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420 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.

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.

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