Epacris. | EPACRIDACEAE. 699 
2. E. alpina Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 166.—A small erect or 
spreading rarely decumbent much-branched shrub 1-4 ft. high, seldom 
more; branches twiggy, densely leafy, puberulous at the tips. Leaves 
suberect or spreading, small, }-4in. long, broadly elliptical or broadly 
ovate, obtuse, shortly petiolate, very thick and coriaceous, quite glabrous, 
concave, veinless. Flowers small, white, numerous towards the tips of the 
branches. Peduncles short; bracts few, 5-6, broad, obtuse. Calyx-lobes 
obtuse. Corolla much as in B. pauciflora, but smaller.--Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 179; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 416 ; Til. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) 
t. 127. E. affinis Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx (1888) 199. 
Norra Istanp: Mount Tauhara, north end of Lake Taupo, 7. F. C.; between 
Lake Taupo and the base of Ruapehu, Colenso ; Tongariro, N gauruhoe, and Ruapehu, 
T. Kirk! H. Hill! T. F. C., Spencer! Cockayne! and many others; Ruahine and 
Kaimanawa Mountains, Z'ryon! B. C. Aston! Kaiweka Range, Petrie! SoutTH 
IstAND : Nelson—Ngakawau, Spencer ! Mount Owen and the Buller Valley, W. J'own- 
son! T. F. C.; Denniston, W. Caffin! Canterbury —Southern Alps, Sinclair and 
Haast (Handbook). 1000-4000 ft. December—January. 
Closely allied to #. pauciflora, but distinguished by the smaller size and more spreading 
habit, smaller obtuse leaves, and fewer obtuse bracts. 
5. ARCHERIA Hook. f. )S04+, 
Much-branched erect or spreading shrubs. Leaves flat. Flowers white 
or pink, in few-flowered terminal racemes. Bracts caducous. Calyx of 5 
almost free sepals. Corolla-tube rather broad, ventricose-cylindrical or 
almost campanulate ; lobes 5, short, spreading or recurved, imbricate in 
the bud. Stamens 5, affixed to the throat of the corolla; filaments very 
short ; anthers broad, attached about the middle. Hypogynous dise short, 
cupular or of 5 free scales. Ovary 5-celled and deeply 5-lobed ; style 
columnar, inserted in a broad depression at the top of the ovary; stigma 
dilated, more or less distinctly 5-lobed; ovules numerous in each cell. 
Capsule 5-celled, loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds numerous. 
A small genus of 5 species, confined to New Zealand and Tasmania. It differs 
from Epacris mainly in habit, in the deciduous bracts, and in the position of the style. 
_ Leaves 1-1} in., obovate-oblong .. e. a o .. 1. A. racemosa. 
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Leaves 4-3 in., lanceolate Ps °; = =: .. 2. A. Traversii. 
1. A. racemosa Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 180.—An erect 
much-branched shrub 6-15 ft. high; bark black; branches spreading. 
Leaves scattered at intervals so as to appear almost whorled, spreading, 
1-14 in. long, 44 in. broad, obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, 
sometimes almost pungent, narrowed into a very short petiole or almost 
sessile, flat, rigid and coriaceous; veins reticulated. Racemes termi- 
nating the branches, solitary or 2-3 together, 1-2 in. long, 10—-25- 
flowered; rhachis pubescent; pedicels short, stout, curved. Bracts 
coloured, caducous ; a large leaf-like one at the base of each pedicel, and 2 
smaller and narrower ones just below the flower. Sepals oblong-lanceolate ; 
margins membranous, ciliolate. Corolla $in. long, pink; tube short and 
broad ; lobes short, spreading, ovate-triangular, obtuse. Style short, stout. 
Capsule small, globose, }in. diam.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 417 ; 
Til. N.Z. Fl. u (1914) t. 128. 
Norru IsuAND: Great Barrier Island, Sinclair, T. Kirk / Little Barrier Island, 
Shakespear! T. F. C.; Thames goldfields, abundant in the Upper Kauaeranga Valley 
and on several of the mountains to the north and south, 7. Kirk! T. F. C., Adams ! 
