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ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, ETC. 
Perianth carapanulate. Berry deep orange, 3-celled, with 8-lobed stigma, 
clasped by the perianth, which also becomes orange-yellow. Seeds large, 
angled. — A striking plant, not uncommon in swampy gullies in Auckland 
district. Flowers October, November ; fruit July.” — (This must be either 
A. nervosa or a near ally of that plant. Mr. Colenso has sent imperfect spe- 
cimens ? from Bream Bay.) 
“3. A. Solandri. Flowers January and February; fruit May, bright- 
crimson. 
“4. A. Banksii. Flowers April, May; fruit March, rich purple, black 
when fully ripe, yellowish when immature only. 
“5. A. sp. Leaves 2-6 ft. long, pale, glabrous or slightly silky, margin 
not recurved. Male : Panicle silky, bracts long, slender. Perianth silky ; 
segments narrow, acuminate, recurved. Filaments subulate ; anthers oblong. 
Female : Panicle more slender, very silky ; branches ascending, crowded. 
Perianth campanulate, small ; segments short, lanceolate, acuminate, exter- 
nally clasping the fruit. Berry large, globular, 3-celled, deep crimson. Seeds 
angled. — Hilly forests, rarely epiphytal. Flowers March, April ; fruit Fe- 
bruary. Easily distinguished from A. Cunningliamii and A. Banksii by its 
green leaves, slender female panicle, large crimson flower, and terrestrial 
habit.” — (I do not see how this is to be distinguished by the above descrip- 
tion from A. Banksii, for the terrestrial habit is not constant ; the flowers 
are described as small (not large), and the slenderness of the female panicle 
and colour of berry are not very good characters. 
284. An Astelia, referred to A. Cunningliamii by Mueller (Chatham Island, 
W. Travers), seems identical with the Oahu A. Menziesii in the form and 
structure of the bract, fruiting panicle, conic-ovoid fruit, and in the terete 
hardly angled seeds, with a brittle testa. It is certainly not A. Cunningliamii, 
which has sharply-angled seeds, thick hard testa, and oblong-ovoid berry. 
284. A. nervosa. — Dusky Bay, Hector. Probably two species are included 
under this, one with the berry sunk in the calyx tube, the other with a much 
larger, partially exserted berry. 
286. Antherieum Hookeri. — Descends to the sea level on the east coast of 
Otago, Hector. 
286. Phormium tenax. — Chatham Island, W. Travers. — Hector and Bu- 
chanan distinguish two Otago plants : — 
1. Very robust. Flowers dark red. Capsules erect, 3-gonous. 
2. Slender. Leaves drooping, greenish, narrow. Capsules much twisted, 
terete, 4 in. long, f in. diameter. This is more common on the west coast. 
In another communication, Dr. Hector alludes to a S.W. coast species with 
globular capsules. 
Order VIII. PALMEiE. 
288. Areca sapida. — Middle Island, abundant in Banks’s Peninsula and on 
the west coast of the Nelson and Canterbury provinces. Chatham Island, 
JF. Travers. The flowers are dingy purplish in a specimen now flowering in 
the Royal Gardens, Kew. (October, 1866.) 
