PHEBALIUM NUDUM, Hook. fil. 
Native Name : — Maire-Hau. 
One of the most charming little shrubs in the New Zealand Flora. It is 
usually from 6 to 12 ft. in height, and has a singularly neat and graceful habit of 
growth. The flowers are white, or white tinged with pink, and are arranged in 
many-flowered corymbs terminating the branches. Both foliage and flowers have a 
strong, but pleasant, aromatic smell, and would probably yield an essential oil 
valuable for perfumery purposes. It is confined to the northern portions of the 
Auckland Provincial District. [Cheeseman). It flowers in November. Whangarei. 
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