long, variable even 

 on the same branch, lanceolate-oblong or obovate-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 narrowed into a very slender petiole, obtuse or rarely acute, entire or obscurely 

 or distantly lobed or deeply sinuate-lobed, almost membranous. Flowers soli- 

 tary, or in 3— 6-flowered fascicles, 4in.— Jin. long, very slender ; corolla-tube red, 

 lobes subacute, greenish ; stigma often exserted. — Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 102 ; 

 Handbk. 109. A. Ilex, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 492. 



NORTH Island : From Maugonui southwards, but often local. SOUTH Island : Mount 

 Peter, J. MacMahon ! Oct., Dec. 



Var. puslUa (sp.), Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xvii. 241. Erect, lft.-2[t. high. Leaves lin.-ljin. 

 long, broadly ovate, narrowed below, orenate - serrate. Flowers few, pendulous, very fragrant. 

 Norsewood, Hawke's Bay, Golenso ! 



Var. glauca. Erect, spreading, 3ft.-5ft. high ; branches slender. Leaves oblong-obovate, 

 2in.-3in. long, fin.-lin. broad, glaucous beneath, entire. Flowers few, restricted to the upper axils. 

 Marlborough: Pelorus Sound, MacMahon! Mount Stokes, T. .E". Rai YaXXey, Rutland! Ascends 

 to 2,800ft. 



3. A. Banksii, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 493. A small bush with slender 

 spreading or straggling branches, 6in.-24in. high; young shoots puberulous. 

 Leaves iin.— lin. long, varying from broadly oblong-obovate to ovate-orbicular 

 or almost rhomboid ; margins waved or irregularly toothed or almost lobed, 

 especially in the upper part of the leaf ; petiole very slender, short. Flowers 

 solitary, jin.— ^in. long, axillary or terminal, greenish-yellow. Berry almost 

 spherical; seeds 4-8.— Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 102, t. 24; Handbk. 110. 

 A. palaeiformis and A. atriplicifolia, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 490, 491. 



NORTH Island : from Mangonui and Hokianga to the Waitemata, but rare and local. Oct. 

 to Deo. 



Specimens less than Sin. high may sometimes be found with a short greenish-yellow flower in 

 each axil. 



4. A. linariifolia, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 487. An erect bushy shrub, 

 1ft.— 4ft. high, with numerous slender branches ; young shoots clothed with minute 

 spreading pubescence. Leaves crowded, lin.— 2in. long, jJ^in.- ^in. wide, linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, acute, entire or sinuate-toothed or -lobed ; petioles Ivery 

 short. Flowers drooping, solitary or in 2— 4-flowered fascicles, 4in.— fin. long. 



