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VII. LTLIACE/E. 
[. Anthericnm . 
in. diam. Leaves very numerous, spreading, 8-16 in. long, 1-1J broad, very 
thick, concave, recurved, obtuse, nerveless. Scape stout, -J— ^ in. diam. 
Raceme very dense, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 diam. Flowers dioecious, bright 
yellow, very densely crowded ; pedicels slender, erect, J in. long, lower 
bracts nearly as long. Perianth in. diam., expanded in the male plant, erect 
in the female ; segments ovate-oblong, obtuse. Stamens glabrous in the male 
plant, with slender subulate filaments in the female. Ovary broadly ovoid in 
the female ; style straight, small, stigma small lobed ; ovules 1 or 2 in each 
cell ; ovary in the male smaller, conical, with 3 subulate styles. Capsule 
i-i in. long, ovate-oblong, 3-gonous. Seeds linear-oblong, 3-gonous, testa 
black. 
Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island: abundant, J.D. H. A magni- 
ficent plant. I have seen a specimen 3-4 ft. high, with 3 crowns of leaves from one root, 
and 7 racemes of flowers, some of them 2-fid. 
2. A. Hookeri, Colenso. — Clirysobactron Hookeri , Col. ; FI. N. Z. i. 255. 
Much smaller than C. Rossii, but most variable in stature. Leaves 8-10 in. 
long, broad. Bracts very variable, sometimes as long as the pedicels. 
Racemes 3-5 in. long. Flowers - 3 - in. diam., always hermaphrodite. — Hook. 
Ic. PI. t. 817 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4607. 
Northern Island: between the Ruahine range and Lake Tanpo, Colenso. Middle 
Island : apparently abundant throughout, in subalpine pastures. 
8. PHORMIUM, Forster. 
Tall, rigid herbs ; stem swollen at the base, with stont, fibrous roots. 
Leaves all radical, linear-ensiform, distichous, coriaceous, excessively tough. 
Scape very tall, branched at the top, bracteate. Flowers large, panicled, erect, 
jointed on the pedicel, hermaphrodite. — Perianth tubular, curved, of 6 leaf- 
lets, outer erect, inner with spreading tips. Stamens 6, exserted ; filaments 
unequal, 3 smaller. Ovary 3-celled ; style stout, 3-gonous, stigma capitate ; 
ovules numerous, 2-seriate in each cell. Capsule oblong or linear-oblong, 
obtusely 3-angled, coriaceous or somewhat membranous, loculicidally 3-valved, 
many-seeded. Seeds compressed ; testa lax, black. 
A remarkable genus, “New Zealand Flax,” confined to New Zealand and Norfolk Island. 
Leaves 3-6 ft., obtuse or subaeute 1 . P. tena.r. 
Leaves 2-3 ft., more acuminate ' 2. P. Colensoi. 
1. P. tenax, Forst. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 256. A tall, coarse, dark-green, 
stout, densely-tufted plant. Leaves very thick and coriaceous, 3-6 ft. long, 
narrow-linear, rigid, erect, dark green above, paler and glaucous below ; tip 
acute or apiculnte (not acuminate), keeled, always slit when old. Scapes 
5-15 ft. high, dark red, stout. Flowers usually lurid-red or yellow, but 
very variable in colour, 2 in. long. Perianth-segments nearly straight, ob- 
tuse. Pods very variable in length, 4-8 in., black, 3-gonous, coriaceous, 
straight or twisted. — Bot. Mag. t. 3199. 
Throughout the Northern Island, abundant, Banks and Solancler, etc. Also found in Nor- 
folk Island. In the ‘ New Zealand Flora’ I have gone at length into the question of the specific 
identity of this and the following plant. A re-examination of all the specimens does not alter my 
