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712 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.

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.

5. A. Solandri, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 297.—Large, densely tufted, often forming immense clumps on the limbs and trunks of