Rec. 
316 LILIACEAR, [ Astelia, 
many, about tin. long; perianth-segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
spreading, the 3 outer larger than the inner. Stamens shorter than the 
segments; filaments subulate; anthers oblong. Female flowers: Scape 
shorter and stouter; - branches shorter, crowded, more erect. Flowers 
smaller; perianth-segments ovate-oblong, acute, erect. Ovary ovoid- 
conical, 3-celled ; ovules pendulous from the inner angle of each cell; 
stigmas 3, sessile. Berry ovoid, }in. long, purplish-black when fully ripe, 
reddish-purple when immature. Seeds sharply angled; testa black.— 
Raoul Choixz (1846) 40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 260; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl, (1864) 284 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 711. 
Cc a 
so. °° WALES ¢ 
4 GOLLOSPERMUM Skottsberg. 
hae 
de Racemi onmes simplices. Flores 6 quam 6 .. 
m Valde majores, tepalis longissimis tenuissimis, 
no <Antherae lineares sagittatae, basifixae, 
no @S, persistentes. Ovarium triloculare, 
les 
cl¢ 
Fl i. Majusculae, foliis 6, 5-1 m. et ultra. 
of A. Folia 72 om. lata. ..... . hasbatum: 
a B. Folia 7-1 Ps Cli. lata B e Ps e inicgrospel Bhs 
so tbe Nana, foliis 10-30 em. longis 
th & & ¢ e e e & 2 * e e e 2 a e ea 8 picatum 
of 
ViGiasz vy ~ : 
May ; ripe fruit February and March. 
Separated from A. Banksii by the larger size and less rigid habit, broader and 
softer pale-green conspicuously 3-nerved and plaited leaves, prostrate fruiting-scape, 
and red globose berry. It is an abundant and conspicuous plant in the kauri forests 
of the North Auckland Peninsula, often forming a considerable proportion of the under- | 
ck placentis in dissepimentorum parte interiore 
evolutis. Semina plerunque pilis mucilaginosi 
de © Puniculo ortis usque ad maturitatom cineta. © 
inobd 
rowth. It is seldom seen on trees. URS hy a AD th 
: p aT wane “\ \. - \) WN | ‘él 7 pene -. 
6. A. Solandri A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) n. 297.—Large, densely tufted, 
often forming immense clumps on the limbs and trunks of forest-trees or 
on rocks. Leaves very numerous, spreading and recurved, 2-5 ft. long, 
i}-3 in. wide at the middle, linear-ensiform, narrowed above into a long 
acuminate point, suddenly expanded below into a sheathing base sometimes 
4-5 in. across, conspicuously 3-nerved, glabrous and deeply channelled in 
