Dracophyllum.] EPACRIDEZ. 423 
crowded at the tips of the branches, erect, or spreading when 
young, strict, 3-10 in. long, narrow linear-subulate ; sheathing base 
4-2 in. long and as wide, brown, striate, margins scarious, ciliate ; 
blade $-+in. broad at the base, gradually tapering into a long 
acuminate pungent tip, concave, rigid and coriaceous, striate, often 
pubescent above, margins entire or minutely serrulate. Racemes 
terminal on short lateral branchlets or rarely ending the main 
branches, strict, erect or inclined, 14—24in. long, 6—15-flowered. 
Bracts numerous, a large foliaceous one at the base of each pedicel 
and 2-4 equalling the calyx at the base of each flower. Flowers 
white, }1in. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliate, almost 
equalling the corolla-tube. Corolla campanulate; lobes ovate- 
triangular, inflexed at the tip. Anthers included. Capsule 4 in. 
diam., enclosed within the persistent sepals.—A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. 
Gel. 219; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 413; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. 
Antarct. 1. 45, t. 31, 32; Fi. Nov. Zet. 1.169; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 182 ; 
Kirk, Forest Fi.t. 109. D. Lyallii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 169. 
Epacris longifolia, Forst. Prodr. n. 68. 
Norra [stanp: Hast Cape district, Bishop Williams ! Adams and Petrie! 
Ruahine Mountains, A. Hamilton! Tararua Mountains, J. Buchanan! SovutH 
IstanD: Not uncommon in mountain districts throughout. Srewarr IsnanpD: 
Abundant, Petrie! G.M.Thomson! Kirk! AtcKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS: 
Forming a considerable proportion of the ligneous vegetation, Hooker, Kirk ! 
F. R. Chapman ! Sea-level to 4000 ft. Inanga; Grass-tree. Novem- 
ber—March. 
A very variable plant. In its extreme state, which is best seen in the 
sounds of the south-west coast of Otago, in Stewart Island, and in the Auckland 
Islands, it forms a tree sometimes 30 ft. in height, with leaves often a foot in 
length; but in open mountain districts in the South Island it is rarely more 
than a few feet high, with much shorter and narrower leaves. This form is 
difficult to separate from some varieties of D. Urvilleanwm ; in fact, there does 
not appear to be any strict line of demarcation between the two species. 
9. D. Urvilleanum, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 221.— A much 
or sparingly branched shrub 4-8 ft. high; branches slender, erect ; 
bark black or dark chestnut-brown. Leaves very variable, slender, 
often flexuous, erect, 1-5in. long; sheathing base }-1in. broad, 
brown, striate, membranous, truncate or auricled at the tip, mar- 
gins scarious, ciliate; blade very narrow, j~,—;in. broad at the 
base, coriaceous, concave or canaliculate above, triquetrous or 
nearly so at the tip, margins minutely denticulate. Racemes on 
short lateral branchlets, rarely ending the main branches, strict, 
erect, }-l}in. long, 4-12-flowered. Flowers small, white or red, 
4+ in. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as or 
longer than the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes rather narrow. An- 
thers included. Capsule 4-4in. diam., enclosed within the per- 
sistent sepals.— Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 182. 
Var. a.—Branches long, slender; bark black. Leaves rather short, 1-24 in. 
long, concave above. Racemes 3-6-flowered, lateral, often crowded along the 
