So et Gibbins §SaL Ce, Beek 7 tons Bo ~t4Q 24 > ob. 
(=. boackee «Po 
Cordyline. | LILIACEAE, 311 
C. Beuckelaerii C. Koch Wochen. viii (1865) 91. C. erythrorhachis Hort. 
ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv (1875) 541. C. diffusa Col. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xv (1883) 330. 
NortH ann Sours Isnanps: Abundant from the North Cape to Marlborough, 
Nelson, and Westland. Sea-level to 3500 ft. Ti-ngahere. November—December. 
A very distinct species, easily recognized by the large many-nerved leaves gradually 
narrowed into long slender petioles, large lax panicles, and long narrow flowers. 
Gok. &) 5 oe 
3. C. australis /Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. (1860) 792.—Variable in size 
and habit. Stems of young trees straight, erect, unbranched ; of mature 
ones much branched above or more rarely from the base, 15—40 ft. high ; 
trunk 1-5 ft. diam.; bark thick, rough and fissured. Leaves of young 
plants scattered along the stem, 1-2 ft. long, 4-1 in. broad ; of older plants 
forming a dense round head at the top of the stem or branches, 14-3 ft. 
long, 14-24 in. broad, ensiform, acute or acuminate, contracted just above 
the broad sheathing base but not petiolate, flat, firm, coriaceous ; midrib 
indistinct ; veins numerous, fine, parallel. Panicles terminal, erect or 
drooping, large, 2-4 ft. long, 1-2 ft. diam., much and repeatedly branched ; 
branches spreading, with long lanceolate bracts at the base. Flowers 
4-3 In. diam., crowded, white, sweet-scented, very shortly pedicelled ; 
bracteoles 3, ovate-deltoid. Perianth - segments linear - oblong, obtuse, 
recurved. Stamens almost equalling the segments; anthers oblong. 
Style subulate ; stigma 3-cuspidate. Berry white or bluish-white, globose, 
¢in. diam. Seeds 1-3 in each cell, black, angled —Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
281; Bot. Mag. t. 5636; T. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 141; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 706. C. superbiens K. Koch. Wochen. (1859) 381. 
C. indivisa Regel in: Gartenfl. (1859) 331 (not of Steud.). C. lentiginosa 
Linden and Andre Illustr. Hort. xvii (1870) t. 35. C. Veitchii Regel in 
Gartenfl. (1871) 149. CC. calocoma Hort. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xiv (1875) 542. C. Forsteri F. Muell. Select Pl. (1878) 58. C. Sturmii 
Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv (1883) 331. Dracaena australis Yorst. f. Prodr. 
(1786) n. 151; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 149. Dracaenopsis australis 
Planch. in Fl. des Serres (1850-51) sub. t. 569. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: Abundant throughout. Srewarr Istanp: Rare, 
TT. Kirk. Sea-level to 2500 ft. Tt; Ti-kauka ; Ti-rahau ; Palm-lily. November- 
January. . 
Universally known to New Zealand residents by the inappropriate name. of 
‘“ cabbage-tree.”’ The foliage yields a strong and durable fibre, and has been 
recommended for paper-making. Largely planted for scenic effect in gardens and 
shrubberies, and extensively grown for decorative purposes in Europe. Varieties 
with bronzy or variegated foliage are occasionally seen. Mr. Colenso’s C. Sturmti 
has broader and thinner leaves, and may be entitled to recognition as a variety, but at 
present | am only acquainted with it through a single indifferent specimen. 
4. €, indivisa Steud. Nom. ed. ii, 1 (1824) 419.—Stem stout, erect, rarely 
branched, 5-25 ft. high. Leaves very numerous, spreading all round and 
forming an enormous massive head, 2-6 ft. long, 4-6 in. broad at the middle, 
broadly ensiform, acuminate, usually contracted below and again expanded 
at the sheathing base, excessively thick and coriaceous, flat, ereenish with a 
faint purplish or reddish tint above, glaucous beneath, midrib very thick 
and prominent at the base, but gradually decreasing in size upwards, lateral 
veins very numerous, strong, parallel, oblique to the midrib and with it 
usually coloured red or reddish-yellow. Panicle very large, densely branched, 
pendulous, 2-4 ft. long including the stout peduncle; bracts at the base 
