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PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Geii US Pterustijlifi. 



Slender, leafy, shining* herbs, with tuberous roots, and solitary green 

 tlowers. Leaves radical or cauline. Column broadly whiged. Pollen-masses 

 4. A genus confined to Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. (Name 

 from the Greek, signifying a iviiiffcd coUfinn). 11 sp. 



Fif^. 35. Corysanthes iiiacrantha (fj nut. size). 



Pterostylis Banksii (Hanks' Pterosti/Us). 



A tall, slender herb, w'ith numerous alternate leaves, and solitary, hood- 

 shaped green tlowers, striped with white. Stem 6in.-18in. high ; flower 2in.-3in. 

 long. P. gratninen is very similar to F. Banksii. Both islands. Fl. Oct. -Jan. 



Genus T]iel//iiiitiri. 



Erect, tuberous-rooted herbs. Leaves 1 or 2, narrow, with a membranous 

 sheath below. Flowers in a short spike, blue, purple, or yellow. Column hooded. 

 Pollen masses 4. A large genus, found only in Australia, Tasmania, New 

 Zealand, and the mountains of Java. (Name from the Greek, in allusion to the 

 hooded column capping the anther). 8 sp. 



