Cordyline.] LILIACER. 707 
and repeatedly branched ; branches spreading, with long lanceolate 
bracts at the base. Flowers 4-4 in. diam., crowded, white, sweet- 
scented, very shortly pedicelled; bracteoles 3, ovate-deltoid. Peri- 
anth-segments linear-oblong, obtuse, recurved. Stamens almost 
equalling the segments; anthers oblong. Style subulate; stigma 
3-cuspidate. Berry white or bluish-white, globose, tin. diam. 
Seeds 1-3 in each cell, black, angled. — Handb. N.Z. Fl. 281; 
Bot. Mag. t. 5636 (not t. 2835); Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 141. C. super- 
biens, C. Koch, Wochen. (1859) 381. C. indivisa, Kegel, Garten/fl. 
(1859) 331 (not of Steud.). C. lentiginosa, Linden and Andre, 
Illustr. Hort. xvii. (1870) t. 35. C. Veitchii, Regel, Gartenjfl. (1871) 
149. C. calocoma, Hort. ex Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. (1875) 
542. C. Forsteri, F’. Muell. Select Pl. 58. C. Sturmii, Col. in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 331. Draczena australis, Yorst. Prodr. 
n. 151; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 149. Dyracenopsis australis, 
Planch. in Fl. des Serres (1850-51) sub. t. 569. 
North Aanp SoutH Isnuanps: Abundant throughout. Srewart IsLanD: 
Rare, Kirk. Sea-level to 2500 ft. Li; To-kauka; Ti-rahau ; Palm-lily. 
November—January. 
Universally known to New Zealand residents by the inappropriate name 
of ‘‘cabbage-tree’”’ The foliage yields a strong and durable fibre, and has 
been recommended for paper-making Largely planted for scenic effect in 
gardens and shrubberies, and extensively grown for decorative purposes in 
Europe. Varieties with bronzy or variegated foliage are occasionally seen. 
Mr. Colenso’s C. Stwrmii has broader and thinner leaves, and may be en- 
titled to recognition as a variety, but at present I am only acquainted with 
it through a single indifferent specimen. 
4. C. indivisa, Steud. Nom. ed. 11., 1. 419.—Stem stout, erect, 
rarely branched, 5-25 ft. high. Leaves very numerous, spreading 
all round and forming an enormous massive head, 2-6 ft. long, 
4-6 in. broad at the middle, broadly ensiform, acuminate, usually 
contracted below and again expanded at the sheathing base, exces- ° 
sively thick and coriaceous, flat, greenish with a faint purplish or 
reddish tint above, glaucous beneath, midrib very thick and promi- 
nent at the base, but gradually decreasing in size upwards, lateral 
veins very numerous, strong, parallel, oblique to the midrib and 
with it usually coloured red or reddish-yellow. Panicle very large, 
densely branched, pendulous, 2-4 ft. long including the stout pe- 
duncle; bracts at the base broad, massive, the lower ones usually 
exceeding the panicle; branches very close-set, divided at the base, 
simple above, lin. across with the flowers on. Flowers shortly 
pedicelled, densely crowded, 4in. long, white; bracteoles of the 
lower flowers sometimes equalling them, of the upper ones minute. 
Perianth-tube campanulate ; segments sharply recurved. Anthers 
broadly oblong. Berry tin. diam., globose, bluish. Seeds 5-6 in 
each cell, angled; testa black, shining.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 
258 ; Gard. Chron. (1860) 792; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 282. C. Hookeri, 
