Epacridee.] FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 169 
$ b. Flowers spiked or racemose, rarely solitary. Calyx as long as the tube of the corolla. (D. Menziesii, which 
has sometimes panicles, is placed in the former section. D. rosmarinifolium has solitary flowers.) 
5. Dracophyllum Jongifolium, Br.; arboreum, foliis (6-8 unc.) confertis supra basin vaginantem cilia- 
tam abrupte angustatis longissime lineari-subulatis strictis recurvisve concavis striatis glabris, spicis soli- 
tariis binis v. aggregatis lateralibus 7-9-floris, bracteis deciduis, corollee lobis late ovatis obtusis. Br. 
Prodr. p. 356 in nota. A. Cunn. Prodr. DC. Prodr. Fl. Antarct. p. 45. t. 31, 32. Epacris longifolia, 
Forst. Prodr. et Char. Gen. 
Has. Middle Island. Dusky Bay, Forster. 
A small tree, abundant in Lord Auckland's Group and Campbell's Island, but of which I have seen but one, 
and that an indifferent specimen, from New Zealand. Leaves 6-8 inches long, with broad ciliated sheaths, 4—3 inch 
long, above which they contract suddenly to 2 lines, and thence gradually taper to slender long points; upper 
surface channelled. Racemes 14-2 inches long, seven- to nine-flowered, axillary or terminal, on short lateral 
branches. Bractee falling away during the flowering, ovate, acuminate, as well as the calyx-leaves ciliated, the 
latter nearly as long as the corolla. 
6. Dracophyllum Zyallii, Hook. fil. ; arbuscula, foliis 2-5 unc. longis e basi vaginante ciliata abrupte 
angustatis angustissime subulatis strictis rigidis superne canaliculatis supra medium triguetris basi 1 lin. 
latis, racemis glaberrimis erectis terminalibus 13-2 unc. longis 6-10-floris, floribus breve pedicellatis, 
bracteis caducis, calycis foliolis ovatis acuminatis ciliatis, corolle lobis late ovatis. 
Has. Middle and Southern Islands. Dusky Bay, Menzies. Port Preservation and Thomson’s Sound, 
Lyall. 
Very similar indeed to the former, and probably only a variety ; but amongst many specimens I have none 
with leaves anything like the length of those of my Auckland Island plants of D. longifolium. The bractee and 
calyx leaflets vary very much in length and breadth; the former fall away during flowering. Leaves 2-5 inches 
long, quite similar to those of D. longifolium, but smaller, more rigid and triquetrous beyond the middle. Corolla 
and general character of the inflorescence the same in both. 
7. Dracophyllum sguarrosum, Hook. fil.; arbuscula, foliis 3—4-uncialibus patentibus sguarrosis sub- 
gramineis (junioribus strictis) e basi vaginante gradatim lineari-subulatis concavis serrulatis, racemis 13-2- 
uncialibus lateralibus fasciculatis 5—6-floris, bracteis foliolisgue calycinis ovato-lanceolatis gradatim acumi- 
natis florem superantibus, corolle tubo gracili, lobis lanceolatis obtusis. £7. Antarct. p. 48. Hpacris longi- 
folia, 8 squarrosa, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern Island. East coast, Banks and Solander. Manakau Bay, Colenso. Auckland, 
Sinclair. 
This appears a very'distinct species, and I have lately received specimens both from Mr. Colenso and Dr. Sin- 
clair, quite confirming the characters originally given to it. The habit and long flexuose subsquarrose grassy foliage 
are its most prominent characters. Leaves, when fully grown, 8-4 inches long, spreading, upwards of ž inch broad 
above the sheath, from which they taper upwards to a long acuminate point, and are concave throughout their 
length. Zacemes axillary, 13-2 inches long, with persistent bractee ; the latter and calycine lobes ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the tube of the corolla. Corolla with a rather slender tube, and narrow spreading 
lobes, that have an oblong inflexed point. 
8. Dracophyllum jilifolium, Hook. fil.; fruticosum, ramis fastigiatis gracilibus flexilibus, foliis 5-8- 
uncialibus vix 3 lin. latis angustissime lineari-subulatis filiformibus erectis vix flexuosis superne ad medium 
canaliculatis dein ad apicem triquetris, vaginis quadratis superne fere 2-lobis marginibus membranaceis, 
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