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Styphelia kobusta. 



FIGUEE 43. - . 



This plant is very near Styphelia {Cyathodes) acerosa, but dis- 

 tinguished by having larger, broader leaves, which are not at all pun- 

 gent, and end in obtuse callous tips, and also by the larger fruit. 

 It grows to a considerable height, 12 feet or less, with leaves ^ inch 

 to f inch long, -J inch to ^ inch broad, narrow, linear-oblong or linear- 

 lanceolate. The flowers are -I inch long, and not very conspicuous, but 

 the berry is large and globose, J inch to ^ inch in diameter, and bright 

 red. It grows on the open upland drier peat, or on the limestone rocks 

 round the Great Lagoon in association with aS^. Richei; it is not un- 

 common on the island. 



Plagianthus betulinus var. chatamicus. 

 FIGURE 44. 



This plant grows in patches between the Great Lagooa and Lake 

 Huro, and is not common on the island. The plant of the mainland 

 (New Zealand) is a most variable one; but here it seems to retain a 

 uniformity of type, although differing not at all from one found in 

 New Zealand. It is an effective, graceful tree, bearing masses of 

 greenish white flowers, unisexual, in terminal and axillary decompound 

 panicles 4 inches to 9 inches long; pedicels slender. It is practically 

 a dioecious plant, but sometimes a few hermaphrodite flowers are- 

 mixed with the males. The seedling form does not differ from that of 

 the mature tree, while New Zealand seedling forms do. 



