Flora of New Zealand Series

Type locality: Mount Richmond. Type: BD 76115, W. Martin, Dec. 1932.

Stock hard, woody, deeply descending; branchlets very densely compacted; lamina ± 25-30 × 4-5 mm., linear-subulate, apiculate, rigid; sheath c. 15 × 7 mm., sparsely hairy without; bracts up to 20 × 1-2 mm. long, crowded.

DIST.: S. Rock-crevices on Mounts Fishtail, Rintoul, Richmond, and Royal Knob.

The specimens seen by me are constant in the differentiating characters indicated. Martin (T.R.S.N.Z. 65, 1935, 181) remarks: "This chasmophyte has been named in honour of Mr. J. H. Hadfield, who has not only assisted me greatly in this research, but has also done more than anyone else to introduce this plant to the notice of New Zealand botanists."