702 EPACRIDACEAE. | Dracophyllum. 
thachis and pedicels densely pubescent. Flowers crowded, very numerous, 
shortly pedicelled, } in. diam., reddish. Calyx very small, not 7 the beng ty 
of the corolla; sepals broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, striate. Corolla 
campanulate, lobes rather longer than the tube, oblong, obtuse, sharply, 
recurved. ‘Anthers large, oblong, exserted. Capsule small, 75 in. diam., 
depresso-globose.—Raoul Choix (1846) 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 
167; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 181; 7. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 123; 
»,Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 419; Ill. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) t. 129. 
*"D. recurvatum Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi (1889) 92. 
“Var. Matthewsii H. Carse in Trans, N.Z. Inst. xviii (1916) 238. —Smaller 
in all its parts. Branches more slender, not whorled. Leaves 4—12 in. long, with an 
extreme breadth of $-lin. Panicles 4-12 in. long, inclined. Flowers purplish-red. 
Norta Istanp: Common in hilly forests from the North Cape southwards to 
Hawke’s Bay and Taranaki. 
SoutH Istanp: Sparingly present along the western coast from Collingwood 
to Charleston. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Neinei. January—February ; var. Matthewsii, 
September to October. 
2. D. Traversii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. FI. (1867) 736.—Very closely 
allied to D. latifolium, but a larger and much more robust plant, some- 
times 30 ft. high, with a trunk 2ft. in diam. Leaves 1-2 ft. long, 1-2 in. 
broad at the base, gradually tapering into long almost filiform points, rigid 
and coriaceous, slightly concave, striated, margins smooth and entire or 
very obscurely serrulate. Panicle terminal, strict, linear-oblong, much 
and very closely and densely branched: rhachis and pedicels stout, pubes- 
cent. Flowers much as in D. latifolium, but rather larger. Capsule larger 
_ and on stouter pedicels, }in. diam.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906) 420. 
SourH Istanp: Nelson—Upper Takaka, Mount Arthur Plateau, 7’. . C. ; locality 
not stated, W. 7. L. Travers ; Paparoa Mountains, Brunner Range, Mount Glasgow, 
W. Townson ! Canterbury and Westland—Arthur’s Pass, J. B. Armstrong! T. Kirk! 
T. F. C., Cockayne ! Rangitaipo, Petrie/ Mount Greenland, Franz Josef Glacier, 
Copeland Pass, Cockayne ; Jackson’s Bay, Haast River, Haast / Otago—Routeburn, 
Poppelwell. 2500-4500 ft. January—February. 
By far the finest species of the genus. Although very different in appearance 
from D. jatifolium it is difficult to point out any character of importance to separate it 
from that plant apart from the increased size and stoutness, the more rigid leaves, 
denser panicles, and rather larger capsules. A state of D. latifolium, not uncommon 
on high peaks in the Auckland District, approaches it in foliage and in inflorescence, 
but not in habit. 
/ 3. D. Townsoni Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 420.—A large branching 
shrub 12-20 ft. high; branches stout, ringed with the scars of the fallen 
leaves. Leaves crowded: at the ends of the branches, very similar to those 
of D. latifolium but smaller, 6-12 in. long, 3-4in. broad at the dilated 
sheathing base, very gradually narrowed into fine slender points, rigid 
and coriaceous, concave, striate, margins minutely serrulate. Panicles 
small, lateral below the leaves, much curved and drooping, 2-3 in. long, 
rather closely branched. Flowers crowded, very shortly pedicelled or 
almost sessile on the branches of the panicle, about din. long. Calyx 
small, but almost as long as the tube of the corolla ; sepals broadly ovate, 
obtuse, striate. Corolla campanulate, lobed nearly half-way down; lobes 
oblong, obtuse, sharply reflexed. Anthers exserted. Capsule small, 2 in. 
diam., depresso-globose.—JI]. N.Z. Fl. ij (1914) t. 130. 
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