Platk 120.— LEUCOPOGON FASCICULATUS. 



Family EPArRIDACE^.] f^ENUs LEUCOPOCiON, R. Bk. 



Leucopogon fasciculatus, .1. Hirh. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 215; Cheese.,.. Ma.. A'.Z. Fl. 413. 



vi.it ??N':r7''r';'*' ^l^f '"^i'"*' °^ *^^' P^^*' ^^^«« b'^^k to the time of Cook's first 

 V s,t to New Zealand ,n the year 1769, when it was collected by Banks and Solander 



' ftr"'^>?'^' "' \y'^^\ ''' '^''y '^^^''^ **• A full description of the plant 



S Zetlndii"-'';" f Pr',' """ P"P^^^^ ^°^ Solander's ''Primiti^ Flor^ 

 Nov^ Zelandiaj a work which remains unpublished up to the present day 

 Forster also ga hered it in Queen Charlotte Sound during Cook's second^age, ami 



In 1832 A. Richard, in the Flore de la Nouvelle Zelande." transferred it to 

 ForsZ'f notes. ""' '"' ^"""^ '" """^ '""^^ ^'^^^"P*-^^ P^P^^^ f™™ 



the Thrp7S? hscjculatus has a wide range. In the North Island it is found from 

 tnd^nTf. t " Tf ^^' ^''.^^ ^"P*^ southwards to Cook Strait, and is 



abundant from the sea-coast to a considerable height on the mountains of the interior 



^^o^nct'^DT: iT' fV'-^ 'V^' f'f'' ^'^'^^^l •* - Pl-^t.ful in the Nelson 

 PenIZ f if' ' "'^"'"'^" ^'^T^'^ Marlborough and Canterbury to Banks 

 Mr R ni^n r"" ''"" n« «P«""iens from any locality further south ; and although 

 Mr Buchanan has recorded it in his florula of Otago (Trans. N.Z. Inst, vol i) it is 

 not mentioned in either Petrie's or Kirk's lists. ' 



L. fasciculatus kjenemlly known to European settlers in the northern part of 

 to r^.";rr' ^ •'' ^r "'"" °^ --gJ-ingi ; which, unfortunately, is also Applied 

 to Cyathodes acerosa Coprosma propmqua, and C. linariifoUa. It usually forms a 

 shrub or small tree 5 ft. to 15 ft. high, or even more, and attains its greates^hei'ht in 



^rowth'In k- ^r*^°^'^•^ ^'^"*? ^7'' '' •« ' f-1^-"^ constituent of the under 

 pZll ,' fo^^^s together with Dracophyllum latifolium and Cyathodes acerosa, 

 Fhehahum nudum, Mehcytus macrophyllus, Alseuosmta macrophylla, Astelia tnnervia, 

 &c. It IS, However, most generally seen on the large expanses of rolling Leptos- 



north part o the North Island, and especially north of Auckland. In such situations 

 WP. *^'''ri^ much shorter and more densely branched. On sand-dunes, on wind- 

 rlStr' :?''/""? u ^«r/r''"^^"' localities, it is often procumbent or even 

 prostrate and closely branched, but not rising to any great height above the ground. 



laud^X f«, ._,f7™fr' /«^"''''('''';*. drawn from specunens collected ,u the vcmitv of Auck- 

 open (X 8) i n? f f,n T ,\P''?'^"'''"« r*"? "^ ^"^''' (^ 3) ; 2, flower (x 8) ; 3, corolla laid 

 of ovaiv X inf S / ""f ""'Z "^ *"*^^"' ('^ ^^) ' 6' "^^''y (X 8) : '' lonlntudmal section 



ix 10^;^ ii^flSt (J3;"'ir:::dT;:'5;: ■' ^" ''-'' '-'' ' ^"'« ^^ ^«' ^ '^ ^^^ -- -^^^ ^ -"« 



