Phyllachne.| STYLIDIACEAE. 897 
or slightly unequal. Corolla almost regular; tube short; limb spreading, 
with 4-9 subequal lobes, often glandular at the base. Column short, straight, 
erect. Epigynous glands 2, semi-lunar. Ovary obovoid-turbinate, broad 
at the top, imperfectly 2-celled at the base. Capsule small, turbinate, 
flattened at the summit, coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds numerous, obovoid. 
The genus differs from Forstera mainly in habit and in the turbinate capsule. In 
addition to the 3 species found in New Zealand there is another in Fuegia. The 
New Zealand forms are very closely allied, differing chiefly in the width of the leaves 
and the length of the column. 
Leaves linear, broad at the base. Columin scarcely exserted .. 1. P. clavigera. 
Leaves shorter, broadly ovate at the base. Column much exserted .. 2. P. Colensoi. 
Leaves linear, not broad at the base. Column included or scarcely 
exserted .. eA oe Ke “f ty a os 27 -rubre: 
1. P. elavigera F. Muell. Fragm. viii (1873) 40.—Stems short, 1-24 in. 
long, most densely compacted, leafy throughout. Leaves erect, imbricated 
in very many series, 4in. long, linear-oblong with a dilated base, concave 
in front, convex at the back, very thick and coriaceous, quite entire; tips 
obtuse, thickened and knobbed, a glandular pore on the back just below 
the apex. Flowers white, }4in. diam. Calyx-lobes 5-6, linear-oblong, 
obtuse. Corolla-lobes 5-7, obovate, those of the male flowers without 
glands at the base or with very indistinct ones, the females or hermaphrodites 
with conspicuous linear glands. Column stout, erect, slightly exserted. 
Anthers narrow-reniform. Stigmas of the female flowers large, plumose- 
papillose ; of the males or hermaphrodites smaller, smooth, almost hidden 
between the anthers. Capsule turbinate, ultimately opening by the falling- 
away of the top. Seeds 6-8.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 390 ; Mild- 
braed in Pflanzenr. Heft 35 (1908) 22. Helophyllum clavigerum Hook. f. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 167. Forstera clavigera Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1 (1844) 
38, t. 28. F. aretiastrifolia Homb. and Jacq. Bot. Voy. Astrol. et Zel. (1853) 
t. 16c. 
SoutH Istanp: Various localities in the Alps of Canterbury and Otago, apparently 
not common; altitude 4000-6000 ft. AuckLAND AND CAMPBELL IstANDS: Abundant 
on the hills ; 500-1250 ft. Decem ber—March. 
For a full account of this singular plant reference should be made to the detailed 
description and excellent plate given in the “‘ Flora Antarctica.” 
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2. P. Colensol/ Berggr. in Minnesk. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. (1877) 11.— 
Habit and appearance of P. clavigera, but leaves shorter and broader, often 
broadly ovate at the base. Flowers rather smaller; column much longer 
and more slender, far-exserted beyond the corolla in the usual state.— 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 390; Muildbraed in Pflanzenr. Hett 35 
(1908) 21. Helophyllum Colensoi Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 168. 
H. muscoides Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi (1894) 318. Forstera clavigera 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 155 (not of Fl. Antarct.). 
Var. Haastii.—Upper half of leaf narrower, semiterete, not thickened at the tip.— 
P. Haastii Berggr. in Journ. Bot. ix, n.s. (1880) 104. P. Colensoi Berggr. in Minnesk. 
Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. (1877) t. 3, f. 1 to 27. 
Nortu anp Sourn Istanps, Stewart Istanp: From Hikurangi, Tongariro, and 
Mount Egmont southwards, an abundant alpine plant. 3000-6000 ft. Decem ber- 
February. Mas 
This appears to pass imperceptibly inte P: clavigera, and should be regarded ‘as a 
variety of that species. 
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