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9. HERPOLIRION Hook. f. ISS S FR-we, 
A dwarf perennial herb. Rhizome slender, creeping, branched. Leaves 
crowded on short shoots from the rhizome, all radical, linear, distichous, 
sheathing at the base. Flower solitary, terminal, almost sessile amongst 
the leaves. Perianth funnel-shaped, persistent, 6-partite; segments dis- 
tinct, linear, subequal, 5-nerved. Stamens 6, attached to the base of the 
segments and shorter than them; filaments filiform; anthers linear, erect, 
twisted after flowering, cells introrse, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary 
subglobose, sessile, 3-celled ; ovules several in each cell; style filiform ; 
stigma terminal, punctiform. Capsule globose, enclosed in the persistent 
perianth, 3-celled, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds oblong, subcompressed, 
quite smooth; testa black, crustaceous. 
A monotypic genus confined to the mountains of New Zealand, Tasmania, and 
south-eastern Australia. 
1. H. novae-zealandiae Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 258.—Small, 
often forming broad patches in subalpine swamps. Leaves crowded, flat 
or involute, linear, striate, glaucous; the outer spreading or recurved, 
1-24 in. long ; the inner much shorter, reduced to erect lanceolate sheathing 
bracts. Flower almost sessile, large for the size of the plant, 4—? in. long, 
lilac-blue or white. Perianth-segments erect below, spreading from a little 
below the middle. Stamens about 4 as long as the segments; filaments 
flattened, pubescent; anthers shortly sagittate at the base. Capsule 
globose-trigonous, +-4in. diam.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 287; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 720. H. Tasmaniae Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 1 (1860) 54, 
t. 132B. 
Norra Istanp: Kaikuri, Waitomo Caves, F. Phillips Turner! plains near Taupo, 
Colenso! Tryon! near Tongariro, H. Hill! T. F. C. ; Whakaki, Hawke’s Bay, Bishop 
Williams! Ruahine and Kaimanawa Mountains, B. C. Aston / SoutH ISLAND, 
Stewart Istanp: Not uncommon in subalpine swamps throughout. Usually from 
2000 to 4000 ft., but descends to sea-level in Otago and Stewart Island. December— 
January. | 
10. IPHIGENIA Kunth, )=¥ 3. Goon: 
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Small glabrous herbs. Bulb tunicated. Stem simple, erect. Leaves 
few, scattered, linear, sheathing the stem. Flowers small, erect, solitary 
or corymbose. fPerianth 6-partite, deciduous; segments free, all similar, 
linear or linear-oblong, spreading, flat. Stamens 6, hypogynous, shorter 
than the perianth; filaments flat; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary 
superior, sessile, 3-celled ; ovules numerous in each cell; styles 3, shortly 
connate at the base, linear, recurved, stigmatic along the inner edge. 
Capsule ovoid or oblong, 3-6-sulcate, 3-celled, loculicidally dehiscent. 
Seeds small, globose; testa thin, brown, appressed. a! 
Besides the New Zealand species, which is endemic, there are 2 from India, 1 of 
which is also found in Australia, and 1 each from tropical Africa and Madagascar. 
1. I. novae-zealandiae Bak. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xvii (1879) 451.— 
Bulb (corm) subglobose, 4in. diam.; sheaths reddish, membranous. Stem 
1—2in. high. Leaves 2 or rarely 3, $-3in. long, narrow-linear, sheathing 
the greater part of the stem and exceeding it. Flower solitary, Lin. diam. 
Perianth-segments 4-6, oblanceolate, acute, with 6-8 longitudinal verns. 
Stamens 4-6, slightly shorter than the segments; anthers vhite, sub- 
globose. Ovary broadly oblong, 2—3-celled; styles 2, rarely 3, subulate. 
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