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sheathing base 4-3 in. long and as wide, brown, striate, margins scarious, 
ciliate; blade $-din. broad at the base, gradually tapering into a long 
acuminate pungent tip, concave, rigid and coriaceous, striate, often 
pubescent above, margins entire or minutely serrulate. Racemes terminal 
on short lateral branchlets or rarely ending the main. branches, strict, 
erect or inclined, 14-24 in. long, 6-15-flowered. Bracts numerous, a large 
foliaceous one at the base of each pedicel and 2-4 equalling the calyx 
at the base of each flower. Flowers white, }4in. long. Sepals ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, ciliate, almost equalling the corolla-tube. Corolla cam- 
panulate; lobes ovate-triangular, inflexed at the tip. Anthers included. 
Capsule din. diam., enclosed within the persistent sepals—A. Rich. Fl. 
Nouv. Zel. (1832) 219; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 413; Raoul Chora 
(1846) 44; Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 45, tt. 31, 32; Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 
169; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 182; TL. Kirk Forest Fl. (1889) t. 109; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 422. D. Lyallu Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 3 aod 
(1853) 169. Epacris longifolia Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 68. pe han. 7 aed ae 
Nortu Istanp: Mountains of the East Cape district, Bishop Williams! Adams 
and Petrie! Ruahine Mountains, A. Hamilton! R. C. Aston! Tararua Mountains 
Buchanan! Petrie! Soura Istanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts through- 
out. Srawart Istanp: Abundant throughout. AUvUcKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS: 
Forming a considerable proportion of the ligneous vegetation, Hooker, T. Kirk! 
FR. Chapman! and others. Sea-level to 4000 ft. Inanga ; Grass-tree. November- 
March. | 
A very variable plant. In its extreme state, which is best seen in the sounds of 
the south-west coast of Otago, in Stewart Island, and in the Auckland Islands, it forms 
a tree sometimes 30 ft. in height, with leaves often a foot in length; but in open 
mountain districts in the South Island it is rarely more than a few feet high, with much 
shorter and narrower leaves. This form is difficult to separate from some varieties 
of D. Urvilleanum ; in fact, there does not appear to be any strict line of demareation 
between the two species. 
~ 9, D. Urvilleanum A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 221 (in part)—A much 
or sparingly branched shrub 4-8ft. high; branches slender, erect ; 
bark black or dark chestnut-brown. Leaves very variable, slender, often 
flexuous, erect, 1-5 in. long; sheathing base 4-}1in. broad, brown, striate, 
membranous, truncate or auricled at the tip, margins scarious, ciliate ; 
blade very narrow, 34-75 1n. broad at the base, coriaceous, concave or 
canaliculate above, triquetrous or nearly so at the tip, margins minutely 
denticulate. Racemes on short lateral branchlets, rarely ending the main 
branches, strict, erect, 4-14 in. long, 4—-12-flowered. Flowers small, white 
or red, #+in. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as or 
longer than the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes rather narrow. Anthers 
included. Capsule §-$in. diam., enclosed within the persistent sepals.— 
Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 182; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 428. 
Var. a.—Branches long, slender; bark black. Leaves rather short, 1-24 in. long, 
concave above. Racemes 3-6-flowered, lateral, often crowded along the branches for 
some distance below the tips. Flowers rather small, narrow.—D. Urvilleanum A. Rich. ; 
A. Cunn. Precur, (1838) n. 415; Raoul Chow (1846) 44; Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 
49; Fl. Nov. Zel, i (1853) 169. 
Var: filifolium. jCheesem.— Branches long, slender; bark black or chestnut-brown. 
Leaves long, 24-5in., very narrow, often flexuose, canaliculate above.—D. filifolium 
Hook.f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 169. D. setifolium Stchegel. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 
xxxii (1859) 1, 23. D. virgatum and D. heterophylum Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii 
(1896) 605. (?) D. pungens Col. l.c. 602. 7 | 
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