168 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. | Epacridee. 
The most handsome in foliage, but one of the smallest-flowered species of the genus; it forms a small black- 
barked tree, with curious tufts of sguarrose grassy leaves at the ends of the branches. Leaves about a foot long, 
an inch broad at the base, recurved, serrulate, gradually dilated into short smooth sheaths, tapering to very long 
points; hollow along the upper surface. Panicle drooping, 6 inches to a foot long, much branched, very many- 
flowered. Flowers and fruit very small, the latter 13—2 lines broad. 
2. Dracophyllum Menziesii, Hook. fil. ; arboreum, foliis 6-8-uncialibus (pro genere latis) patulis con- 
cavis in vaginam glaberrimam sensim dilatatis longe subulatis subcrenulatis rigidis, panicula (interdum in- 
florescentia racemosa) contracta curva pendula pilosa, calyce glaberrimo corolla majuscula multoties bre- 
viore, capsulis majusculis, E. longifolia, 4. Rich. Flora? non Forst. Prodr. 
Has. Middle Island. Dusky Bay, Menzies; Port Preservation, Lyall. 
This I suspect to be the plant described by A. Richard as the D. longifolium of Forster, but which is certainly 
not that plant according to Forster's drawings, etc., in the British Museum.—A small tree. Leaves of the same 
character asin the last species, but much shorter, only 6-8 inches long, less squarrose and recurved; the carti- 
laginous margins are hardly crenulate, but marked with short cracks. Inflorescence very different from the last, of a 
short, drooping, contracted panicle or raceme, 4-5 inches long, pubescent, with large flowers; the corolla 4 inch 
long, four times longer than the calyx lobes. Capsules + inch broad. 
3. Dracophyllum sérictum, Hook. fil.; arbuscula ?, foliis 2-3-uncialibus late subulatis supra vaginam 
glaberrimam paulo dilatatis acuminatis concavis striatis erectis serrulatis, panicula erecta 2-unciali sub- 
coarctata pilosa, ramis crassis, foliolis calycis ovatis acutis tubo corolla dimidio brevioribus, corolla majus- 
cula 5 lin. longa. 77. Antarct. in nota. 
Has. Northern Island. Tongariro, Bidwill. 
I have seen but one specimen of this fine species ; it resembles D. Menziesii in the size of the corolla, which is 
however narrower; it differs remarkably from that plant in the small erect panicle and much shorter leaves. 
Branches rather stout, leafy for some length. Leaves 23—3 inches long, slightly contracted just above the sheath, 
which is not remarkably or suddenly dilated or broader than the lamina, perfectly glabrous, 3 inch long; from the 
contraction upwards the leaf gradually narrows from + inch to an acuminate point; margin serrulate ; upper sur- 
face concave. Panicle erect, 3 inches long; branches short, downy. Flowers + inch long. Calyx about i the 
length of the tube of the corolla. 
4. Dracophyllum affine, Hook. fil.; frutex, foliis (2-uncialibus) late subulatis patentibus e basi vagi- 
nante glaberrima sensim angustatis planiusculis serrulatis, panicula gracili 2-unciali nutante effusa, ramis 
gracilibus brevibus glaberrimis, foliolis calycis late ovatis acutis tubo corolle (22 lin. longs) parve + bre- 
vioribus. Z7. Antaret. l. c. 
Haz. Northern Island; in the mountains, Diefenbach. 
The ticket of this species has been lost, and I regret not being able to give a more precise locality, as it 
has been gathered by Dr. Dieffenbach alone. At first sight it very much resembles D. strictum, having leaves 
of exactly the same form and character, but smaller and spreading, 2 inches long and 2 lines broad, hardly hollow 
along the upper surface. The panicle affords the best character: it is erect, but curved or nodding, slender, slightly 
pubescent or quite glabrous. Flowers much smaller, hardly $ inch long.—When I described this plant in the 
* Flora Antarctica, I did not doubt its being distinct from the D. strictum; but now that I have seen how very much 
more variable some of the species of the following section are than I had anticipated, I regard this with some 
doubt. It is remarkable that no specimens of either have been collected by any later explorers; it seems to indi- 
cate the paniculate section to be a scarce one, for I have received copious suites of nearly all the racemose or 
spiked species, since I originally described them. 
