390 STYLIDIER. [Phyllachne. 
lobes, often glandular at the base. Column short, straight, erect. 
Epigynous glands 2, semi-lunar. Ovary obovoid-turbinate, broad at 
the top, imperfectly 2-celled at the base. Capsule small, turbinate, 
flattened at the summit, coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds numerous, 
obovoid. 
The genus differs from Forstera mainly in habit and in the turbinate capsule. 
In addition to the three species found in New Zealand there is another in 
Fuegia. The New Zealand forms are much too closely allied, and should 
probably be treated as varieties of P. clavigera. They were separated mainly on 
account of differences in the width of the leaves and length of the column, 
but these characters break down when a large series of specimens is under 
examination. 
Leaves linear, broad at the base. Column scarcely 
exserted .. te .. 1. PB. clavigera. 
Leaves shorter, broadly ovate at the base. Column much 
exserted .. za .. 2. P. Colensoi. 
Leaves linear, not broad at the base. Column included or 
scarcely exserted .. bic 4 ye .. 3. P. rbbra. 
1. P. clavigera, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 40.—Stems short, 
1-24in. long, most densely compacted, leafy throughout. Leaves 
erect, imbricated in very many series, 4in. long, linear-oblong with 
a dilated base, concave in front, convex at the back, very thick ana 
coriaceous, quite entire; tips obtuse, thickened and knobbed, a 
glandular pore on the back just below the apex. Flowers white, 
+-1in. diam. Calyx-lobes 5-6, linear-oblong, obtuse. Corolla-lobes 
5-7, obovate, those of the male flowers without glands at the base 
or with very indistinct ones, the females or hermaphrodites with 
conspicuous linear glands. Column stout, erect, slightly exserted. 
Anthers narrow-reniform. Stigmas of the female flowers large, 
plumose-papillose ; of the males or hermaphrodites smaller, smooth, 
almost hidden between the anthers. Capsule turbinate, ultimately 
opening by the falling-away of the top. Seeds 6-8.—Helophyllum 
clavigerum, Hook. 7. Handb. N.Z. Fl.167. Forstera clavigera, Hook. 
f. Fl. Antarct. i. 38, t. 28. F. aretriastrifolia, Homb. ¢ Jacq. Bot. 
Voy. Astrol. et. Zél. t. 16c. 
SoutH Is~tanpD: Various localities in the Alps of Canterbury and Otago, 
apparently not common; altitude 4000-6000ft. AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL 
Istanps: Abundant on the hills; 500-1250 ft. December—March. 
For a full account of this singular plant reference should be made to the 
detailed description and excellent plate given in the ‘‘ Flora Antarctica.’ 
2. P. Colensoi, Berggren in Minnesk. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. 
(1877) 11.—Habit and appearance of P. clavigera, but leaves shorter 
and broader, often broadly ovate at the base. Flowers rather 
smaller ; column much longer and more slender, far exserted beyond 
the corolla in the usual state. — Helophyllum Colensoi, Hook. f. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 168. H. muscoides, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xxvi. (1894) 318. Forstera clavigera, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 155 
(not of Fl. Antarct.). 
