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broad sheathing bases ar 
long as the corolla-tube. ' eee iP nn TOT OR 
Zel. (1832) 220; A. Cunn. rrecur (1838) n. 414; Raoul Chore (1846) 44; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 171; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 183; Cheesem, 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 427. Epacris rosmarinifolia Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 
n. 67. 
Nortu Isutanp: Tararua Mountains, Buchanan / Mount Hector, Petrie! Sours 
Istanp, Stewart Isuanp: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. 2500- 
5500 ft. December—March. 
The plant described above as D. rosmarinifolium is that identified as the species 
by Hooker and most New Zealand botanists. But it may not correspond with 
Forster’s Epacris rosmarinifolia, which must be taken as the type of the species. The 
matter is one which cannot be settled without inspection of Forster’s specimens, the 
whole of which are outside the Dominion and beyond my reach. 
Kos ae, ex 
19. D. prostratum 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 384.— 
A small prostrate species; stems 3-12 in. long, sometimes slender and 
sparingly divided, sometimes robust and copiously branched, but the 
branches never so closely compacted as in D. muscoides. Leaves imbri- 
cating, erect, incurved when dry, $-+in. long; sheathing base short, with 
broad thin margins, narrowed into a linear-subulate blade, which is obtuse 
or subacute at the tip, coriaceous, convex at the back, flat or slightly 
concave in front, curved, margins minutely serrulate. Flowers solitary, 
terminating the branches, }in. long, white. Sepals ovate, subacute, rather 
shorter than the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes broadly ovate-triangular.— 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 428. 
SoutH Istanp: Hooker Glacier, Mount Cook district, 7. F. C.; mountains 
above Lake Harris, Longwood Range, 7. Kirk / Clinton Valley, Blue Mountains, 
Mount Maungatua, Petrie / Altitudinal range 2500-5000 ft. . 
Differs from D. muscoides in the larger size and much more lax habit, and in the 
longer leaves, which are not so closely imbricated ; but some of Mr. Petrie’s specimens 
are almost intermediate. — 
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29. D. muscoides Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 183.—A small 
densely tufted rigid little plant, forming rounded masses a few inches in 
diameter; branches short, densely packed, clothed with minute closely 
imbricating leaves. Leaves ;4-1in. long, very thick and coriaceous, rigid, 
concave ; sheathing base about 4 the length, broadly ovate, margins 
thin; tip short, subulate, polished, semiterete, obtuse or more rarely 
subacute. Flower solitary, terminal, 4 in. long, white. Sepals ovate, sub- 
acute, as long as the corolla. Corolla-tube short and broad, cylindrical ; 
lobes very broad, obtuse or subacute-—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906) 428. 
SoutH Istanp: Otago—Mount Alta and Hector’s Col, Buchanan! Old Man 
Range, Hector Mountains, Mount Pisa, Mount St. Bathan’s, Petrie / Mount Ernest 
(head of Lake Wanaka), Rock and Pillar Range, Mount Cardrona, Cockayne / 4.000- 
6000 ft. Gee NAY pap, Cackk. "Fun ¢: IGSS tHe 
In the “ Index Kewensis” this is referred to the Tasmanian D. minimum ; but, 
judging from a scrap of that species received from the late Baron Mueller, it differs in 
the more rigid habit and shorter and more closely imbricated leaves, which are also 
thicker and not nearly so acute. 
