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]. D. latifolium, A. Cunn.; — FI. N. Z. i. 167. A small tree, 8-15 
ft. high. Bark black. Leaves spreading and squarrose, 10-24 in. long, 1£ 
broad at the base, serrulate, gradually tapering into very long, fine points, 
very concave, rarely nearly flat. Panicle terminal, very large and dense, 
8-16 in. long, narrow oblong, cernuous in fruit; rachis and branches stout, 
pubescent. Flowers innumerable, densely crowded, ■§• in. long. Sepals 
broadly ovate, obtuse, a quarter the length of the shortly campanulate corolla. 
Style short, stout. Capsule ■§•- A in. diam. 
Northern Island : common in woods from the Bay of Islands to Auckland, Banks and 
Solander, etc. 
2. D. Menziesii, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 168. A small tree, Leaves 
similar to those of 1). Latifolium,, but less serrulate, only 6-8 in. long, and § 
broad at the base. Panicle lateral, 3-6 in. long, pubescent, cernuous in 
fruit, sparingly branched, not very many-flowered. Flowers on curved pe- 
duncles, i in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, z shorter than corolla. 
Style long and stout. Capsule nearly z in. diam. 
middle Island. Dusky Bay, Menzies ; Port Preservation, Lyall ; Otago, lake district, 
Hector and Buchanan. 
3. D. strictum, Hook.f. Ft. N. Z. i. 168. A small (?) shrub. Leaves 
strict, patent or suberect, sword-shaped, flattish, l|-3 in. long, in. broad 
at the sheathing base ; margin scarcely serrulate. Panicle terminal, 2-4 in. 
long, puberulous. Flowers rather numerous, ~ in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, 
subacute, ^ as long as the corolla. Style short, stout. Capsule in. diam. 
Var. a. Larger. Leaves suberect, 2-3 in. long, 1 broad at the base. 
Var. ft. Smaller. Leaves patent, 2 in. long, i broad at the base. — D. affine. Hook. f. FI. 
N. Z. i. 168. 
Northern Island. Var. a, Tongariro, Bidwill; var. /3. Dieffenhach. Middle Island: 
Otago, lake district, Hector and Buchanan ; var. /8, Southern Alps, Sinclair and Haast. 
4. D. squarrosum, Hook.f. FI. N. Z. i. 169. A shrub, with branchlets 
as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves patent and recurved, 2-5 in. long, in. 
broad at the sheathing base, which is not auricled, and gradually attenuated, 
rather soft and grass-like, margins of young leaves serrulate, ciliolate towards 
the base. Flowers, in. long, in short, simple, 3-5-flowered, spiciform 
racemes ■§— 1 in. long. Sepals equalling the tube of the corolla, ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, ciliate ; corolla-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Style rather long. 
Northern Island: east coast, Banks and Solander; Auckland, Sinclair; Manakau 
Bay, Colenso. 
5. D. recurvum, Hook.f. FI. N. Z. i. 171. A small, erect, much 
branched shrub, 1 ft. or more high. Leaves much recurved, 1 in. long, 
sheathing base membranous, \ in. broad, suddenly contracted into a rigid, 
concave, subulate, recurved lamina, in. broad at the base, obtuse at the 
very tip, minutely serrulate, almost keeled at the back. Flowers £ in. long, 
in terminal, oblong, bracteate spikes \ in. long; bracts foliaceous, almost 
hiding the flowers. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, as long as the corolla- 
tube. Corolla-lobes ovate, acute. Capsules small, shorter than the sepals. 
Northern Island: Tongariro, Bidwill; Mount Hikurangi and tops of the Ruahine 
range, Colenso. Probably a recurved-leaved form of I). rosmarinifolium, but it looks very 
different in the foliage and dense heads of flowers. 
