154 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Stylidieæ. 
Nar. Orv. XLV. STYLIDIEA, Br. 
Gen. I. FORSTERA, Linn. fil. 
Flores monoici v. dioici. Calyx 1-8-bracteolatus ; limbus 3-6-partitus. Corolla campanulata ; limbus 
4-9-fidus; faux nuda v. glanduloso-incrassáta. Glandule epigynæ staminibus alterne. Anthere 2, ad 
apicem columns opposite, rima transversali dehiscentes. Stigma 2-lobum v. stigmata 2, floribus fertili- 
bus porrecta, plumosa, masculis intra antheras occlusa. Ovarium 1-2-loculare; ovula plurima, columnæ 
centrali affixa, ascendentia, anatropa. Fructus capsularis, 1-locularis, septicide ? bivalvis. Semina minima, 
conferta; testa reticulata.—Herbe perennes, solitarie, simplices v. ramis dense congestis muscoidec. 
Folia alterna, imbricata. Flores sessiles v. pedunculati, albi. 
Very remarkable alpine plants of Tasmania, New Zealand, and Fuegia, nearly allied to the extensive New 
Holland genus Sfylidium. Stems simple and solitary, or branched and densely tufted, forming broad, hard, mossy 
patches. Zeaves more or less closely imbricated, alternate. Peduncles terminal, very short or wanting, or much elon- 
gated, slender, one- to two-flowered. Ovary with one to three bracteæ at the base, turgid, one- to two-celled, with 
many ovules. Calya lobes three to six, erect. Corolla white, campanulate, with a four- to nine-lobed spreading limb. 
Stamens and style united into a central erect column, surmounting the ovary, having at its base two large, erect, 
subulate or lunate glands. -4nthers on the top of the column, sessile, bursting transversely, the two halves hooded, 
upper turned back. Stigma two-lobed, inconspicuous in the male flowers, plumose and spreading in the fertile. 
Fruit a membranous capsule. (Named in honour of J. R. Forster, who accompanied Captain Cook's second voyage, 
and discovered F. sedifolia at Dusky Bay; a plant which was not gathered again till Dr. Lyall visited the southern 
extreme of New Zealand sixty years afterwards, in H.M.St.V. Acheron.) 
$a. FORSTERA. Stems elongated, simple or nearly so. Leaves loosely imbricated. Peduncles long, slender, 
one- to two-flowered. 
1. Forstera sedifolia, Linn. fil.; caule elongato, foliis brevibus imbricatis crassis coriaceis patulis v. 
reflexis obovatis obtusis enerviis costa subtus latissima marginibus cartilagineis, pedunculis gracillimis 
1-floris, corolla campanulata 6-fida fauce ad basin loborum cristis transversis bicruribus donata, glandulis 
epigynis 2 erectis subulatis, ovulis in placentam centralem liberam utrinque confertis. Forst. Nov. Act. 
Ups. v. 3. p. 184. £. 9. Kenig et Sims, Ann. Dot. v. 1. t. 5. A. Rich. Flora. A. Cunn. Prodr. DC. Prodr. 
Has. Middle and Southern Islands. Dusky Bay and Chalky Bay, etc., Forster, Lyall. 
A beautiful and very remarkable plant, varying in length of stem from 3 inches to a foot, and m size 
of corolla from i-i inch long. Stems slender, sparingly divided, descending deep in boggy earth, throwing 
out fibres, covered throughout its length with closely set, uniform, small, patent or recurved, very coriaceous 
leaves, which half-clasp the stem. Leaves 4 inch long, obovate, blunt, with broad cartilaginous margins, smooth, 
nerveless above, below with a very broad midrib. Peduncle erect, slender, 3-6 inches long, one-flowered. Bracts 
two to three. Calyx lobes five to six, rather unequal, linear-oblong, blunt. Corolla white, persistent, rather cori- 
aceous, six-lobed to below the middle; tube with a curved thickened ridge and purple spot below the blunt oblong 
lobes. Ovules attached to both surfaces of a free, compressed, central placenta. Hpigynous glands erect, subulate.— 
This fine plant is allied through Donatia to Saaifragea. 
2. Forstera tenella, Hook. fil. ; caule gracili brevi decumbente diviso basi nudo fibroso apice ascen- 
dente parce folioso, foliis patulis lineari-obovatis obtusis margine tenuiter cartilagineis enerviis costa incon- 
spicua, pedunculis gracilibus elongatis 1—2-floris, floribus cernuis, corolla 6-loba lobis basi utrinque linea 
