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Alseuosmia.] a short slender petiole, entire or sinuate-dentate or deeply sinuate-lobed, almost membranous, sometimes glaucous below. Flowers solitary or in fascicles of 2–5, ½–¾ in. long, very slender. Calyx-lobes triangular, acute. Corolla with a crimson tube and 4–5 greenish or reddish-green acute lobes. Berry ⅓–½ in. diam., broadly oblong, red.—Raoul, Choix, 46; ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 102; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 109; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 227. A. ilex, ''A. Cunn. Precur.'' n. 492. A. pusilla, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xvii. (1885) 241.

3. A. Banksii, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 489.—A small slender shrub 1–4 ft. high; branches spreading, younger ones pubescent. Leaves ½–2 in. long, very variable in shape, broadly ovate or orbicular to obovate-oblong or obcuneate, narrowed into a rather long petiole, entire or coarsely toothed or lobed, especially towards the upper part of the leaf. Flowers solitary or 2–3 together, ⅓–½ in. long, greenish-yellow, rarely reddish. Berry ⅓ in. diam., globose; seeds few, 4–8.—Raoul, Choix, 46; ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 102, t. 24; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 110; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 227. A. atriplicifolia and A. palæiformis, ''A. Cunn. Precur.'' n. 491, 490.

4. A. linariifolia, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 487.—An erect much-branched shrub 1–4 ft. high, with slender pubescent branches. Leaves numerous, crowded, ½–3 in. long, $1⁄16$–$1⁄2$ in. wide, linear to linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or subacute, gradually narrowed into a short petiole, quite entire or sinuate-toothed or lobed, rather membranous. Flowers solitary or in fascicles of 2–5, ½–⅔ in. long, greenish-yellow, rarely reddish. Corolla-lobes 4, toothed and fimbriate. Berry broadly ovoid or turbinate; seeds few.—Raoul, Choix, 46; ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 103, t. 25; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 110; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 227. A. ligustrifolia, ''A. Cunn. Precur.'' n. 488. A. Hookeria, ''Col. Excur. North Is.'' 84.