Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Type locality: Spirit's Bay. Type: W, W. R. B. Oliver, 28/11/1916.
Much-branched shrub or tree up to 5 m. tall; branches rather stout, bark very dark brown; branchlets rather slender, reddish brown, lfy towards tips. Lvs thin, becoming patent. Sheath ± 10 × 6 mm., gradually narrowed to lamina or sts indistinctly shouldered. Lamina ± (4)-5-7 cm. × c. 5-6·5 mm. Racemes lax, 5-6-fld, slender, arising immediately below tufts of lvs on branchlets. Bracts thin, narrow, acuminate. Sepals acute, narrow, sparingly ciliolate. Corolla-tube c. 4 mm. long.
DIST.: N. Shrubland from near North Cape to Kaitaia.
Lvs of juvenile plants reach 175 x 8 mm.
