412 _ EPACRIDER, [ Cyathodes. 
with numerous broad obtuse imbricating bracts. Corolla-tube 
hardly longer than the calyx-lobes, its divisions glabrous within. 
Berry large, globose, 4-4in. diam.—C. acerosa var. latitoiia, 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 163; F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is. 43. 
CHATHAM IsLANDS: Apparently not uncommon, Dieffenbach, H. H. Travers ! 
Capt. G. Mair! Cockayne and Cox ! Rutitira. 
Distinguished from C. acerosa, to which it is closely allied, by the larger 
broader leaves, which are not at all pungent, but end in obtuse callous tips, and 
by the larger fruit. 
3. C. empetrifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 164.—A small de- 
pressed or prostrate heath-like shrub, with slender wiry tomentose 
oranches 4-18in. jong, ascending at the tips. Leaves numerous, 
uniform, erect or ascending when young, spreading or reflexed when 
old, 4-Lin. long, linear, obtuse, convex above, glaucous beneath, 
glabrous or pubescent or hoary; margins recurved, ciliate. Flowers 
small, axillary or terminal, solitary or 2-4 clustered at the top of 
the peduncle. Peduncle short, curved, clothed with imbricating 
ovate obtuse bracts. Calyx-lobes short, ovate, ciliate. Corolla-tube 
about as long as the calyx; lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate, acute, gla- 
brous. Drupe small, ovoid, ;4,in. long, 3-5-celled.—Handb. N.Z. 
Fl.177. Androstoma empetrifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Antaret. i. 44, t. 30. 
NortH AND SoutH ISLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL 
IstaANnps : Abundant in hilly and mountainous districts from Cape Colville and 
Rotorua southwards. Ascends to 4500ft.; descends to sea-level in Stewart 
Island and in the Auckland Islands. November—January. 
4. ©. Colensoi, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 177.—Stems stout, 
decumbent or prostrate below; branches 4-18in. high, erect or 
ascending, leafy, pubescent at the tips. Leaves erect or erecto- 
patent, +-4in. long, linear-oblong or narrow obovate-oblong, obtuse 
or shortly mucronate, glabrous, convex above, glaucous beneath, 
with 3 or 5 stout parallel veins, the outer of which often branch 
towards the edge of the leaf; margins often dilated and membranous 
towards the tip of the leaf, finely ciliolate. Flowers in 3-5-flowered 
short and stout terminal racemes ; bracts 2 or 3, broadly ovate, ob- 
tuse. Calyx-lobes concave, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube longer 
than the calyx; lobes densely bearded within. Drupe globose, tin. 
diam., white or red.—Leucopogon Colensoi, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 
i. 165. 
Norru Istanp: Lake Taupo, Tongariro, and Ruapehu, Colenso! Capt. G. 
Mai! H. Hill! WRuahine Range, Colenso! SourH Isnanp: Not uncommon 
on the mountains of Nelson and Canterbury, rare and local in Otago. 2000- 
5000 ft. December—January. 
This was originally placed in Lewcopogon, and in many of its characters it 
approaches that genus, although the habit is that of Cyathodes. 
