Flora of New Zealand Series

Styphelia oxycedrus Labill. Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1, 1804, 491, t. 69.

C. oxycedrus R. Br. Prodr. 1810. 540.

C. acerosa var. oxycedrus (Labill) Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 1906, 411.

Lvs 18-20 × 1-2 mm., pungent tip c. 2 mm. long, veins not branched.

DIST.: Apparently confined to southern part of range. Also Australia, Tasmania.

C. articulata Col. (T.N.Z.I. 28, 1896, 600) was based on a single specimen from "Hills in the interior, west of Napier; 1895." His description includes: "A (small?) glabrous shrub; branch (specimen) 4 in. long, slender . . . bearing several . . . branchlets 1 in. long, bark greyish. Leaves suberect . . . linear acuminate . . . 31/2 lines long sub 1/2 line wide tapering into a long callous acute tip, thickish, margins recurved entire; pale-dull-green above and somewhat glossy; paler below and 4-nerved, nerves white; petiole short, stout, broad, flattish, articulated to a little circular knob in the branchlet. Flowers terminal on the branchlets, 5-7 together forming small heads, pale-reddish or fawn colour . . . corolla tubular sub 3 lines long veined; lobes 5, small ovate acute, glabrous not bearded; tube slightly hairy within." The material at K consists of a few lvs only.