Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1870 [electronic resource]

Volume 3, 1870

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	(a.) Racemes aggregated.
1. Leaves membranous, pubescent, 3–5 inches long. Racemes aggregated on the branches in large masses of flowers. Berries large, black. Description otherwise as in Handbook.	Aristotelia racemosa.
Leaves membranous, pubescent only on the principal veins, 3–5 inches long. Racemes aggregated in lesser masses of flowers than the last. Berries small, red.	Sub-species, Colensoi.
	(b.) Racemes scattered.
2. Leaves smaller, 2–2 ½ inches long, glabrous except on the midrib, lobulate on young plants. Racemes small, scattered over the branches.	Aristotelia erecta.
Branches tortuous. Leaves very small and coriaceous. Racemes very small, or reduced to single flowers.	Sub-species, fruticosa.

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[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, November 12, 1870.]