Cordyline.] LILIACEA, 705 
fascicled along the branches, shortly pedicellate or almost sessile, 
Perianth narrow-campanulate or cylindric, 6-partite; segments 
narrow, all equal or the 3 inner rather longer. Stamens 6, inserted 
at the base of the segments, shorter or longer than them ; filaments 
filiform or flattened; anthers narrow-oblong, dorsifixed. Ovary 
3-celled; style filiform; stigma capitate or shortly 3-lobed; ovules 
numerous (4-16) in each cell. Berry globose, 3-celled, at first 
more or less succulent, but often dry when the seeds are fully ripe. 
Seeds few or many in each cell, sometimes solitary by abortion, 
usually curved; testa black, shining. 
About 10 or 12 species are known, scattered through India, Malaya, Poly- 
nesia, and New Zealand, together with one species in South America. With 
the exception of the wide-ranging C. terminalis, all the species found in New 
Zealand are endemic. 
A. Leaves contracted into a long and narrow canaliculate petiole. 
Leaves 1-24ft., broadly oblanceolate or narrow-oblong; 
lateral veins fine. Panicle 1-2ft.; branches simple, 
spreading. Flowerslilac .. .. 1. C, terminalis. 
Leaves 3-6 ft., linear-lanceolate ; Sitctah veins strong, pro- 
minent. Panicle 2-5 ft., much branched. Flowers 
white ae ts ee Sic ne .. 2. C. Banksit. 
B. Leaves sessile, ensiform, not contracted into a conspicuous petiole. 
Stem 15-40ft. Leaves 13-3 ft. x 138 in., rather thin ; 
lateral veins fine, green aP .. ov GC. australis: 
Stem 5-20ft. Leaves 2-6 ft. x 4-6 in, , excessively thick 
and coriaceous ; lateral veins coarse, conspicuous, red or 
yellow ses ae re ». 4. C. mawisa. 
Stem wanting or very short. Leaves 1-3 ft. x +-2in., 
narrow-linear ic a a Ab .. 5. C. pumilio. 
1. C. terminalis, Kunth in Abh. Aead. Berl. (1820) 30.—Stem 
slender, 38-8ft. high. Leaves numerous, crowded, 1-24ft. long, 
2-5in. broad, broadly oblanceolate or almost oblong, acute or 
acuminate, gradually narrowed into a long petiole, thinly coria- 
ceous, pale-g green, midrib distinct beneath but obscure above ; 
lateral veins numerous, fine, distinct, oblique; petiole 2-6in. long, 
deeply canaliculated above, obtusely keeled beneath, dilated and 
sheathing at the base. Panicle 1-2 ft. long, broad, laxly branched ; 
branches spreading, the lower ones again divided. Flowers solitary 
or 2-3 together along the branches of the panicle, sessile or very 
shortly pedicelled, Zin. long, lilac; bracteoles 3, small, deltoid. 
Perianth-segments equal, longer than the tube. Stamens not ex- 
ceeding the segments. Berry globose, tin. diam.—Benth. Fl. 
Austral. vii. 21; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. (1888) 174. 
C. Cheesemanii, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 508. 
KerMADEC IsntAnDS: Lower portions of Sunday Island, not common, 
T. F.C. Nortu Is~tanp: Formerly cultivated by the Maoris in the Bay of 
Islands and other northern districts, now nearly extinct. Ti-pore. July- 
September. 
23—F. 
