328 



PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



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

 inflorescence of white flowers is one of the most beautiful objects of the Northern 

 heaths. 



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 white 

 beard, in allusion to the bearded 

 lobes of the corolla). 3 sp. 



Leucopogon fasciculatus 



(The Bundle- flowered 



Leucopogon). 



A shrub or small tree, leaves 

 somewhat whorled, spreading, in.- 

 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, pointed, 

 obscurely veined below. Flowers 

 in fascicled spikes. Abundant as 

 far south as Canterbury. Fl. Oct.- 

 Nov. 



Leucopogon Frazeri 



Frazer's Leucopogon. 

 A small, erect or prostrate, strag- 

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

 close set, 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. 

 Maori name Pa-totara. 



Genus Styphelia, Sm. 



Shrubs. Leaves rigid, pungent, 

 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. 



Fig. 107. Epacris pauciflora (i nat size). 



