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.
North Island: From Mongonui and Kaitaia southwards, but often local. South Island: Marlborough—Rai Valley, Rutland; Pelorus Sound, MacMahon; Mount Stokes, Kirk. Sea-level to 2500 ft. September–November.
A very variable plant, which in some of its forms comes very near to both A. Banksii and A. linariifolia. Mr. Colenso's A. pusilla only differs in its rather smaller size.
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.
North Island: From Mongonui and Kaitaia southwards to the Auckland Isthmus, but often rare and local. September–November.
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, 116–12 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.
North Island: From Mongonui and Kaitaia southwards to the Manukau Harbour, not uncommon. September–November.
A very variable plant. Small forms, with narrow-linear leaves, have much of the habit and appearance of Pittosporum reflexum; larger states (A. ligustrifolia, A. Cunn.), with lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate leaves, approach A. quercifolia very closely.
