5. C. pumila, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 735.—A small depressed densely tufted little plant 2–5 in. high; stems prostrate, with numerous suberect or ascending leafy branches. Leaves imbricate, erect and incurved when dry, shortly petiolate, ⅛–⅙ in. long, linear-oblong, apiculate, glabrous, flat above, glaucous beneath, with a stout midrib and often a lateral vein on each side as well; margins thickened towards the base of the leaf, broad and thin at the tip. Flowers minute, axillary, solitary; peduncles clothed with numerous imbricating broad concave bracts. Calyx-lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube cylindrical, much longer than the calyx; lobes 5, acute, densely bearded within. Stamens included. Style short, minutely 5-toothed at the tip. Drupe rather large, ⅙–⅕ in. diam., globose, 5-celled.
South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur, T. F. C. Marlborough—Mount Stokes, J. H. Macmahon! Canterbury—Hurunui Mountains, Travers! Westland—Kelly's Hill, Cockayne! Otago—Summit of Maungatua, B. C. Aston! 2500–5000 ft.
A curious little plant. It is often mistaken for Pentachondra pumila, and is probably not uncommon throughout the mountainous districts of the South Island.
3. LEUCOPOGON, R. Br.
Erect or prostrate shrubs, or rarely small trees. Leaves scattered or imbricate, sessile or petiolate, striate. Flowers small, white or pink, in axillary or terminal spikes or racemes, sometimes solitary, but the rhachis always ending in the rudiment of an additional flower. Bracts few, usually placed close below the calyx. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped or campanulate, lobes 5, spreading or recurved, usually densely bearded within. Stamens 5, inserted near the top of the corolla-tube; filaments short, filiform; anthers wholly or partly included in the corolla-tube or in the erect base of the lobes. Ovary 2–3–5-celled; style short or long; stigma small; ovules solitary, pendulous from the top of the cell. Fruit a baccate drupe; mesocarp fleshy; endocarp 2–5-celled; cells 1-seeded.
A large Australian genus of more than 120 species, in addition to which there are a few from the Malay Archipelago and the Pacific islands, and three from New Zealand, two of which are also Australian.
| A shrub 5–15 ft. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers small, in drooping spikes | 1. L. fasciculatus. |
| A shrub 4–8 ft. Leaves oblanceolate. Flowers small, in crowded erect spikes | 2. L. Richei. |
| Small, 2–8 in. Leaves obovate-oblong, with pungent tips. Flowers large, solitary | 3. L. Fraseri. |
1. L. fasciculatus, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 215.—A branching shrub or small tree 5–15 ft. high or more; bark black; branches slender, spreading, pubescent at the tips. Leaves very variable in size and shape, flat, spreading, ½–1 in. long, linear or linear-
