416 EPACRIDE. [Epacris. 
E. Sinclairti differs from EH. pauciflora in no respect except that the leaves 
are not narrowed into short acuminate points. But the amount of acumina- 
tion is so variable in Z. pauciflora, the points being longer and sharper in young 
plants, and shorter and broader or almost absent in old ones, that I can enter- 
tain no doubt as to the specific identity of the two plants. 
2. H. alpina, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 166.—A small erect or 
spreading rarely decumbent much-branched shrub 1-4 ft. high, 
seldom more; branches twiggy, densely leafy, puberulous at the 
tips. Leaves suberect or spreading, small, 4-1in. long, broadly 
elliptical or broadly ovate, obtuse, shortly petiolate, very thick and 
coriaceous, quite glabrous, concave, veinless. Flowers small, white, 
numerous towards the tips of the branches. Peduncles short; 
bracts few, 5-6, broad, obtuse. Calyx-lobes obtuse. Corolla much 
asin H. pauciflora, but smaller.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 179. 4. affinis, 
Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. (1888) 199. 
Norty Isianp: Vicinity of Lake Taupo, Colenso, T. F.C. ; Tongariro and 
Ruapehu, Kirk! Hill! Rev. F. H. Spencer! Ruahine Range, H. Tryon! 
Kaweka Range, Petrie! SourH Istanp: Nelson—Ngakawau, Rev. F. H. 
Spencer ; Mount Owen and Buller Valley, W. Townson! 7. F.C. Westland— 
Denniston, J. Cafin! Southern Alps, Sinclair and Haast (Handbook). 
1000-4000 ft. December—January. 
Closely allied to H. pauciflora, but distinguished by the smaller size and 
more spreading habit, smaller obtuse leaves, and fewer obtuse bracts. 
Three Australian species of Hpacris (E. purpurascens, R. Br., E. pulchella, 
Cav., and EL. microphylla, R. Br.) have become plentifully naturalised in open 
‘‘tea-tree country’’ in several localities near the Manukau Harbour in the 
vicinity of Papakura and Drury (Auckland District). The first-mentioned was 
originally discovered by the late Dr. Sinclair and General Bolton nearly fifty 
years ago, and was included by Sir J. D. Hooker in both the ‘‘ Flora Nove- 
Zealandiz ”’ and the Handbook, although he expressed the opinion that it was 
probably introduced. The two others were first noticed by Mr. A. T. Urquhart 
(see Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. 364, and xxviii. 20). All three species belong to the 
division of the genus which has the corolla-tube shorter or barely longer than 
the calyx, and all three have broad acuminate leaves, cordate at the base. 
E. purpurascens can be distinguished by the large leaves with long pungent 
points and rather large pale-pink flowers, which are usually most abundantly 
produced. : 
5. ARCHERIA, Hook. f. 
Much-branched erect or spreading shrubs. Leaves flat. Flowers 
white or pink, in few-flowered terminal racemes. Bracts caducous. 
Calyx of 5 almost free sepals. Corolla-tube rather broad, ventricose- 
cylindrical or almost campanulate; lobes 5, short, spreading or 
recurved, imbricate in the bud. Stamens 5, affixed to the throat of 
the corolla; filaments very short; anthers broad, attached about 
the middle. Hypogynous disc short, cupular or of 5 free scales. 
Ovary 5-celled and deeply 5-lobed; style columnar, inserted in a 
broad depression at the top of the ovary; stigma dilated, more or 
less distinctly 5-lobed; ovules numerous in each cell. Capsule 
5-celled, loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds numerous. 
