898 STYLIDIACEAE. [Phyllachne. 
3. P. rubra Cheesem. Man, N.Z. Fl. (1906) 391.—Stems shorter than in 
P. clavigera, 4-lin. high, densely tufted, frequently bare of leaves below. 
Leaves erect, very densely imbricated, linear, not dilated at the base or 
very obscurely so, very thick and COTEAEE OUR ; tips much thickened, forming 
a large globose knob. Flowers 4 4-1 in. diam., white, but becoming dark-red 
when dry. Corolla-lobes 5-7, unequal. Column stout, included or slightl 
exserted.—Helophyllum rubrum Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 168: 
Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) 351, t. 31, f. 2. 
Sourn Istanp: Otago—Mount Aspiring Range, Buchunan and McKay! Mount 
Arnould and the Hector Mountains, Petrie / summit of Rock and Pillar Range, Cockayne / 
4500-6000 ft. January—March. 
This is evidently close to P. clavigera, but the large globose knobs at the tips of 
the leaves give it a distinct appearance. 
3. FORSTERA Linn. f. 1780 
Glabrous perennial herbs. Stems simple or branched, erect or decumbent. 
Leaves small, entire, densely or laxly imbricating, spreading or recurved. 
Peduncles terminal, slender, 1-flowered or more rarely 2—5-flowered. Flowers 
white, erect or nodding, sometimes unisexual. Calyx-tube ovoid; lobes 
5 or 6, equal or nearly so. Corolla almost regular; tube short; limb 
campanulate, with 5-9 nearly equal lobes; throat naked or glandular. 
Column short, erect. Ovary oblong or ovoid, imperfectly 2-celled at the 
base. Capsule 1-celled, somewhat memb anous, opening at the apex. 
Seeds numerous, elliptical or fusiform; testa lax, produced at each end. 
In addition to the 3 species described below, which are confined to New Zealand, 
there is another from the mountains of Tasmania. 
Leaves }-lin., imbricate, recurved, sessile, obovate-spathulate ; 
midrib broad and thick, cuneate .. .. lL. F. sedifolia. 
Leaves 1-1 in., close-set, spreading and paoneved: Bpacile, obovate 
or nea Cbovate + ; midrib indistinct wad 2. F. Bidwillit. 
Leaves 4-3 in., lax, erect or Soran jogs petiole, shicae: 
obovate ; midrib obsolete ‘ . .. 3. F. tenella. 
lies Fe wraekA4! 
1. F. sedifolia Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 407.—Stems 2-12 in. long, stout 
or slender, simple or sparingly divided, rarely much branched, erect or 
decumbent at the base, densely leafy throughout. Leaves closely im- 
bricating, spreading and recurved, sessile by a broad base, }-41n. long, 
obovate-spathulate or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, very thick and coriaceous, 
shining, often reddish-brown, nerveless above, midrib thickened and almost 
cuneate beneath; margins broad, cartilaginous. Peduncle slender, strict, 
2-4 in. long, 19- flows perk Flowers very variable in size, }-3in. diam. 
or more. Bracts 2-3, oblong, obtuse. Calyx-lobes 6, linear- oblong, obtuse. 
Corolla-tube very short; lobes 6, linear-oblong, obtuse, each with 2 linear 
glands at the base. Column short; anthers 2, sessile at the top of the 
column, transverse, reniform ; stigma 2-lobed, the lobes spreading between 
the anthers, papillose. Epigynous glands 2, narrow-clavate. Capsule 
oblong-clavate-—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 229; A. Cunn. Precur. 
(1838) n. 427; Raoul Choix (1846) 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 154 ; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. pee 166 ; Berggr. in Minnesk. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund. 
vii (1877) 9, t. 2, £. 20. ‘Phyllachne sedifolia F. Muell. Fragm. viii 
(1872-74) 40. 
