I80 PLAGIANTHUS LYALLI,. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS, 
Sce under Plagianthus betulinus, p. 207, ante. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 
Plagianthus Lyaillii is endemic in New Zealand, where it is restricted to the 
South Island, and extends from Marlborough and Nelson to Otago: it attains 
its southern boundary at Dusky Bay, but does not occur on Stewart Island. 
It is comparatively rare on the eastern side of the Island, but is plentiful on 
the western side. It descends nearly to sea-level, but is most abundan t at 
elevations above 2,000ft., ascending to fully Nee It Is common on the 
borders of streams in alpine and sub-alpine forests. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Plagianthus Lyallii, Hook. f. 
Hoheria Lyallu, Hook. f£., ‘‘ Flora Novee-Zelandia,” 1., t. 11. 
A shrub or small tree, roft. to 4oft. high, often with alii branches. Ss. 
Branchlets and young leaves clothed with short stellate pubescence, which fe Is 
away from the upper surface of the leaves. Leaves alternate: on young plants: 
deeply irregularly lobed and coarsely toothed; on old trees alternate, | toby. 
cordate or broadly ovate, acuminate, membtations, 2in. to 4in. long, doub y 
crenate or, rarcly, serrate; petioles long, very slender, pubescent. Flowe 
axillary, solitary or in two- to six-flowered fascicles; peduncles long, slenc et 
pubescent. Calyx pubescent, with five spreading uaa eenies lobes ; petals, five Cy 
oblique, with a slight notch near the apex ; Bearing tube ehave: stame ns 
numerous, spreading; ovary ten- to fourteen-celled, style divided into as man 
filiform besides stigmas expanded, flattened. ae a depressed globul 
capsule, panaieene of ten to fourteen separable reniform carpels, sharply keeled 
on the outer surface. Seeds solitary, much compressed. 
Note.—In the “ Flora Novae-Zelandixz” this species is figured with very 
long filiform styles and linear stigmas; but in all the specimens which I have 2S 
been able to examine the free portion i: the style is very short, with a decide ly. 
flattened and expanded stigma, stigmatiferous on the upper surface and ou 
margin, sometimes almost capitate. It might fairly be placed in Hohkeria. 
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EXPLANATION OF Pirate CXXAIYV. 
Plagianthus Lyall, Hook. f. Flowering specimen. 1. Leaf of young plan 
Both nates size. 2. Pistil with its short styles, magnified. 3. A ripe ft frail 
natural size. 4. A seed, magnified. 
