Flora of New Zealand Series

D. scoparium var. paludosum Ckn. in T.N.Z.I. 1925, 707.

D. rosmariniflolium Buchan. in T.N.Z.I. 7, 1875, 338 non

Epacris rosmarinifolia Forst. f. Prodr. 1786, 13.

Type: W, L. Cockayne, Feb. 1902, 3567.

Spreading shrub up to c. 2 m. tall; branches rather slender, bark almost black; branchlets ∞, slender, rather close-set, bark reddish brown. Sheath ± 5 mm. long, narrowed to subfiliform lamina ± 30-40 × 1-1·5 mm., narrowed to acute apex; margins minutely ciliolate. Fls solitary or in 2-4-(6)-fld racemes ± 2 cm. long; sheaths of bracts with pale ciliolate margins, rather abruptly narrowed to linear lamina. Sepals ovate-triangular, obtuse, ciliate on margins, pubescent on back. Corolla-tube subcampanulate, oblong, 3-4 mm. long; lobes white, c. 2 mm. long, ovate-triangular, obtuse.

DIST.: Ch. Lowland bog.

Juvenile plants have sparingly pubescent lvs; lamina ± 4 cm. × 4 mm. on sheaths up to 8 mm. long. Fls are occ. produced at this stage.