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strangely ti'opical appearance. It is one of tlie largest of the 

 liliaceous plants. C<:)lenso states that he once saw a specimen, 



Fig. '23. Cord^iiiie a.iistralis (tiower ami leaf) h nat. size 



the trunk of which was sufficiently large to lie used as a store- 

 room. A Maori had fitted a door into the trunk, and kept his 

 tools and baskets withhi it, tliougli tlie tree was still living. 



