Dracophyllum.] 
XLTl. ER1CEA2. 
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Middle Island; Wairau mountains, alt. 4000 ft., Travers-, Eangitata range, 3-5000 ft., 
Sinclair and Haast ; forming much of the subalpine vegetation between 3000 and 5000 ft. in 
the Southern Alps, Haast ; Otago, lake district, alpine, Hector and Buchanan. A very dis- 
tinct species, remarkable for the short, pungent leaves, and large solitary flower. 
10. D. rosmarmifolmm, Forst. ; — FI. N. Z i. 171. A very small, 
often prostrate, woody shrub, a few inches to 1 ft. high. Leaves erect or 
somewhat recurved, 1 in. long, rigid, straight or curved; sheath ^ in. 
broad ; blade in- broad at the base, semiterete, concave, minutely ciliate, 
keeled towards the obtuse tip. Flowers solitary or in 2 -flowered spikes, ■§— 
in. long. Sepals ovate, subacute, glabrous, as long as the corolla-tube. 
Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Forster, Lyall ; Nelson mountains, Bidwill ; Wairau 
mountains, altitude 4-5000 ft., Travers; Otago alps, altitude 5-7000 ft., Hector and 
Buchanan ; common in the Southern Alps, ascending to 0300 ft., Sinclair and Haast. 
Allied to D. suhulatum , but the obtuse leaves at once distinguish it; nearer I). recurvum. 
11. D. rnuscoides, IIoolc. f., n. sp. A most densely tufted little species, 
with woody subterranean stem, and compacted, short branches, densely covered 
with minute, imbricate leaves. Leaves in. long, ovate-subulate from a 
broad sheathing base, obtuse, coriaceous, semiterete, shining, most minutely 
ciliolate. Flower solitary, terminal, | in. long. Sepals ovate, subacute, as 
long as the corolla-tube. 
Middle Island : alps of Otago, alt. 7-8000 ft.. Hector and Buchanan. A very sin- 
gular little plant, closely allied to the I). minimum, F. Muell., of the Victorian alps, but 
differing in the longer branches, covered with shorter, more imbricating leaves. 
Order XL1II. MYHSINEiE. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, simple, exstipulate, full of pellucid 
glandular dots or lines. Flowers small, regular, or nearly so. — Calyx inferior 
in the New Zealand genus, 4- or 5-cleft, imbricate. Corolla, 4- or 5-cleft or 5- 
partite, rarely of 5 free petals. Stamens 4 or 5, opposite to and inserted on 
the corolla-lobes, or almost free. Ovary 1-celled ; style simple, stigma simple 
or lobed ; ovules 1 or more, inserted on a free central, often fleshy placenta. 
Berry indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-many-seeded. Seeds sometimes enclosed within 
the withered placentas, albuminous ; embryo transverse, terete. 
A tropical and subtropical Order, advancing much further south in the New Zealand 
Islands than in any other longitude. 
1. MYHSINE, Linn. 
(Suttonia, FI. N. Z.) 
Trees and shrubs, sometimes small and creeping. Flowers small, usually 
in lateral fascicles or umbellate, rarely axillary and solitary, hermaphrodite or 
polygamous. — Calyx 4- or 5-fid, inferior, rarely 2-lid or 0. Petals 4 or 5, free or 
tapering at the base, reflexed, deciduous. Stamens 4 or 5 ; filaments free or 
attached to the base of the petals. Ovary subglobose, 1-celled ; style short 
or 0; stigma concave or fimbriate; ovules 1-5, sunk in the fleshy placenta. 
Fruit a berry or drupe with a crustaceous nut. Seeds solitary or few, usually 
enclosed in the papery remains of the placenta. 
A large genus, found iu all 'Topical and warm countries, rare in temperate. 
