than the blade, gradually narrowed into long acuminate points, coriaceous or somewhat grassy, concave; margins finely serrulate, ciliolate at the base. Racemes lateral, 1–2 in. long, 4–8-flowered, usually fascicled along the branches some distance below the tip. Bracts persistent, ovate-lanceolate, acummate. Flowers ¼ in. long, white. Sepals almost equalling the corolla, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Anthers included. Style short, stout. Capsule small, concealed by the persistent sepals.—D. squarrosum, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 48. (not of R. Br.); Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 169; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 181.
North Island: From the North Cape as far as the East Cape, but often local, usually near the sea. Ascends to 2500 ft. Flowers most of the year.
Hooker's name is most appropriate; but unfortunately it is preoccupied by an Australian species (D. squarrosum, R. Br. Prodr. 556). This was made the type of the genus Sphenotoma by Don, but was reunited with Dracophyllum by Bentham in the "Flora Australiensis."
7. D. recurvum, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 50.—A small rather stout much-branched shrub 6 in. to 2 ft. or 3 ft. high; bark blackish-brown; branches naked, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves crowded at the tips of the branches, spreading and recurved, ½–1½ in. long; sheathing base membrauous, ⅛–¼ in. broad, ciliolate, suddenly narrowed into a rigid and coriaceous linear-subulate usually much recurved lamina, which is concave on the upper surface and almost keeled beneath, tip obtuse, margins minutely serrulate. Flowers ¼ in. long, in short and stout terminal bracteate spikes ½–1 in. long; bracts numerous, large, persistent, almost concealing the flowers, base broad and foliaceous, tip short, subulate. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, almost as long as the corolla-tube, ciliolate. Corolla n arrow- campanulate; lobes short, ovate-triangular, acute. Anthers included. Style very short. Capsule small, ⅛ in. long, shorter than the sepals.—Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 171; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 181. D. rubrum. Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. (1888) 200. D. tenuicaulis, Col. l.c. xxii. (1890) 476. D. brachyphyllum and D. vanum. Col. l.c. xxviii. (1896) 602, 604. D. brachycladum, Col. l.c. xxxi. (1899) 275.
North Island: Mount Hikurangi, East Cape district, Colenso! Tongariro and Ruapehu, Bidwill, Captain G. Mair, Kirk, and others; Ruahine Range, Colenso! H. Hill! Petrie! 2500–4500 ft.
Easily distinguished by the small size, recurved leaves, and short dense terminal spikes with foliaceous bracts. I have examined the type specimens of Mr. Colenso's new species preserved in his herbarium, but fail to see how they can be separated even as varieties.
8. D. longifolium, R. Br. Prodr. 556.—Very variable in stature, sometimes a shrub from 4 to 8 ft. high, at others forming a small tree 12 to 25 ft. with a trunk 6–15 in. diam.; bark black; branches slender, erect, naked below. Leaves
