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Dracophyllum.] crowded at the tips of the branches, erect, or spreading when young, strict, 3–10 in. long, narrow linear-subulate; sheathing base ⅓–⅔ in. long and as wide, brown, striate, margins scarious, ciliate; blade ⅛–⅙ in. broad at the base, gradually tapering into a long acuminate pungent tip, concave, rigid and coriaceous, striate, often pubescent; above, margins entire or minutely serrulate. Racemes terminal on short lateral branchlets or rarely ending the main branches, strict, erect or inclined, 1½–2½ in. long, 6–15-flowered. Bracts numerous, a large foliaceous one at the base of each pedicel and 2–4 equalling the calyx at the base of each flower. Flowers white, ¼–⅓ in. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliate, almost equalling the corolla-tube. Corolla campanulate; lobes ovate-triangular, inflexed at the tip. Anthers included. Capsule ⅙ in. diam., enclosed within the persistent sepals.—''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 219; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 413; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 45, t. 31, 32; Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 169; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 182; Kirk, Forest Fl.'' i. 109. D. Lyallii, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 169. Epacris longifolia, ''Forst. Prodr.'' n. 68.

9. D. Urvilleanum, ''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel.'' 221.—A much or sparingly branched shrub 4–8 ft. high; branches slender, erect; bark black or dark chestnut-brown. Leaves very variable, slender, often flexuous, erect, 1–5 in. long; sheathing base ⅛–¼ in. broad, brown, striate, membranous, truncate or auricled at the tip, margins scarious, ciliate; blade very narrow, $1⁄20$–$1⁄10$ at the base, coriaceous, concave or canaliculate above, triquetrous or nearly so at the tip, margins minutely denticulate. Racemes on short lateral branchlets, rarely ending the main branches, strict, erect, ½–1½ in. long, 4–12-flowered. Flowers small, white or red, ⅕–¼ in. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as or longer than the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes rather narrow. Anthers included. Capsule ⅛–⅙ in. diam., enclosed within the persistent sepals.—''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 182.

Var. a.—Branches long, slender; bark black. Leaves rather short, 1–2½ in. long, concave above. Racemes 3–6-flowered, lateral, often crowded along the