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Archeria.

1. A. racemosa, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 180.—An erect much-branched shrub 6–15 ft. high; bark black; branches spreadmg. Leaves scattered at intervals so as to appear almost whorled, spreading, 1–1½ in. long, ⅓–½ in. broad, obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, sometimes almost pungent, narrowed into a very short petiole or almost sessile, flat, rigid and coriaceous; veins reticulated. Racemes terminating the branches, solitary or 2–3 together, 1–2 in. long, 10–25-flowered; rhachis pubescent: pedicels short, stout, curved. Bracts coloured, caducous; a large leaf-like one at the base of each pedicel, and 2 smaller and narrower ones just below the flower. Sepals oblong-lanceolate; margins membranous, ciliolate. Corolla ⅙ in. long, pink; tube short and broad; lobes short, spreading, ovate-triangular, obtuse. Style short, stout. Capsule small, globose, ⅛ in. diam.—Epacris racemosa, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 167.

2. A. Traversii, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 180.—A large much-branched shrub 6–15 ft. high; bark dark-brown; branches spreading. Leaves scattered, spreading, ⅓–½ in. long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, thick and coriaceous, quite glabrous, smooth and shining above, midrib distinct beneath; margins recurved, often ciliolate. Racemes terminal, ½–1 in. long, 8–15-flowered; rhachis and pedicels pubescent. Bracts oblong, membranous, caducous, falling away as soon as the flowers commence to open. Sepals oblong, obtuse, striate; margins membranous, ciliolate. Corolla ⅛–⅙ in. long, campanulate, reddish; lobes short, spreading. Style very short, stout. Capsule minute, depressed, $1⁄10$ in. diam.