420 EPACRIDEZ. [ Dracophyllum. 
9. D. Traversii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 736.— Very 
closely allied to D. latifolawm, but a larger and much more 
robust plant, sometimes 30ft. high, with a trunk 2ft. in diam. 
Leaves 1-2ft. long, 1-2in. broad at the base, gradually tapering 
into long almost filiform points, rigid and coriaceous, slightly 
concave, striated, margins smooth and entire or very obscurely 
serrulate. Panicle terminal, strict, linear-oblong, much and very 
closely and densely branched’; rhachis and pedicels stout, pubes- 
cent. Flowers much as in D. latifoliwm, but rather larger. 
Capsule larger and on stouter pedicels, $in. diam. 
Sourn Isnranp: Nelson and Westland—Not uncommon in subalpine locali- 
ties from Collingwood and the Mount Arthur Plateau to the Haast River and 
Jackson’s Bay. 2500-4500 ft. January—February. 
By far the finest species of the genus. Although very different in appear- 
ance from D. latifoliuwm it is difficult to point out any character of importance 
to separate it from that plant apart from the increased size and stoutness, 
the more rigid leaves, denser panicles, and rather larger capsules. A state 
of D. latifoliwm, not uncommon on high peaks in the Auckland District, 
approaches it in foliage and in inflorescence, but not in habit. 
3. D. Townsoni, Cheesem. n. sp.—A large branching shrub 
12-20 ft. high; branches stout, ringed with the scars of the fallen 
leaves. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, very similar 
to those of D. latifoluwm but smaller, 6-12 in. long, L4i in. broad 
at the dilated sheathing base, very gradually narrowed into fine 
slender points, rigid and coriaceous, concave, striate, margins 
minutely serrulate. Panicles small, lateral below the leaves, 
much curved and drooping, 2—3in. long, rather closely branched. 
Flowers crowded, very shortly pedicelled or almost sessile on the 
branches of the panicle, about tin. long. Calyx small, but almost 
as long as the tube of the corolla; sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, 
striate. Corolla campanulate, lobed nearly half-way down; lobes 
oblong, obtuse, sharply reflexed. Anthers exserted. Capsule 
small, }in. diam., depresso-globose. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Vicinity of Westport, Townson ! 
This has the peculiar lateral drooping panicle of D. Menziesii, but is a 
much larger plant, with longer and proportionately narrower more grassy leaves. 
The corolla is markedly different, being not half the size, and deeply lobed nearly 
half-way down, with the lobes sharply reflexed. In D. Menzies, in addition to 
the much larger corolla, the lobes are very small, not one-quarter the length of 
the tube. 
4. D. Menziesii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 168. 
branched shrub, often reduced to a foot or two in height; branches 
very robust, naked, ringed with the scars of the “fallen leaves. 
Leaves crowded near the ends of the branches, like those of 
D. latifolium but much smaller, spreading and recurved: 3-8 in. 
long, $—2in. broad at the base, gradually tapering to a fine point, 
slightly concave, rigid and coriaceous, striate; margins cartil- 
