dracophyllum. EPACRIDEAE. 435 



a basi vaginanle longissime lineari-subulala, supra pubescenlia vel subsericea concava, 

 subtus vel dorso glaberrima convexa subcarinata, margine integerrima, sub lente per 

 totam longitudinem ciliata, sensim acuminata, apice pungentia, coriacea striata laele vi- 

 ridia 8— 12-pollicaria, 3—4 lin. lata, in planlis junioribus planiora glabra patentia vel re- 

 flexa graminea, vagina oblonga, basi amplexicaulis striata, lamina duplo longior '/ 2 — 3 / 4 - 

 HDcialis, margine scariosa, superne ciliata pallide brunnea nitida, pedunculi solitarii vel 

 fasciculati, rarius ad apiccm ramulorum terminales, pleriquc e ramis brevissimis latera- 

 les V/t — 2-nnciales, stricti erecti inclinati vel rarius nutantes 7— 10-flori, rhacbi tcreli 

 glabra subflexuosa articulata, ad nodos dilatata cyathiformis, pedicelli breves 1—2 lin, 

 longi cum rbachi articulati, llorcs subconfcrti, rarius secundi erecti, demum nutantes 

 basi 2— 4-bracteati, bracteae inferiores subfoliaceae flore longiores, interdum elongatae 

 superiores ovatao obtusae striatae, corollam subaequanles , margine scariosae ciliatae 

 demum deciduae, flores albidi. — Epacris longifolia Forst. Prodr. no. 68. et Char, 

 gener. I. 10. no. 1. — Crescit in Nova Hollandia et in insulis Auckland et Campbell. 



7. DR. SQUARROSUM Hook. fd. I. c. 48. — Arbuscula: foliis 3-4-uncialibus patentibus 

 squarrosis subgramineis (junioribus slrictis), e basi subscariosa vaginante gradatim li- 

 neari-subulatis glaberrimis, marginc serrulatis concavis; spicis sesqui-biuncialibus late- 

 ralibus fasciculatis 5— G-floris; bracteis foliisquc calycinis ovalo-lanceolatis gradatim acu- 

 minatis florem superantibus ; corollae tubo gracili, limbi segmenlis lanceolalis obtusis. 5 

 — Crescit in Nova Zeelandia. 



8. DR. LESSONIANUM A. Rich. Flor. Nov. Zeel. I. 233. - Alph. DC. 1. c. - Hook. fll. I. 

 C. 49. — Frutescens: ramis caslaneis; foliis fasciculalis 2'/o— 3-unciaIibus lineari-subulalis 

 semiterelibus, supra planis, vaginis elongatis abrupte truncatis, marginibus ciliatis; spica 

 1'/» — 2-unciali 5— 8-flora; floribus rcmotis; bracteis foliisque calycinis persistentibus co- 

 riaceis, flore longioribus, gradatim acuminatis ; corollae segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis, tubo 

 subgracili. £ — Dr. attenuatum A. Cunn. mss. — Ardisia frondosa a. longifoliaBnks. 

 et Soland. mss. — Crescit in Nova Zeelandia. 



9. DR. URVILLEANUM A. Rich. 1. c. — Alph. DC. 1. c. — Hook. (il. I. c. — Frutescens: 

 ramis atris; foliis fasciculatis 2'A— 3-uncialibus strictis, supra canaliculatis, vaginis bre- 

 vibus subciliatis; spica semiunciali 3— 4-flora; floribus approximalis; bracteis persisten- 

 tibus foliolisque calycinis ovatis brcviter acuminatis; corollae scgmentis ovato-oblongis, 

 tubo subcampanulato. i> — Ardisia frondosa /?. squarrosa Bnks. et Soland. mss. — 

 Crescit in Nova Zeelandia. 



10. DR. SCOPARIUM Hook. fil. 1. c. 46. f t. 33. — Arbuscula: ramis ramulisque fascicu- 

 latis striclis fusco-castaneis; foliis e basi vaginante gradatim angustatis lineari-subulatis 

 slrictis rigidis, antice planis vel subcanaliculatis marginibusque pubeseentibus, dorso 

 semiterclibus, apice triquctris; floribus spicatis; spicis plurimis brevibus erectis subqua- 

 drifloris; bracteis foliisque calycinis corollam superantibus, omnibus late ovatis acumi- 

 natis, marginibus ciliatis, exterioribus foliaceis, intus sericeis; corollae late campanulatac 

 tubo brevi, segmenlis brevissimis lale ovatis obtusis. 3 — Arbor humilis 6— 8-pedalis, 

 truncus basi compressus et ramosus, cortice et ligno ut in Dr. longifolio, at prioris co- 

 lore pallidiore, rami densi erccti, ramuli breviusculi fasciculati gracilcs, sub 3 / 4 lin. dia- 

 metro tcnenles, folia in apice ramorum conferta, omnia stricta erecta l'/ 4 uncias longa, 

 3 /i lin. lata fusco-viridia, intus marginibusque pubescenlia subsericea, vagina latiuscula 

 brunnca, superne atlenuata, spicae numerosae inler folia confertae breviusculae, '/»— 3 A 

 unc. Iongae axillares ct terminales strictae erectae vel rarius nutantes 3— 4-florae, rhachis 

 arliculata glabra castanea, flores breviler pedicellati, pediccllis cum rhachi articulatis pu- 

 bescentibus, bracteae 2—3 corollam superanles, exleriores basi late vaginantes, dcinde 

 lineari-subulatae uti folia, sed brcviores coriaccae, spicis aequilongae, margine dorsoque 

 carinato-ciliatac, intus sericeo-pubescentcs, interiores minores, calycis foliola ovata acuta 

 slriata, margine scariosa ciliata, tubo corollae breviora persislenlia, corolla sesquilinearis 

 pro genere latissima late campanulata suburceolata albida, intcr bracteas occulta incon- 

 spicua, tubo brevi calycem vix superante, segmenlis brevissimis late ovalis obtusis con- 

 cavis, primum incurvis, apice obtusis inflexis, demum patentibus subinvolutis. Stamina 

 ad fauccm inscrla parva, filamcntis brevibus, capsula late obovata, bracteis foliolisque 



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