392 STYLIDIED. [Oreostylidiwm. 
leaves, stout, and with the calyx glandular- pubescent. Flower 
small, tin. diam. Calyx-lobes variable in depth. Corolla-lobes 
oblong, obtuse. Capsule 4+in. long, ovoid-oblong, almost woody. 
_O. affine, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. (1888) 197. Stylidium(?) 
subulatum, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 168. Phyllachne (Forstera) 
subulata, Ff. Muell. in Journ. Bot. 1878, 174. 
Nortu Isuanp: Base of Tongariro, Berggren, Kirk! Ruahine Mountains, 
H. Tryon! Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Not uncommon in mountain districts, | 
travers, Haast, Buchanan! T. #.C.; Mount Rochfort, Townson! Otago— 
Wet peaty localities in the east and south, Berggren, Kirk! Petrie! Buchanan. 
STEWART IsLAND: Petrie! Kirk! Sea-level to 4000 ft. December—March. 
3. FORSTERA, Linn. f. 
Glabrous perennial herbs. Steins simple or branched, erect or 
decumbent. Leaves small, entire, densely or laxly imbricating, 
spreading or recurved. Peduncles terminal, slender, 1-flowered or 
more rarely 2-5-flowered. Flowers white, erect or nodding, some- 
times unisexual. Calyx-tube ovoid; lobes 5 or 6, equal or nearly 
so. Corolla almost regular; tube short; limb campanulate, with 
5-9 nearly equal lobes; throat naked or glandular. Column short, 
erect. Ovary oblong or ovoid, imperfectly 2-celled at the base. 
Capsule 1-celled, somewhat membranous, opening at the apex. 
Seeds numerous, elliptical or fusiform; testa lax, produced at each 
end. 
In addition to the three species described below, which are confined to New 
Zealand, there is another from the mountains of Tasmania. 
Leaves 4-}1n., imbricate, recurved, sessile, obovate- 
spathulate ; midrib broad and thick, cuneate .. .. 1. F. sedifolia. 
Leaves +-41n., close-set, spreading and recurved, sessile, 
obovate or linear-obovate ; midrib indistinct .. .. 2. BF. Bidwillii. 
Leaves }+-in., lax, erect or spreading, shortly petioled, 
oblong- obovate ; midrib obsolete we : .. 3 FH. tenella. 
1. F. sedifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. 407.—Stems 2-12 in. long, stout 
or slender, simple or sparingly divided, rarely much branched, erect 
or decumbent at the base, densely leafy throughout. Leaves closely 
imbricating, spreading and recurved, sessile by a broad base, $+ in. 
long, obovate-spathulate or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, very thick 
and coriaceous, shining, often reddish-brown, nerveless above, 
midrib thickened and almost cuneate beneath ; margins broad, 
cartilaginous. Peduncle slender, strict, 2-4in. long, 1—2-flowered. 
Flowers very variable in size, +-3in. diam. or more. Bracts 2-3, 
oblong, obtuse. Calyx-lobes 6, linear-oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube 
very short ; lobes 6, linear-oblong, obtuse, each with 2 linear glands 
at the base. Column short; anthers 2, sessile at the top of the 
column, transverse, reniform; stigma 2-lobed, the lobes spreading 
between the anthers, papillose. Epigynous glands 2, narrow- 
clavate. Capsule oblong-clavate.—A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 229; A. 
