Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.
D. muscosa Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 1, 1854, 223 non
D. muscosus Lam. in J. Hist. nat. Paris 1, 1792, 189.
D. Lyallii Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 2, 1855, 336.
Kelleria dieffenbachii var. Lyallii Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 14, 1857, 566.
Type locality: Stewart Id. Type: K, Lyall.
Plant forming small low cushions up to 10 cm. diam. Main stem short, stout, erect; branches erect or ascending, approximate; branchlets glabrate. Lvs densely imbricate, erecto-patent, 2-3 × 1 mm., ovate-triangular to ovate-oblong, subacute to acute, rounded on back, sub-membr., nerves not prominent, margins ciliate, apex penicillate. Fls solitary to 2-3 per head; scales 8, distinct. Per. tube broadly funnel-form to subcampanulate; lobes glabrate, 2-2.5 × 1·5-2 mm., ovate-oblong. Ovary ovoid, pilose at apex; fr. ovoid, 2 × 1 mm.
DIST.: S., St. Montane to subalpine grassland and fellfield throughout, more common in southern part of range.
FL.- FT. 12-3.
