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Bulbinella.} LILIACEAE. 323 
Che.) Choces.- 7 
2. B. Gibbsii, Cockayne Bot. Survey Stewart Is. (1909) 42.—A perennial 
herb 5-12 in. high, similar to B. Rossii, but much smaller in all 
its parts; stems seldom more than }in. diam. at the base. Leaves 
numerous, all radical, outer spreading and recurved, inner more erect, 
5-9 in. long, seldom more, 1-lin. broad, broadly ensiform, gradually 
tapering upwards into a narrow subacute or obtuse tip, fleshy, glabrous, 
concave above, convex beneath. Scape exceeding the leaves, 5-12 in. 
long, much more slender than in B. Rossii, terete. Racemes not remarkably 
dense, 2-34in. long; pedicels 2in., rarely more. Flowers polygamo- 
dioecious, much as in B. Rossii, but smaller and not so brightly coloured.— 
Chrysobactron Gibbsii Cockayne N.Z. Plants and their Story (1919) 193. 
Srewart Istanp: Bogs and subalpine meadows, abundant, Thomson, Cockayne / 
Guthrie-Smith / Sea-level to 2500 ft. 
Clearly a distinct species, much more closely allied to B. Rossii than to B. Hooker. 
I have seen but few specimens; and it is much to be regretted that Dr. Cockayne, 
when describing the plant, did not give a more adequate description. 
(Cob) fevwle > Hork 
3. B. Hookeri Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Plant. iii (1880) 784.—-Very 
variable in size, ustally from 1 to 2 ft. high, but sometimes attaining 3 iE 
and occasionally dwarfed to 3or4in. Leaves numerous, narrower in propor- 
tion than in B. Rossii, }-$in. broad, narrow-linear, gradually tapering 
upwards, channelled in front, glabrous, green or glaucous-green. Scape much 
more slender than in B. Rossii ; racemes not so dense-flowered, varying in 
length from 1 to 10in. Flowers 4in. diam., bright-yellow, hermaphrodite ; 
pedicels slender, longer or shorter than the lanceolate bracts. Perianth- 
segments linear-oblong, obtuse, spreading. Stamens 3 the length of the 
segments ; filaments very slender, glabrous. Capsule oblong, jin. long.— 
OCheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 718; Jl. N.Z. Fl. 11 (1914) t. 202. Chryso- 
bactron Hookeri Col. in Hook. Ic. Plant. (1852) t. 817; Bot. Mag. (1851) 
t. 4602; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 255. Anthericum Hookeri Col. in 
Hook. f. Handb. Fl. N.Z. (1864) 286. Jt1eans. Gu’ SF. 
Var. angustifolia Cockayne and Laing in Trans. N.Z. Inst, xliii (1911) 366.-— 
Smaller in all its parts than the type. Leaves narrower, }-}in. broad at the base, » 
deeply concave, not glaucous. Racemes shorter and denser. 
NortrH AND SoutH ISLANDS, STEWART IsLAND: Mountain districts from Lake 
Taupo and Mount Egmont southwards, abundant. Sea-level to 4500 ft. October-— 
January. Var. angustifolia: Dry mountain districts to the east of the Southern 
Alps, apparently plentiful. 
One of the most widely distributed subalpine plants in the Dominion, everywhere 
present in damp peaty soil at elevations above 2000 ft. Of late years it has increased 
enormously in almost the whole of the open subalpine country along the chain of the 
Southern Alps, mainly through its power of,resisting fire and from the fact that-as a 
rule it is distasteful to stock. 
Cewd 
8, ARTHROPODIUM R. Br. !*%'° ‘476. 
Tufted perennial herbs, with fleshy fibrous roots. Leaves radical or 
crowded near the base of the stem, linear or lanceolate, sheathing at the 
base. Scape or peduncle simple or branched above. Flowers in simple 
or branched racemes or panicies, white or purplish; pedicels slender, 
jointed at the middle, solitary or few together in the axil of a scarious 
bract. Perianth persistent but not twisted, 6-partite; segments distinct, 
spreading, 3-nerved, subequal or the inner rather broader. Stamens 6, 
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