Flora of New Zealand Series

P. tenuifolium subsp. fasciculatum (Hook. f.) Kirk in T.N.Z.I. 4, 1872, 262.

P. tenuifolium var. fasciculatum (Hook. f.) Kirk Stud. Fl. 1899, 47.

P. colensoi var. fasciculatum Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 1906, 53.

Type locality: Lake Taupo. Type: K, "Colenso 2361". Cheeseman (Man. N.Z. Fl. 1925, 488) refers here specimens collected by H. J. Matthews "Awatere River", and by Lyall "Chalky Sound". These belong to P. colensoi.

Tree up to 6 m. tall; bark black; branchlets glab. or nearly so. Lvs alt., coriac., 4-10 × 1-2 cm., on petioles 1-2 cm. long; lamina light green, obovate-oblong to elliptic or lanceolate, acute to obtuse, narrowed to petiole. Fls in dense axillary or terminal fascicles. Sepals subulate to lanceolate, acuminate, densely clad in fulvous to greyish hairs; petals narrow-oblong, up to 1 cm. long, long-clawed, dark red. Capsules 15-18 mm. long, on pedicels c. 15 mm. long.

DIST.: N. Lake Taupo and near Mounts Tongariro and Ruapehu.