2. D. Traversii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 736.—Very closely allied to D. latifolium, but a larger and much more robust plant, sometimes 30 ft. high, with a trunk 2 ft. in diam. Leaves 1–2 ft. long, 1–2 in. broad at the base, gradually tapering into long almost filiform points, rigid and coriaceous, slightly concave, striated, margins smooth and entire or very obscurely serrulate. Panicle terminal, strict, linear-oblong, much and verclosely and densely branched; rhachis and pedicels stout, pubescent. Flowers much as in D. latifolium, but rather larger. Capsule larger and on stouter pedicels, ⅛ in. diam.
South Island: Nelson and Westland—Not uncommon in subalpine localities from Collingwood and the Mount Arthur Plateau to the Haast River and Jackson's Bay. 2500–4500 ft. January–February.
By far the finest species of the genus. Although very different in appearance from D. latifolium it is difficult to point out any character of importance to separate it from that plant apart from the increased size and stoutness, the more rigid leaves, denser panicles, and rather larger capsules. A state of D. latifolium, not uncommon on high peaks in the Auckland District, approaches it in foliage and in inflorescence, but not in habit.
3. D. Townsoni, Cheesem. n. sp.—A large branching shrub 12–20 ft. high; branches stout, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, very similar to those of D. latifolium but smaller, 6–12 in. long, ⅓–½ in. broad at the dilated sheathing base, very gradually narrowed into fine slender points, rigid and coriaceous, concave, striate, margins minutely serrulate. Panicles small, lateral below the leaves, much curved and drooping, 2–3 in. long, rather closely branched. Flowers crowded, very shortly pedicelled or almost sessile on the branches of the pa,nicle, about ⅙ in. long. Calyx small, but almost as long as the tube of the corolla; sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, striate. Corolla campanulate, lobed nearly half-way down; lobes oblong, obtuse, sharply reflexed. Anthers exserted. Capsule small, ⅛ in. diam., depresso-globose.
South Island: Nelson—Vicinity of Westport, Townson!
This has the peculiar lateral drooping panicle of D. Menziesii, but is a much larger plant, with longer and proportionately narrower more grassy leaves. The corolla is markedly different, being not half the size, and deeply lobed nearly half-way down, with the lobes sharply reflexed. In D. Menziesii, in addition to the much larger corolla, the lobes are very small, not one-quarter the length of the tube.
4. D. Menziesii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 168.—A small much-branched shrub, often reduced to a foot or two in height; branches very robust, naked, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves crowded near the ends of the branches, like those of D. latifolium but much smaller, spreading and recurved, 3–8 in. long, ½–¾ in. broad at the base, gradually tapering to a fine point, slightlv concave, rigid and coriaceous, striate; margins cartil-
