Flora of New Zealand Series

Type locality: Wilmot Pass. Type: W, W. R. B. Oliver, March 1927.

Robust, not or sparingly branched, up to c. 3 m. tall, trunk up to c. 4 cm. diam. Lvs thick, coriac., in very large clusters towards apex of stem; sheath ± 6 × 3 cm., very gradually tapering into lamina ± 6-7 dm. × 4-5 cm.; margins smooth, narrowing to acuminate apex. Panicle 10-12-(15) cm. long, arising on stem below lvs; axis stout, curved; branches 2-5 cm. long. Fls ∞, rather crowded; sepals ovate, acute, c. 2.5 mm. long; corolla-tube = sepals, lobes reflexed. Anthers exserted. Capsule 2 × 2.5 mm. (fide Oliver loc. cit. 1929, 706). In specimens seen by me up to c. 4 mm. diam.

DIST.: S. Montane to subalpine forest, shrubland, western Otago and Fiordland.