Ecological Botany.] 



SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OP NEW ZEALAND. 



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Stilhocnrpd polan's is a I'ar-spreading evergreen herb. It lias a very stout 

 rhizome, 6 cm. (more or h'ss) in diameter, which creeps ah)ng the surface of the 

 ground, giving off numerous orbicular-reniform h:>aves. These are bright green. 



Fi(i. 3. — SliWuairp,i i.nl 



Juveiiile Ih'dcofhijllniii loii(jijtiliiiiii in tlie background. 



fleshy, coriaceous, about 20 cm. long by 30 cm. broad, strongly ribbed beneath, and 

 raised on stout, hollow petioles about 50 cm. long (fig. 3). The flowers are small, 

 fleshy, greenish in colour with a brown centre, very numerous, and arranged in 



