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620 4. L. Adamsii, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 296.—A perfectly glabrous bush 2–4 ft. high; branchlets terete. Leaves opposite, 1½–2½ in. long, broadly oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse,, narrowed into a short stout petiole or almost sessile, very thick and coriaceous, veins hardly visible, margins slightly recurved. Peduncles very short, axillary, each bearing 2–4 sessile flowers; a small concave bract and 2 bracteoles at the base of each flower. Flowers rather large, 1½–2 in. long, reddish, more or less tinged with yellowish-green. Calyx-limb short, with 4 minute triangular teeth. Corolla narrow at the base, swollen in the middle, and then contracted just below the limb; lobes 4, separating about ¼-way down, reflexed, but the corolla often splits dorsally to the base, the lobes then all turning one way. Anthers narrow-linear, basifixed, tips acute. Style equalling the corolla; stigma capitate.

5. L. flavidus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 100, t. 27.—A sparingly branched glabrous shrub 1–3 ft. high; branches spreading. Leaves opposite, 1–2½ in. long, linear-oblong, usually rounded at the tip, rarely apiculate, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, flat, very coriaceous, veins inconspicuous, or 3–5 diverging from the base; margins thickened and very minutely crenulate when dry, often red when fresh. Eacemes axillary, 10–16-flowered, spreading or drooping, ¾–2 in. long; peduncle slender, tetragonous; pedicels opposite and decussate, about ⅙ in. long; bracts obsolete. Flowers ½–¾ in. long, orange-yellow. Calyx-limb minute, cupular, truncate. Corolla slender, swollen above the base; petals united almost to the middle, upper part sharply reflexed, linear-spathulate. Anthers small, linear-oblong. Style rather longer than the corolla; stigma large, capitate.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 107. L. polychroa, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 241.

6. L. tenuiflorus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 100.—A small glabrous shrub; branches slender, terete. Leaves opposite, 1–1½ in. long, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed into short slender petioles, veins few, slender. Flowers about 1 in. long, in axillary trichotomous puberulous panicles; peduncles and pedicels slender, divaricating, about ¼ in. long. Corolla slender, terete, curved; petals very narrow, united ⅔-way up, but perhaps ultimately separating. Anthers oblong, versatile. Style slender; stigma simple.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 107.