i) PRRNETPYA 
. 
Dwarf or trailing plants; leaves generally 
less than 1 em. long. 
Trailing plant with wiry branches, the 
young ones sparingly setose; leaves 
usually linear, about 0.8-1 cm. long and 
O.4 cm. broad; flowers solitary; pedicels 
2-3 mm. long with several small bracteoles; 
calyx segments shortly but conspicuously 
ciliate; anther cells conspicuously 
biaristate; fruiting calyx fleshy; fruit 
Daccate, half exserted from the fleshy 
CAE a ake Sal ee Su: macrostizema 
Dwarf compact plants with numerous small 
leaves. 
Filaments ribbon-like, gradually and evenly 
widened towards the base, smooth; anther 
cells with two short rizid awns. Leaves 
up to 3-6 mm. long and 1-2 mm. broad: 
flowers solitary; pedicels about 3 ma « 
long with 3-4 bracteoles; calyx segments. 
ciliate, fruiting calyx fleshy; fruit 
baccate (sometimes thin-walled?) 
* * ° s * e ¢ )hUM a s t He Rw nena 
The only satisfactory distinguish ) 
guishing charac- 
hd between the two genera is in che fruit, 
Fernettya having a fleshy berry and Gaultheria 
a dry dehiscent capsule, Serer 
Hl. Austral. 1 (1869) 164; Unheesem. Man. W.4. rb. (AvU0) tLu. ©, Tivia 
Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 601. P. polyphylla Col, lc. xxxi 
(1899) 274. Trochocarpa novae-zealandiae Col. le. xxviii (1896) 602. 
Kpacris pumila Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 70. C&rey, Raw. i771 6 20 
NortH AND SoutTH Isx~anps, Stewart Istanp: In hilly and mountainous dis- 
tricts; rare from Cape Colville southwards to the East Cape and the central volcanic 
plateau, from thence abundant to Stewart Island. Chiefly found between 2000 and 
5000 f{t., but descends to sea-level in Stewart Island. December—February. 
