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312 LILIACEAE. | [ Cordylune. 
broad, massive, the lower ones usually exceeding the panicle; branches 
very close-set, divided at the base, simple above, lin. across with the 
flowers on. -Flowers shortly pedicelled, densely crowded, 4 in. long, white ; 
bracteoles of the lower flowers sometimes equalling them, of the upper ones 
minute. Perianth-tube campanulate ; segments sharply recurved. Anthers 
broadly oblong. Berry in. diam., globose, bluish. Seeds 5-6 in each cell, 
angled; testa black, shining—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 258; Gard. 
Chron. (1860) 792; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 282; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 282 ; Cockayne Veg. N.Z. (1921) t. 36. C. Hookeri 7. Kirk in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xxv (1893) 334. C. Hectori Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxv 
(1893) 334... Dracaena indivisa Forst.\f. Prodr. (1786) n. 150; Pl. Escul. 
(1786) n. 33; A. Rich. Fl. Nour. Zel. (1832) 148; A. Cunn. Precur. 
(1836) 0. 301. awn KehwKohunne PT fru. Mbt, Tram 6 Prd, 
Ye Mathura 
Norra Istanp: Mountain districts from the Thames goldfields and Te Aroha 
southwards. SourH Isnanp: Along the western side from Collingwood and Westport 
to Dusky Sound. On the eastern side in several localities cn Banks Peninsula, 
J. B. Armstrong. 1500-4000 ft. Toit. December—January. 
Ry far the finest species of the genus. I have followed Sir J. D. Hooker in con- 
sidering the plant common in subalpine localities in the North Island and north-west 
portion of the South Island to be the same as Forster’s Dracaena indivisa, originally 
gathered in Dusky Sound. Most New Zealand botanists, however, treat the two forms 
as distinct, apparently on the ground of the supposed larger and longer flowers of the 
southern plant. But, so far as [ am aware, flowering specimens of Forster’s plant do 
not exist in any New Zealand herbarium, and the earlier descriptions are in conflict 
with one another as to the size of the flower. As there is little, if any, difference in 
habit or foliage, it appears to me-that the most prudent course is to keep the two 
plants together until a thorough comparison of their characters can be made. 
5. ©. pumilio Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. (1860) 792.— Small, usually 
stemless, but in some varieties with a short slender stem 1-3 ft. high. 
Leaves very numerous, densely rosulate, 1-3 ft. long, +-§ in. broad, narrow- 
linear, acuminate, coriaceous; lateral veins several, evident, parallel; 
midrib stout, preminent on both surfaces ; margins often finely scaberulous. 
Panicles terminal, erect or inclined, very slender, laxly branched, 1-3 it. 
long; branches long, slender, spreading. Flowers irregularly scattered 
along the branches, rather remote, shortly pedicelled, small, white or bluish- 
white, tin. diam.; pedicels variable in length. Perianth-segments oblong, 
obtuse. Berry globose, +in. diam., bluish-white. Seeds 1 or 2 in each 
cell—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 282; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 708. 
C. stricta Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 257, t. 58 (not of Hndl.). 
Nortu Istanp: From the North Cape to Wellington, but rare and. local to the 
south of the East cane. Sea-level to 1500 ft. Ti-raurck, November—December. 
; 40 40 &. : A 
variable plant, but well marked by the small size, usually stemless habit, narrow 
leaves, lax slender panicle, and small flowers. The roots are fleshy and saccharine, 
and were formerly cogked and eaten by the Maoris. 
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Large or small densely tufted perennial herbs, usually more or less 
clothed with silky or chaffy hairs or scales. Leaves numerous, linear, all 
_ radical or crowded near the base of the stem, with broad imbricate sheath- 
ing bases. Flowering stem or scape usually long, panicled above and many- 
flowered, rarely short and few-flowered, usually densely silky or woolly. 
Flowers small, dioecious. Perianth persistent, 6-partite; segments sub- 
equal, connate at the base into a short hemispherical tube or distinct, 
spreading or reflexed. Male flowers: Stamens 6, affixed to the base of 
low 
