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Dracophyllum. , 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.

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, $1⁄10$ 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.

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