METROSIDEROS ALBIFLORA, Banks and Sol. 
White Rata. 
This is probably the handsomest of the climbing species of Metrosideros, or 
Rata. The leaves are large, broad, and long-pointed, and the flowers, which are 
white, are arranged in large leafless cymes at the ends of the branches. It is 
confined to the northern parts of the North Island, and may often be seen clothing 
the lower portions of the trunk of the Kauri Pine, or others of the larger forest 
trees. {Cheeseman). Flowers in November. Thames. 
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