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77540 to 77582— Continued. 



77542. Aristotelia fruticosa Hook. f. 

 Elaeocarpaceae. 



An erect or decumbent much-branched 

 shrub, 3 to 8 feet high, native to New 

 Zealand. The coriaceous leaves vary 

 from linear to obovate and are entire, 

 crenate, serrate, or lobed. The small 

 flowers are solitary or in small racemes 

 and are followed by small yellowish 

 berries. 



77543. Arthropodium cirrhatum (Forst. 

 f.) R. Br. Liliaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial up to 3 feet 

 high, with shining grasslike leaves and 

 showy panicles of white flowers an inch 

 across, having the stamens covered with 

 pink bristles. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 77173. 



77544 to 77546. Astelia spp. Liliaceae. 



77544. Astelia cunninghamii Hook. f. 



A densely tufted epiphytic or ter- 

 restrial herb, native to New Zealand. 

 The linear leaves are about 5 feet 

 long, and the small reddish yellow to 

 maroon flowers are borne in large 

 panicles on scapes 1 to 3 feet high 

 and covered with white silky hairs. 

 The fruits are small red globose 

 berries. 



77545. Astelia nervosa Banks and 

 Soland. 



A stout densely tufted New Zealand 

 perennial often forming extensive 

 masses in moist forests on swampy 

 ground. The spreading lanceolate 

 leaves are 3 to 8 feet long with the 

 midrib and several other nerves col- 

 ored red. The fragrant greenish 

 black flowers are borne in large pan- 

 icles on scapes 1 to 2 feet high and 

 are followed by bright orange-yellow 

 berries. 



77546. Astelia petriei Cockayne. 



An attractive densely tufted peren- 

 nial native to New Zealand, where it 

 forms large patches in alpine mead- 

 ows. The long-pointed sword-shaped 

 leaves are 1 to 3 feet long, smooth 

 and shining above and silvery white 

 beneath. The inconspicuous flowers 

 are in short panicles hidden among 

 the leaves. 



77547. Bulbinella hookeri (Colenso) 

 Cheeseman. Liliaceae. 



A New Zealand herbaceous perennial 

 varying in size from 3 to 4 inches up to 

 3 feet. The numerous glaucous green 

 leaves are linear, and the loose racemes 

 of bright-yellow flowers are on slender 

 scapes up to 10 inches high. 



77548. Cassinia vauvilliersii (Homb. 

 and Jacq.) Hook. f. Asteraceae. 



An erect closely branched New Zea- 

 land shrub up to 8 feet high, with nar- 

 rowly oblong leathery leaves half an 

 inch long, densely white tomentose be- 

 neath, and dense terminal corymbs of 

 white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76564. 



77549 to 77551. Celmisia spp. Astera- 

 ceae. 



77540 to 77582— Continued. 



77549. Celmisia armstrongii Petrie. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 New Zealand, with short stout stems 

 crowned by radiating sword-shaped 

 leaves, 18 inches long, having an 

 orange midrib and covered with satiny 

 tomentum. The heads of white flow- 

 ers, 1 to 2 inches broad, are borne 

 on white cottony scapes about the 

 length of the leaves. 



77550. Celmisia coriacea (Forst. f.) 

 Hook. f. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 New Zealand, with a short stout stem 

 crowned with lanceolate leaves 1 to 2 

 feet long from which arise several 

 stout woolly scapes 3 feet high bear- 

 ing heads of white flowers more than 

 3 inches broad. 



77551. Celmisia spectabilis Hook. f. 



A New Zealand herbaceous perennial, 

 often forming large patches, with short 

 stout stems and numerous linear-oblong 

 thick leaves, 6 inches long, covered 

 with silvery hairs above and densely 

 matted pale buff wool beneath. The 

 several stout cottony scapes are longer 

 than the leaves and bear white flower 

 heads 1 to 2 inches broad. 



77552. Chordospartium stevensoni 

 Cheeseman. Fabaceae. 



A leafless shrub or small tree up to 

 20 feet high, native to New Zealand, 

 with long slender pendulous branches and 

 racemes. 1 to 2 inches long, of small 

 purple flowers. 



77553. Coprosma rugosa Cheeseman. 

 Rubiaceae. 



A densely branched New Zealand shrub, 

 4 to 10 feet high, with yellowish brown 

 branchlets, opposite or fascicled linear 

 leaves less than half an inch long, small 

 axillary flowers, and broadly oblong 

 translucent pale-blue berries half an inch 

 long. 



77554 to 77556. Dianella intermedia 

 Endl. Liliaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to New 

 Zealand, with numerous sword-shaped 

 leaves, 3 feet long, crowded at the base 

 of a scape 2 feet high, which bears a 

 spreading panicle of small purplish flow- 

 ers having bright-orange anthers, and 

 followed by broadly oblong blue berries. 



77554. [No data.] 



77555. A pale blue-berried variety. 



77556. A dark blue-berried variety. 



77557. Dracophyllum traversii Hook, 

 f. Epacridaceae. 



A New Zealand tree up to 30 feet 

 high and 2 feet in diameter, with leath- 

 ery lanceolate leaves 2 feet long and 

 terminal spikelike panicles, 1 to 2 feet 

 long, of reddish flowers. 



77558. Dracophyllum urvilleanum A. 

 Rich. Epacridaceae. 



A shrub 4 to 8 feet high, native to 

 New Zealand, with slender erect branches, 

 very narrowly linear leathery leaves 5 

 inches long, and small white or red flow- 

 ers in racemes on short lateral branchlets. 



77559. Gaultheria oppositifolia Hook, 

 f. Ericaceae. 



