708 : EPACRIDACEAE, [ Dracophyllum. 
the corolla-tube—Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 171; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
182; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 425; ll. N.Z. Fl. 1 (1914) t. 132. 
Norra Isuanp: From the Upper Thames Valley and Rotorua southwards to 
Taupo, Ruapehu, and the Ruahine and Kaimanawa Mountains, and eastwards to 
Tarawera and Mohaka. 350-3500 ft. Monoao. November—March, 
Easily recognized by its small size and erect slender habit, short very narrow 
leaves, and small flowers. 
iM. D. pubeseens Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 426.— A small 
densely branched woody shrub; branches stout, often decumbent below, 
erect or ascending above; bark dark reddish-brown or almost black, 
Leaves crowded, spreading or erecto-patent, 1-24in. long, }-4in. broad 
at the sheathing base, which is not much broader than the blade, gradually 
narrowed to an acuminate and pungent point, coriaceous, concave in front, 
rounded on the back, glaucous, striate, minutely and evenly pubescent 
on both surfaces, sometimes becoming almost glabrous when old. Flowers 
about ¢1n. long, in 3-5-flowered spikes terminating short lateral branchlets. 
Bracts ovate, acuminate ; margins ciliate. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, equalling the corolla-tube, Corolla-lobes triangular, acute. 
Capsule obovoid, included within the persistent calyx-lobes. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Mountains near Westport, W. Townson ! 1500- 
2500 ft. 
Habit of D. Kirkii Berggren, but a larger and stouter and more copiously branched 
plant, with the leaves finely and equally pubescent on both surfaces, and with the flowers 
in 3-5-flowered spikes, not solitary. The leaves are very similar in shape to those of 
small specimens of D. strictum, and are quite different to those of D. U rvilleanum, 
D. scoparium, and their allies. 
Se D. Kirkii Berggren im Journ. Bot. xviii (1880) 104.— A small 
depressed woody shrub; branches very stout, 6-18 in, long, prostrate 
or decumbent, suberect at the tips; bark reddish-brown. Leaves 
crowded, spreading or suberect, 3-2in. long, }in. wide at the sheathing 
base, which is not conspicuously broader than the blade, eradually 
narrowed into an acuminate pungent point, coriaceous, more or 
less concave, glaucous, quite glabrous, striate : margins very minutely 
serrulate. Flowers solitary, lateral, 4-4in. long, shortly pedicelled. 
Bracts 2-3, sheathing, the tips often exceeding the flower. Sepals ovate, 
acuminate, shorter than the corolla-tube, margins minutely ciliate. Corolla- 
lobes ovate-triangular, acute. Anthers included. Capsule broadly obovoid, 
sin. diam., enclosed in the persistent calyx-lobes——Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl, (1906) 426. D. uniflorum Berggr. in Minneskr. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. 
(1877) 15, t. 4, £. 1-11 (not of Hook. f.). . 
Soutnu Istanp: Nelson—Cobb Valley and vicinity, FP, G. Gibbs! Lake Tenny- 
son, 7. F.C, Canterbury—Mount Torlesse, Berggren ; Arthur’s Pass, 7. Kirk! Cock- 
ayne! T. F. C.; Waimakariri Glacier, 7. F. C. ; Upper Rakaia, Cockayne ; Mount 
Arrowsmith, Cockayne and R. M. Laing; Browning’s Pass, Cockayne ; Ashburton 
Mountains, Potts! Mount Cook district, 7’. F. C, Westland—Kelly’s Hill, Petrie / 
Griffin Range, P. G. Morgan! Franz Josef Glacier and Copeland Pass, Cockayne. 
2500-4500 ft. December—February. 
A very distinct species. The leaves are quite unlike those of any other species 
belonging to the same section of the genus, having the sheathing bases not much wider 
than the blade; but they much resemble those of D. striclum, in the section with panicled 
inflorescence. Its only near ally is D. pubescens, which differs in the pubescent leaves 
and 3—5-flowered spikes. 
O.hinrhka % prone ae “si Trane ST 727 
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