Leucopogon. | EPAOCRIDACEAE. 697 
drooping spikes shorter or longer than the leaves. Bracts and calyx-lobes 
obtuse, LE margins ciliolate. Corolla-lobes ovate-triangular, acute. 
Drupe small, 4-din. long, oblong, red—A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 408 ; 
Raoul Choix (1846) 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 164; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 177 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906) 413; ZU. NZ. #£l. u (1914) 
t. 126. L. brevibarbis Stch. in Bull, Soc. Nat. Mose. xxxii (1859) 1, 14. 
Epacris fasciculata Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 72. 
NortH AND Souts Isnanps: Abundant from the North Cape as far south as 
Canterbury. Sea-level to 3500 ft. Mingiming?. September—November. 
Dr. Cockayne has pointed out (“New Zealand Plants and their Story,’ * p. 200) 
that in the northern half of the North Island this species passes through a distinct 
juvenile form with leaves much broader than those of the adult, retaining that form 
for severa! years. 
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2. L. Richei 2. Br. Prodr. (1810) 541.—A slender erect much-branched 
shrub 4-6ft. high or more; branches glabrous or slightly puberulous, 
often fascicled. Leaves 4-lin. long, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, narrowed to a sessile base, convex, glaucous beneath, 
with 3-5 faint nerves; margins recurved. Flowers small, $in. diam., 
white, in subterminal ‘short and dense many-flowered spikes. Bracts 
striate, barely 4 the length of the calyx. Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse. 
Corolla- tube Shetek not equalling the calyx; lobes linear-oblong, densely 
bearded within. Drupe broadly ovoid, 3-5-celled. —F. -Mueil. Veg. Chath. 
Is. (1864) 45; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fil, (1864) 735; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
iv (1869) 186; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 414. 
NortH Isutanp: Cliffs near the North Cape, H. Clarke! CuatHam ISLANDS: 
Not uncommon in sandy soil near the sea, H. H. Travers: G. Mair! Miss Seddon ! 
Cockayne and Cox ! 
This is a common plant in extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania; but so far has 
been found nowhere in the New Zealand area except on the Chatham Islands and on 
the extreme tip of the North Cape Peninsula. ; 
3. L. Fraseri A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 409.—A small shrubby plant - 
2-6in. high, rarely more, branching from the base; branches decumbent 
below, erect or ascending above, often curved, leafy, glabrous or minutely 
puberulous towards the tips. Leaves erect, close-set, imbricating, #-4 in. 
long, obovate-oblong or linear-oblong, suddenly contracted into a fine rigid 
pungent point, glabrous and shining above, finely nerved beneath, the 
nerves branching outwards; margins thin, scarious, cartilaginous, finely 
ciliolate. Flowers axillary and solitary, eh. large for the size of the 
plant, 4-4 in. long, sweet-scented. Bracts minute, broad, apiculate. Calyx- 
lobes mbites Corolla-tube cylindrical, more than twice as long as the 
calyx; lobes short, acute, densely bearded within. Drupe large, $in. 
long or more, broadly oblong, yellowish-orange.—Hook. f. Fi. Nov. Zel. i 
(1853) 165; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 178; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv (1869) 218 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 414. L. nesophilus DC. Prodr. vii (1838) 752. 
L. Bellignianus Raoul Chor (1846) 18, t. 12. 
Norte AND SovutH Is~anps, Stewart IstaAnp: Abundant in dry heathy places 
throughout, ascending to 4500 ft. Totara. Septem ber—January. 
Also in Australia and Tasmania. The drupe is juicy, sweetish, and edible. 
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