(a) Th. cornea var. imberbis (Hook. f.) Rupp and Hh. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 70, 1945, 59. Hatch, Trans. R.S.N.Z., 76, 1946, 60 Th. imberbis Hook. f. Flor. Nov. Zel., 1, 1853, 244

Up to 30 cm. high. Leaf up to 20 cm. long, recurved, almost terete, narrow-linear. Stem very slender and conspicuously flexuose. Flowers 1–6, creamy-pink on rather long, slender pedicles, perianth segments up to 8 mm. long. Column inclined slightly backwards, pinkish with a darker band near the top. Midlobe hardly as high as the anther, slightly cucullate, bright yellow with finely denticulate margin. Lateral lobes secondary, oblique, narrow, bright yellow with denticulate upper margins and no cilia. Anther connective pale green.

Distribution. Endemic—2. (North Auckland), 3a. (Kaipara), 3b. (Waikato), 3c. Thames), 5. (Volcanic Plateau), common throughout.

Flowers Sep.-Nov., sea-level–1,500 ft.; small colonies or scattered, particularly in “gumland” associations, with their typical combination of short Leptospermum scrub and open mossy patches.