agenous, closely and minutely serrulate. Panicles lateral from below the leaves, 3–5 in. long, sparingly branched and often reduced to a simple raceme, drooping; rhachis and pedicels pubescent. Flowers large, waxy- white, ⅓ in. long, on short curved pedicels. Calyx small, not ¼ as long as the corolla; sepals broadly ovate, subacute, striate. Corolla large, campanulate, tube three or four times as long as the calyx; lobes very short, recurved. Anthers included. Capsule depresso-globose, ⅙–⅕ in. diam.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 181.
South Island: Canterbury—Ashburton Mountains, Potts! (flowers not seen). Otago—Lake district, Buchanan! mountains above Lake Harris, Kirk! mountains to the west of Lakes Wakatipu and Te Anau, Petrie! Humboldt Mountains, Cockayne! Dusky Bay, Menzies, Reischek! Port Preservation, Lyall. Stewart Island: Mount Anglem, Kirk! Ascends to 4500ft., descends almost to sea level in Dusky Sound. December–February.
An exceedingly distinct species, with the largest flowers of the genus. Alpine specimens are sometimes only 1–2 ft. high, with few very stout naked branches bearing a globose head of squarrose leaves.
5. D. strictum, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 48.—A much-branched shrub; branches bare below, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves erect or spreading, variable in size, 1½–4 in. long, ¼–½ in. wide at the sheathing base, which is not conspicuously broader than the blade, gradually tapering into a rigidly acuminate or pungent point, fiat or slightly concave, somewhat glaucous, coriaceous, margins minutely serrulate. Panicles terminal, 1½–4 in. long, narrow, erect or curved or cernuous; rhachis and pedicels glabrous or puberulous. Bracts caducous. Flowers rather numerous, ⅕–¼ in. long, shortly pedicelled, white. Calyx small, about ⅓ the length of the corolla; sepals broadly ovate, acute, finely ciliolate. Corolla narrow-campanulate; lobes short, broadly triangular, with inflexed margins. Anthers included; filaments rather long. Capsule depresso-globose, small, 110 in. diam.—Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 168; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 181. D. affine, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 48; Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 168. D. imbricatum, Col. in Trans N.Z. Inst. xxv. (1893) 331.
North and South Islands: From the Thames River to the south of Otago, not common. In the South Island mainly found on the western side of the island. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Totorowhiti. November–March.
Very variable in the size of the leaves. On young plants or on vigorous shoots they are frequently 4–5 in. long and proportionately broad; but on old plants or in exposed situations they are often reduced to 1½ in. or less.
6. D. Sinclairii, Cheesem.—A tall erect branching shrub, usually 4–8 ft. high, rarely taller and forming a small tree 12–20 ft. in height; bark brownish-black. Leaves spreading and recurved, suberect when young, often clothing the branches for a considerable length, 1½–5 in. long, ⅙–⅓ in. wide at the sheathing base, which is not truncate nor auricled and not very much wider
