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XL.IT. EKICEiE. 
[Bracophyllum. 
6. D. longifolium, Br. , — FI. N. Z. i. 169, and B. Lyalin, Uook. f. 
1. c. A small tree, with black bark. Leaves erect, 3-9 in. long, sheath ^ 
in. broad, lamina at the base i— in. broad, concave, rigid, pubescent above, 
rarely glabrous, ciliate at the margins. Eacemes lateral, 1-1 ^ in. long, 
6-12-flowered. Flowers crowded, } in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, 
ciliated, longer than the corolla-tube. — Epacris longifolia, Forst. 
Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Forster ; Thomson’s Sound, Lyall ; Otago, Lindsay ; 
Dunedin, ascending to 3000 ft., Hector and Buchanan ; Southern Alps, above the Fayus 
forest, alt. 3-4000 ft., Haasi ; Hopkins river, 4000 ft., Haast (leaves 2-3 in. long). 
Sjord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island : abundant near the sea, J. D. H. The 
Campbell’s Island specimens have more obtuse sepals and shorter leaves (2-3 in. long). 
Mr. Buchanan observes that the wood is soft, makes pretty veneers, and burns well when 
new-cut. None of the Middle Island specimens are so large in the foliage as the Auckland 
Island, which also are most pubescent. The B. Lyallii I tind to be connected by too many 
intermediate forms to rank as a separate variety. 
7. U. Urvilleanum, A. Rich. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 170. A much branched 
shrub, 6-8 ft. high. Branches slender, quite black or dark chestnut. Leaves 
erect, very slender, flexuous, 1-4 in. long; sheath membranous, in. 
broad, auricled, lamina in. broad at the base, concave, glabrous, not ser- 
rulate. Eacemes short, lateral, 6-10-flowered. Flowers small, £ in. long. 
Sepals ovate-acuminate, equalling the corolla-tube, ciliate or glabrous. 
Var. a. Leaves 1^-2 in. long. 
Var. / 8 . Branches paler. Leaves 2-4 in. long, more flexuose. — B. filifolium. Hook. f. FI. 
N. Z. i. 169 , B. setifolium, Stsch., in Bull. Soc. Nat. Hist. Mosc. xxxii. 23. 
Var. 7 . Branches chestnut-brown. Leaves 1-11 in. long. Sepals ovate-lauceolate, exceed- 
ing the corolla. — B. Lessonianum, A. Rich. — FI. N. Z. i. 171. 
Var. 3. More robust. Branches chestnut-brown. Leaves I-I 3 in. long, often ciliate or 
tomentose on the edges. Sepals ovate, acute, fimbriate, rather shorter than the corolla. — 
B. scoparium, Hook. f. FI. Ant. 47- t. 33 ; — IT. N. Z. i. 171. 
Northern Island: var. a, Tasman’s Bay, B’Urvit/e; Bay of Islands, banks of the 
Keri-Keri river, A. Cunningham, etc.; var. /3, various places from Auckland to Wellington, 
Co/enso, etc.; var. 7 , Bay of Islauds to Auckland not uufreqnent, on dry hills; var. 5, 
mountainous districts of the Northern Island : top of Ruahine mountains, Co/enso. 
Middle Island: ascending to 4000 ft. in Nelson, Travers; Southern Alps, Sinclair ancl 
Haast. Chatham Island, Bieffenbacli (edges of leaves very downy). Campbell’s 
Island : common near the sea, /. B. H. 
8. D. subulatum, HooJc.f. El. N. Z. i. 171. An erect shrub, 2-4 ft. 
high, with slender, sparingly leafy branches, and red-brown bark. Leaves 
erect, rigid, pungent, t-| in. long, strict or flexuose, sheath ~ in. broad, 
blade ~ in. broad at the base, semiterete, concave, puberulous or glabrate 
above, margin most minutely ciliate. Eacemes small, lateral, 2-5-flowered. 
Flowers small, A -~ l in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, subacute, as long as 
the short tube of the corolla, quite glabrous. 
Northern Island: barren plains of Tewahiti, base of Tongariro, Tarawera, etc., Colenso. 
A very distinct little species, and quite different from any form of B. Urvilleanum. 
9. D. umflorujn, LlooJc.f., n. sp. A stout, erect shrub, with dark red- 
brown bark. Leaves erect, rigid, coriaceous, pungent, 5— f in. long, sheath 
-jW — l in. broad, not auricled; blade ^5—70 i* 1 - broad at the base, semiterete, 
concave and puberulous above, margin most minutely ciliate. Flower soli- 
tary, lateral, almost hidden by sheathing bracts, 3— | in. long. Sepals lanceo- 
late, acute, as long as the corolla-tube. 
