and repeatedly branched; branches spreading, with long lanceolate bracts at the base. Flowers ¼–⅓ in. diam., crowded, white, sweet-scented, very shortly pedicelled; bracteoles 3, ovate-deltoid. Perianth-segments linear-oblong, obtuse, recurved. Stamens almost equalling the segments; anthers oblong. Style subulate; stigma 3-cuspidate. Berry white or bluish-white, globose, ¼ in. diam. Seeds 1–3 in each cell, black, angled.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 281; Bot. Mag. t. 5636 (not t. 2835); Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 141. C. superbiens, C. Koch, Wochen. (1859) 381. C. indivisa, Regel, Gartenfl. (1859) 331 (not of Steud.). C. lentiginosa, Linden and Andre, Illustr. Hort. xvii. (1870) t. 35. C. Veitchii, Regel, Gartenfl. (1871) 149. C. calocoma, Hort. ex Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. (1875) 542. C. Forsteri, F. Muell. Select Pl. 58. C. Sturmii, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. (1883) 331. Dracæna australis, Forst. Prodr. n. 151; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 149. Dracænopsis australis, Planch. in Fl. des Serves (1850–51) sub. t. 569.
North and South Islands: Abundant throughout. Stewart Island: Rare, Kirk. Sea-level to 2500 ft. Ti; Ti-kauka; Ti-rahau; Palm-lily. November–January.
Universally known to New Zealand residents by the inappropriate name of "cabbage-tree" The foliage yields a strong and durable fibre, and has been recommended for paper-making Largely planted for scenic effect in gardens and shrubberies, and extensively grown for decorative purposes in Europe. Varieties with bronzy or variegated foliage are occasionally seen. Mr. Colenso's C. Sturmii has broader and thinner leaves, and may be entitled to recognition as a variety, but at present I am only acquainted with it through a single indifferent specimen.
4. C. indivisa, Steud. Nom. ed. ii., i. 419.—Stem stout, erect, rarely branched, 5–25 ft. high. Leaves very numerous, spreading all round and forming an enormous massive head, 2–6 ft. long, 4–6 in. broad at the middle, broadly ensiform, acuminate, usually contracted below and again expanded at the sheathing base, excessively thick and coriaceous, flat, greenish with a faint purplish or reddish tint above, glaucous beneath, midrib very thick and prominent at the base, but gradually decreasing in size upwards, lateral veins very numerous, strong, parallel, oblique to the midrib and with it usually coloured red or reddish-yellow. Panicle very large, densely branched, pendulous, 2–4 ft. long including the stout peduncle; bracts at the base broad, massive, the lower ones usually exceeding the panicle; branches very close-set, divided at the base, simple above, 1 in. across with the flowers on. Flowers shortly pedicelled, densely crowded, ⅓ in. long, white; bracteoles of the lower flowers sometimes equalling them, of the upper ones minute. Perianth-tube campanulate; segments sharply recurved. Anthers broadly oblong. Berry ¼ in. diam., globose, bluish. Seeds 5–6 in each cell, angled; testa black, shining.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 258; Gard. Chron. (1860) 792; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 282. C. Hookeri,
