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2. O. stricta 
diffusely branche 
subglabrous or § 
green, very simil 
wanting. Pedun 
Capsules usually ¢ 
A. Rich. Fl. Now 
O. lacicola, A. ¢ 
var. stricta Hook 
Benth. Fl. Austro 
Man. N.Z. Fl. _, 
NoRTH AND: SO -~ +hranohout in lowland districts. 
In the first ed: 
with the views of |] 
although closely a 
absence of stipules. 
a 
ere gest 
3. O. lactea 
pubescent almc 
Leaves all rac 
obcordate, glab 
often exceedin 
Flowers rather 
Petals obovate 
A, Cunn. Pre 
Choix (1846) 4 
Handb. N.Z. 
Benth. Fl. Au 
Man. N.Z. Fi 
NoRTH AN: 
and shaded o} 
fully 4000 ft. 
In the “* Flora Novae 
the South American O. magellantcéa@ , wx be 
botanists. But Dr. Skottsberg, in a memoir dealing with “The ‘therwew...._. 
Floras of Subantarctic America and New Zealand,” points out that the New Zealanu 
plant differs from the Fuegian in the flowers being double the size, in the longer 
pedicels, and in the distinctly obcordate leaves with a narrow base. Influenced by 
these differences, he has taken up the name of O. lactea Hook., being the one first 
applied to the Australian and New Zealand species. As the plant appears worthy of 
specific distinction I have adopted the name in this place. 
Family LIV. LINACKAE. 
Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves alternate, simple, usually entire ; 
stipules present or wanting. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, 
rarely 4, free or coherent at the base, imbricate. Petals the same number, 
hypogynous or slightly perigynous, imbricate, often contorted. Stamens 
as many as the petals or twice as many, rarely more ; filaments united 
below into a ring which frequently has 5 small glands at the base ; anthers 
2-celled, versatile. Ovary free, entire, 3—-5-celled ; styles the same number, 
distinct or more or less united; ovules 1-2 in each cell, pendulous, ana- 
tropous. Fruit either a capsule splitting into 3-5 cocci, or more rarely a 
drupe. Seeds 1-2 in each cell; albumen fleshy or wanting; embryo 
usually straight, radicle superior. | 
