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obtuse or acuminate, | in. long in a and f3, i— | in 8, serrate, the teeth 
sometimes ending in a bristle. Flowers small, white or pink, axillary and 
solitary, or crowded towards the ends of the branchlets, which form leafy 
racemes ; peduncles curved, pubescent. Calyx rarely 6-lobed, lobes red at the 
tips. Corolla ~ in. long or more. Capsule with the enlarged calyx § in. 
diam., purple red or white ; sometimes the capsule is itself baccate, and the 
calyx unchanged, at others neither capsule nor calyx are fleshy. 
Var. a. Erect. Branches pubescent. Leaves broad. 
Var. / 8 . Erect. Leaves oblong or lanceolate. Flowers small, almost racemed, on slender, 
glabrate pedicels. 
Var. 7 . Depressed or prostrate. Leaves orbicular. Branchlets covered with brown, stiff 
hairs. Flowers axillary. Fruit very large. — FI. Tasman, i. 241. t. 73. 
Var. S. Prostrate, small. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, very small. 
Var. e. Erect or prostrate. Leaves lanceolate, serrate, with the teeth terminating in bristles. 
Throughout the islands, abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. ; var. 0, descending to nearly 
the level of the sea, as far north as the Bay of Islands ; the other varieties more or less 
alpine. Var. 7 , ascending to 5000 ft. Found also on the Tasmanian alps. 
2. G. rupestris, Br.; — FI. N. Z. i. 162. t. 42. A bush or small tree. 
Branches stout, glabrous or pubescent, sometimes hispid towards the tips. 
Leaves close-set, alternate, f-1 in. long, from ovate-obtuse to oblong or ob- 
long-lanceolate and acute, crenulate or serrulate, glabrous, extremely coria- 
ceous, reticulate on both surfaces. Kacemes short or long, 4— If in. long, 
terminal and axillary, sometimes fastigiate at the ends of the branchlets, few- 
or many-flowered; pedicels longer or shorter than the bracteoles. Calyx- 
lobes ovate, acute, often thickening in fruit. Capsule dry. — Andromeda 
rupestris, Forst. 
Var. a. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrulate. Branchlets glabrous. 
Var. 0. Leaves smaller, oblong. Branchlets glabrous. 
Var. 7 . Leaves as in a, but more membranous. Branchlets pubescent and setose. 
Var. 5. Leaves i in. long, nearly orbicular. Branchlets glabrous. — G. Colensoi, Hook. f. 
FI. N. Z. i. 162. 
Var. e. Leaves oblong, 1 in. long, obtuse. Branchlets hispid, setose at the ends. Calyx 
baccate. P A. hybrid between rupestris and antipod.a. 
Northern and Middle Islands: abundant on all the mountains, ascending to 5000 ft., 
and excessively variable, Banks and Solander, etc. Var. e is a singular plant; with the 
habit and baccate calyx of G. antipoda, it has the racemose inflorescence of G. rupestris ; 
I have it in fruit only, and the locality is doubtful. This species covers large tracts of 
ground in the lake district of Otago, and the fruit, which is white or red, is eaten by the 
ground-parrots. 
3. G. fagifolia, Book. f. FI. N. Z. i. 162. A shrub, 4-5 ft. high. 
Branchlets sparingly setulose. Leaves petiolate, f in. long, ovate-oblong, 
cordate at the base, crenate-serrate, coriaceous, waved. Racemes f in. long. 
Flowers f in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate-acute, not enlarging after flowering. 
Northern Island : Motukino, east of Lake Taupo, Colenso. I have but two specimens 
of this most distinct species. 
4. G. oppositifolia. Book./. FI. N. Z. i. 162. t. 43. A large shrub. 
Branchlets glabrous or setose. Leaves If— If in. long, sessile, cordate, 
oblong, obtuse or acute, serrulate or crenate, glabrous or setulose on both 
surfaces. Racemes axillary and terminal, sometimes panicled (with opposite 
