is at times mistaken for O. macrophylla, since the plant 
ficured as O. macrophylla, both in Harris, New Zealand 
Flowers, t. 8, and in Illustrations of the New Zealand 
Flora, t. 11, appears to be really O. robusta. The example 
from which the figure now given has been prepared was 
obtained in 1907 from Messrs. Bees, Limited. Grown in a 
pan of loamy soil and kept under glass all winter, 1t 
flowered in a cold frame in April; it may prove hardy in 
the warmer parts of the United Kingdom. The flowers last 
for a month or more, and are succeeded by seeds which on 
being sown germinate in a fortnight and afford a ready 
means of increase. 
Description.—Herb, perennial. Leaves radical ; petiole 
tinged with purple, 1-4 in. long, somewhat concave above, 
rounded on the back, pubescent, the margins ciliate ; blade 
13-34 in. long, 3-3 in. wide, ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 
base subcordate or rounded, margin crenately toothed, 
glabrous on both sides, bright green, the veins sunk above. 
Scape 3-12 in. long, at times with a pair of sessile lanceo- 
late or elliptic leaves, pubescent. / lowers in 1-4 whorls, 
each whorl 3-8-flowered with 4-8 sessile, linear- to ovate- 
lanceolate, acute or obtuse, more or less toothed, glabrous, 
ciliate bracts 5-10 lin. long, 2-6 lin. wide ; pedicels {-2 in. 
Jong, pubescent. Calyx 3-5 lin. long, divided almost to 
the slightly constricted base into 5 oblong-lanceolate lobes, 
obtuse or acute with a minute apical gland, thinly pubescent 
and finely ciliate. Corolla 10-11 lin. across, white; tube 
hardiy longer than the calyx; throat beset with yellow 
hairs ; limb oblique, flat, 5-lobed, the lobes wide obovate, 
emarginate, the two upper smaller than the others. Stamens 
slightly exserted, glabrous, white; staminode very short, 
filiform. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style glabrous, exserted. 
Fig. 1, calyx and pistil ; 2, corolla laid open, showing stamens and staminode 
3 and 4, stamens; 5, ovary :—all enlarged. 
