FLOllA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Z ilia c eæ .
2. Astelia linearis, Hook, fìl.; dioica, pusilla, caulibus cæspitosis, foliis an g u ste linearibus aeuminatis
carinatis marginibus recurvis, scapis folio brevioribus paucifioris, bacca lineari conica trig o n a, stigmate
sessil), seminibus plurimis placentis parietalibus affixis.— M . A n ta r c t p . 76.
H ab. N o rtliern Islau d . Summit of Eu ah in e mountains, Colenso.
The smallest New Zealand species, fii’st found in Lord Auckland’s Group, densely tufted. Leaves spreading,
1 -6 inches long, linear, silky, and villous at the base, glabrous or covered with appressed scales, or ciliated above,
keeled. Mowers few, on short peduncles. Berry large for the size of the plant, red. Seeds obovoid, shining, not
angled.—The A . alpina of Tasmania aud A. pumila of Fuegia are closely allied to this.
§ b. Perianth o f the female fow e r often enclosing the ripe fr u it. Berry trilocular. Seeds angled.
3. Astelia nei'vosa, Banks e t S o l.; foliis anguste lineari-elongatis subulatis 2 -3 -n e rv iis argenteo-
sericeis glabratis V. glaberrimis, p a n íc u la 'subcoarctata, ramis ro b u s tis ; masc. perianthii in fra medium 6 -
p a rtiti laciniis la te lineari-oblongis subacutis, staminibus medio laciniarum insertis, antheris late oblongis ;
foe m . perianthio marts, ovario conico trigono, stylo brevi crasso, bacca 3-loculari perianthio urceolato
baccato immersa stylo crasso termina ta, placentis axillaribus, seminibus atris nitidis te reti-an g u latis.—
Ba n k s et Sol. M S S , et le .
H a b . No rth e rn and Middle Islan d s, B a n k s a n d Solander, etc., in boggy ground. Eu ah in e mountains,
Colenso. Mountains above Nelson, 5 000 feet, B idw ill. Middle Islan d , L ya ll. Akaroa, Baoul.
Leaves 3 feet long, very narrow, inch, generally silky, sometimes quite glabrous. Panicle a span long,
erect, with stout ascending brauches. Flowers much larger than in A . Banksii. Perianth silky and chaffy, cut to
below the middle into sis broad, oblong, blunt pieces, on which the stamens are inserted. Fruit yellow, enclosed in
the fleshy perianth, three-celled. Seeds black, shining, and angled. The two lateral nerves of the leaf are sometimes
stronger than the middle one, and red.
4 . Astelia Solandri, A. C u n n .; foliis e basi la ta densissime villosa longe lineari-subulatis 2 -3 -co sta tis,
paniculæ ramis brevibus v. valde elongatis; masc. densifloris, floribus breve pedicellatis, p erianthii profunde
6 -p a rtiti laciniis membranaceis linearibus, filamentis elongatis, antheris lineari-elongatis ; foe m . paniculæ
ramis densifloris, floribus minoribus tu b o hemisphærico limbi lobis 6 reflexis, staminibus sterilibus ore
perianthii insertis, ovario globoso 3-locuIari, ovulis placentis axillaribus affixis, stylo subelongato.—A . Cunn.
Prodr. A. furfuracea. B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands, on limbs of trees, etc.. Ba n k s a n d Solander, Cunningham, etc.
A very distinct plant, both in male and female flower ; if I am right in referring these to the same species.
Leaves covered below with a thin pellicle as in Celmisia coriacea, often 2 -4 feet long, very broad, 3 inches at the
base, and there clothed with dense silky masses of snow-white wool, smooth above, silvery below, with two veiy
strong nerves. Panicle 6 inches to foot long ; male of very stout branches 1 inch across, including the flowers ;
female branches sometimes 10 inches long. Male flowers very large, of a more membranous texture than in the
other species. Perianth divided into six linear, blunt pieces, silky externally. Btamms with very long exserted
filaments, F inch long, and linear oblong anthers. Female perianth much smaller, more scarious, with a hemispherical
tube and six recurved segments. Ovary globose, three-celled, with a straight style.—I have not seen ripe
fruit. The texture of the perianth of this plant is quite that of other lÀliaceæ, whereas that of its congeners is more
dry and opake.
5. Astelia B a n k sii, A. C u n n .; dense molliter argenteo-sericea, foliis anguste lineari-subulatis sericeis
glabratisve, paniculæ masc. ramis laxis elongatis, periantliiis parvis glabratis segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis,
filamentis subulatis, antheris parvis latis, paniculæ foe m , ramis brevibus eonfertis, periantliiis rotatis sericeis
segmentis acuminatis, ovario conico trigono stigmate subsessili, bacca ovoidea obtusa 3-loculari, loculis 3 -6 -
spermis, seminibus angulatis e apiee loculi pendulis funicuhs \ 34 p
P r o ir . A. sericea, B a n h et Sol. M S S . et le . Hamelinia xeratroides A . B ieh . Plora, p . . ■ ^
H a b . N c rth e ru Is la n d an d n o rth e rn p arts of th e Middle Islan d , common, B a n h a n d Solander, eto.
{This or A . Cmningliamii is cultivated in E n g lan d .)
leaves, size of the panicles, length of their branches, and breadth and sdkiness of the perianths.
, 1. J nf all the snecies of Astelia susceptible of revision, and strongly recommend
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rocks or the ground, instead of on trees.
n T 1 « ten e,-feet snecimen of another New Zealand LUiaceous plant, characterized as follows
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semi-matura elliptica obtusa.
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length, taeathing at the base, and a soUtaiy half-ripe elUptieal capsnle, Ì inch long, with the remains ot a perianth
at its base, and a straight simple style.
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Gen. I . A EECA , L .
mores monoici sessiles in eadem spadice, spatha duplici c in e ti; maseuli superiores plerumque foemineis
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ovary, is supposed to be conUi vp^iPTnbles the New Zealand species, but differs
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i.e ta s ta diameta. A .™ . P'™“ ■ f.ta ta ta stale, gbta.ota. mucb brancbta, dtasefy flowered,
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