oe pelict r Cha et. reene ii Wt. 2440 - p- 49o. im &. vega Fe 
Chesten) Chun. Taaus. $¢ C1912) 53, ” 
a EPRAURIDACEAE. > o 709 
~ 16,.D.-uniflorum Hook. ne Handb. N.Z. FI. (1864) 182.—A stout erect 
shrub 3-6 ft. high; bark dark-brown or almost piel Leaves crowded 
at the Side of the branches, erect, strict or flexuous, $-2 in. long; sheathing 
base i0— oe broad, rounded at the tip but not wuridled margins ciliate ; 
blade 39-7, mm. broad at the base, rigid, coriaceous, pungent, semiterete 
below, ag ar above, margin. most minutely serrulate. Flowers solitary, 
lateral, 2 +1 in. long, shortly pedicelled. Bracts 3-6, with broad sheathing 
bases, tips pungent, often exceeding the flower. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, as long as the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes ovate-triangular, acute. 
Capsule broadly obovoid, enclosed in the persistent calyx-lobes.—Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 427. D. acerosum Berggr. on Ge. Pins Sallsk. 
% ? , 
Lund. (1877) 15. fae, FE aee 
Var. acicularifolium.—lLeaves much longer, 2-4 in., narrowed into fae Doel 
ee eh 
hs broad the tips.—Cock in Rep. Scenery Preserv. Soc._ 
ee sheaths broader, auricled at the ips a oe pe eps gyi Be " gee 
(1915) 4 (as a species). 
' Var. virgatum.—Whole pane purplish-brown. Branches long, very slender, 
ates leafy. Leaves small, j-$in. long. Bracts with pale membranous margins.— — 
Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1912) 53 (as a species). 
SoutH Istanp: Abundant in mountain districts from Nelson to Foveaux Strait. 
Var. acicularifoliwum: Broken River basin, and other localities in the mountains of 
Canterbury, 7'. Kirk / J. D. Enys!T. F.C. Var. virgatum : Westland—Near Kumara, 
T. Kirk! Denniston, J. Caffin / 2000-4500 ft" “December—March. 
Dr. Cockayne has assigned the rank of species to both the varieties, but un- 
fortunately gives no differential characters. My own material is very scanty, and 
as both plants are closely allied to typical D. uniflorum I hesitate to make any change 
at present. 
£ (Assen 
Sz. D. volte coaeiin im Bot. Surv. Stewart Is. (1909) 43.—--Exceed- 
ingly variable in size and habit of srowth. Stems much branched, stout, 
hard and woody, long and creeping or short and tufted, often forming 
compact matted cushions sometimes 2 ft. in diam., and almost as much 
in height. Leaves very numerous, ey imbricated in many series, 
erect and appressed to the branch, 4-4 in. long, very thick and coriaceous, 
almost horny, convex and smooth and polished on the back, concave in 
front, tips usually obtuse ; sheaths broad, clasping the branch. Flowers 
solitary, terminal, almost hidden by the leaves; bracts numerous. Sepals 
ovate, acute, rather longer than the corolla-tube; margins ciliate. — 
D. rosmarinifolium var. politum Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 427. 
South Istanp: Mount Maungatua, near Dunedin, Petrie! Stewart Isuanp: 
Plentitul throughout, T. Kirk / Cockayne! B. C. Aston! H. Guthrie-Smith / From 
almost sea-level to 3500 ft., usually in boggy ground. 
D. Menuwn wv ott, 1c. 6 £6. 
18. D. rosmarinifolium R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 556.— A depressed or pro- 
strate, rarely suberect, much-branched rigid woody shrub 3-12 in. high ; 
branches stout, spreading leafy at the tips. Leaves erect of spreading, rigid, 
straight or curved, 4 441m. long; sheathing base short, }in. wide; blade 
sp In. wide at the base, very thick and coriaceous, convex at the back, flat 
or concave in front, tip trigonous, obtuse or rarely subacute, margins entire 
or very minutely scabrid. Flowers Sonny terminating the branchlets 
and often confined to the lateral ones, din. long. Bracts numerous, with 
TAtanus. VS /Gh- 
