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168 FLOUA OF NEW ZE.YLAND. [Epacrideoe.
The most handsome in foliage, but one of the smallest-flowered species of the genus; it forms a small black-
barked tree, with curious tufts of squarrose grassy leaves at the ends of the branches. Leaves about a foot loug
an inch broad at the base, recurved, serrulate, gradually dilated into short smooth sheaths, tapering to very long
points ; hollow along the upper surface. Panicle drooping, 6 inches to a foot long, much branched, very manyflowered.
Flowers and fruit very small, the latter 14-3 lines broad.
2. Dracophyllum Menziesii, Hook. fil. ; arboreum, foliis 6- 8-uncialibus (pro genere latis) patulis concavis
in vaginam glaberrimam sensim dilatatis longe subulatis snbcrenulatis rigidis, panicula (interdum in-
tiorescentia racemosa) contracta curva péndula pilosa, calyce glaberrimo corolla majuscula multoties breviore,
capsulis majusculis. E. longifolia, A. Uich Mora? non Forst. Prodr.
H a b . Middle Island. Dusky Bay, Menzies; Port Preservation, Lyall.
This I suspect to be the plant described by A. Richard as the D. longifolium of Forster, but which is certainly
not that plant according to Forster’s drawings, etc., in the British Museum.—A small tree. Leaves of the same
character asiu the last species, but much shorter, only 6-8 inches long, less squarrose and recurved ; the cartilaginous
margius are hardly crenulate, but marked with short cracks. Inflorescence very different from the last, of a
short, drooping, contracted panicle or raceme, 4-5 inches long, pubescent, with large flowers ; the corolla 4 inch
long, four times longer thau the calyx lobes. Capsides 4 inch broad.
3. Dracophyllum Hook. fil.; arbuscula?, foliis 2-3-uncialibus late subulatis supra vagiuam
glaberrimam paulo dilatatis acuminatis concavis striatis erectis serrulatis, panícula erecta 2-unciali snb-
coarctata pilosa, ramis crassis, foliolis calycis ovatis acutis tubo corollæ dimidio brevioribus, corolla majuscula
5 lin. longa. Fl. Antarct. in nota.
Ha b . Northern Island. Tongariro, BidvAll.
I have seen but one specimen of this fine species ; it resembles D. Menziesii in the size of the corolla, which is
however narrower; it differs remarkably from that plant in the small erect panicle and much shorter leaves.
Branches rather stout, leafy for some length. Leaves 34-3 inches long, slightly contracted just above the sheath,
which is not remarkably or suddenly dilated or broader than the lamina, perfectly glabrous, 4 inch long ; from the
contraction upwards the leaf gradually narrows from 4 inch to an acuminate point ; margin serrulate ; upper surface
concave. Panicle erect, 3 inches long; branches short, downy. Flowers \ long. Calyx about 4 the
length of the tube of the corolla.
4. Dracophyllum affine, Hook. fil. ; frutes, foliis (2-uncialibus) late subulatis patentibus e basi vaginante
glaberrima sensim angustatis planiusculis serrulatis, panicula gracili 2-unciali nutante effusa, ramis
gracilibus brevibus glaberrimis, foliolis calycis late ovatis acutis tubo corollæ (24 lin. longæ) parvæ 4 brevioribus.
Fl. Antarct. I. c.
H a b . Northern Island; in the mountains, Dieffenbach.
The ticket of this species has been lost, and I regret not being able to give a more precise locality, as it
has been gathered by Dr. Dieffenbach alone. At first sight it very much resembles I), strictum, having leaves
of exactly the same fonn and character, but smaller and spreading, 2 inches long and 2 lines broad, hardly hollow
along the upper surface. The panicle affords the best character : it is erect, but curved or nodding, slender, slightly
pubescent or quite glabrous. Floweis much smaller, hardly 4 inch long.—When I described this plant in the
‘ Flora Antarctica,’ I did not doubt its being distinct from the B. strictum ; but now that I have seen how very much
more variable some of the species of the following section are than I had anticipated, 1 regard this with some
doubt. It is remarkable that no specimens of either have been collected by any later explorers; it seems to indicate
tbe paniculate section to be a scarce one, for I have received copious suites of nearly all the racemose or
spiked species, since I originally described them.
Epacrideæ?] FLOEA OF HEW ZEALAND.
j b. Flowers spiked or racemose, rarely s
has sometimes panicles, is placed in i
Calyx as long as the tube of the corolla. (D. Menziesii,
ir section. D. rosmamifolium >
5 . Dracopliyllum longifolinm,P,-t.-, M'boreum, foliis (6-8 mic.) confertis supra basin vaginantem ciHa-
tam abrupte angustatis longissime lineari-subulatis strictis recurvisve concavis striatis glabris. spicis solitariis
binis V. aggregatis lateralibus 7-9-floris. bracteis deeiduis, coroUæ lobis late ovatis obtusis. ^ Br.
Prodr. p . i n nota. A. Otmn. Prodr. BC. Prodr. Fl. Antaret.p. t. ) l , Epacris longifolia,
Forst. Prodr. et Char. Gen.
H a b . Middle Island. Dusky Bay, Forster,
A smaU tree, abundant in Lord Auckland’s Group and Campbell’s Island, but of which I have seen hut one,
and that an indifferent specimen, from New Zealand. Leaves 6-8 inches long, with broad ciliated sheaths, i - f inch
long, above which they contract suddenly to 2 lines, and thence gradually taper to slender long points; upper
surface channeUed. Racemes l i - 2 inches long, seven- to nine-flowered, axillary or terminal, on short lateral
branches. Bractece falling away during the flowering, ovate, acuminate, as well as the calyx-leaves cfliated, the
latter nearly as long as the corolla.
6. DracopfliyUum Lyallii, Hook. fil. ; arbuscula, foUis Z-.5 unc. longis e basi vaginante ciUata abrupte
angustatis angustissime subulatis strictis rigidis supeme canaliculatis supra medium triquetris basi 1 lin.
latis, racemis glaberrimis erectis terminalibus H -2 unc. longis 6- 10-floris, floribus breve pedicellatis,
bracteis caducis, calycis foliolis ovatis acuminatis ciliatis, corollæ lobis late ovatis.
H a b . Middle aud Southern Islands. Dusky Bay, Menzies. Port Preservation and Thomson’s Sound,
Lyall.
Yery similar indeed to the former, and probably only a variety ; hut amongst many specimens I have none
with leaves anything like the length of those of my Auckland Island plants of B. longifolium. The braoteæ aud
calyx leaflets vai-y very much in length and breadth ; the former fall away during flowering. Leaves 2-5 inches
long, quite similar to those of B. longifolium, but smaller, more rigid and triquetrous beyond the middle. Corolla
and general character of the inflorescence the same in both.
7. DracophyUumsîiMîTO«, Hook, f ll ; arbuscula, foUis S-4-uncialibus patentibus squarrosis sub-
gramineis (junioribus strictis) e basi vaginante gradatim lineari-subulatis concavis serrulatis, racemis l i - 2-
uncialibus lateralibus fasciculatis 5- 6-floris, bracteis foliolisque calycinis ovato-lanceolatis gradatim acuminatis
florem siiperantibns, corollæ tubo gracili, lobis lanceolatis obtusis. Fl. Antaret. p . 48. Epacris loiigi-
folia, /S squarrosa. Banks et Sol. 3LS8. ei Ic.
H a b . Northern Island. East coast, Banks and Solander. Manakau Bay, Colenso. Auckland,
Sinclair.
Tills appears a very distmct species, and I have lately received specimens both from Mr. Colenso and Dr. Sinclair,
quite confirming the characters originally given to it. The habit and long flexuose subsquarrose grassy foliage
are its most prominent characters. Leaves, when fully grown. S-4 inches long, spreading, upwards of i inch broad
above the sheath, from which they taper upwards to a long acuminate point, and are concave throughout their
length. Racemes axillary, 1^-2 inches long, with persistent bracteæ ; the tatter and calycine lobes ovate or ovate-
lanceolate. acuminate, as long as the tube of the coroUa. Corolla with a rather slender tube, and nan-ow spreading
lobes, tbat have an oblong inllexcd point.
8. Dracopliyllum flifoVmm, Hook. fil. ; fruticosum, ramis fastigiatis gracflibus flexilibus, foliis 5-S-
uncialibiis vix i lin. latis angustissime lineari-subulatis filiformibus erectis vix flexuosis superne ad medium
canaliculatis dcin ad apicem triquetris, vaginis quadratis superne fere 2-lobis margiuibus membranaceis,
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