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PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Aucidand to Nelson. Fl. Sept. -Nov. A handsome plant, whose rod-like 

 inflorescence of white flowers is one of the most beautifiil oljjects of the Northern 



hoaths. 



Genus Leucopogon. 



Shrubs, leaves imbricating or 

 scattered. Flowers white or pink, 

 solitary, or in racemes or bundles. 

 Corolla tubular, lobes spreading, 

 bearded. An Australian and Malayan 

 genus of about 130 species, some- 

 times included in Styphelia. (Name 

 from the Greek, signifying icliite 

 beard, in allusion to the bearded 

 lobes of the corolla). 3 sp. 



Leucopogon fasciculatus 



(TJie Bundle-iioicered 



Leucopogon) . 



A shrub or small tree, leaves 

 somewhat whorled, spreading, Jin.- 

 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, pointed, 

 obscurely veined below. Flowers 

 in fascicled spikes. Abundant in 

 the northern heaths. Fl. Oct. -Nov. 



Leucopogon Frazeri 



Frazers Leucopogon. 

 A small, erect or prostrate, strag- 

 gling plant, 2 in. -6 in. high. Leaves 

 close set, J in. -J in. long, linear- 

 oblong, with pungent tips. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, rather large, red- 

 dish-white. Fruit an orange coloured 

 edible drupe. Extremely abundant 

 in all dry situations. Fl. Oct. -Jan. 

 IMaori name Pa-totaro. 



Genus fitjjpheUa, Sm. 



Via. 1117. Kpacris pauciflora (j nat. size.) 



Shrubs. Leaves rigid, pmigent, 



parallel-veined below. Flowers small, 



white or yellowish. Corolla funnel-shaped, or urn-shaped. A genus of the 



Pacific Islands and Australasia, with about 30 species. (Name from the Greek, 



meaning hard or rough, in reference to the leaves). 5 sp. 



