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, ⅓ in. long, purplish-black when fully ripe, reddish-purple when immature. Seeds sharply angled; testa black.—Raoul, Choix, 40; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 260; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 284.
North Island: From the North Cape to Hawke's Bay and Taranaki; usually near the coast. Sea-level to 2500 ft. April; ripe fruit February to March.
Usually taller and stouter than A. Cunninghamii, with larger broader leaves, larger flowers, and much stouter female scape, erect in fruit. The ovary is essentially different, being 3-celled, with the ovules attached to the inner angles of the cells; and the large ovoid berry, with its angled seeds, is altogether unlike the small globose one of A. Cunninghamii, with its terete seeds. It is an abundant plant on the coast-line of the northern half of the North Island, often forming a large portion of the undergrowth on wooded headlands or steep declivities near the sea.
4. A. trinervia, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iv. (1872) 246.—A large densely tufted terrestrial species. Leaves nuxnerous, 3–6 ft. long or even more, ¾–1¾ in. broad at the middle, tapering into a long attenuated point, narrowed below and then gradually expanded into a broad sheathing base, not so coriaceous as in A. Banksii, pale-green, plaited, glabrous above, clothed with a thin silvery pellicle beneath, conspicuously 3-nerved with less evident nerves between; margins broadly recurved; sheathing base clothed with long white silky hairs. Male flowers: Scape long, slender, densely shaggy with white silky hairs, panicled; branches slender, flexuous and often interlaced, 6–12 in. long or more; bracts large, fohaceous. Flowers numerous, ¼ in. long; perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate, spreading. Stamens shorter than the segments; filaments slender; anthers oblong. Female flowers: Scape as in the male but panicle smaller with fewer, shorter, and more erect branches. Flowers smaller; perianth-segments shorter, erect. Ovary globose, 3-celled; ovules pendulous from the inner angles of the cells; stigmas 3, sessile. Fruiting-scape usually prostrate. Berry globose, ⅓ in. diam., bright-red. Seeds sharply angled, testa black.
North Island: In woods from the North Cape to Wellington, very plentiful north of the East Cape and Taupo. South Island: Marlborough—Rai Valley, Macmahon! Sea-level to 3000 ft. Kauri-grass. March–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 fruitingscape, and red globose berry.
5. A. Solandri, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 297.—Large, densely tufted, often forming immense clumps on the limbs and trunks of forest-
