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Forstera. | STYLIDIACEAE. 899 
Var. oculata Cheesem.—Flowers much larger, $-3 in. diam., usually with a dark eye. 
SoutH Istanp, Stewart IsLanp: Not uncommon on the higher mountains, chiefly 
in the central and western districts. Var. oculata: Mount Rochfort, near Westport, 
W. Townson ! Humboldt Mountains, Cockayne / Clinton Valley, Petrie / Cockayne ; 
Routeburn, Poppelwell ; Longwood Range, Cockayne / Fraser Peaks (Stewart Island), 
Thomson and Petrie / 2000-5000 ft. December—March. — 
Best distinguished by the short and broad very coriaceous recurved leaves, with a 
broad and thick cuneate midrib beneath. | 
2. F. Bidwillii Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 155.—Stems 2-8 in. long, 
rather stout, usually branched above, decumbent or rooting below, lower 
part naked and scarred, often reddish, upper portion leafy. Leaves numerous, 
close-set, spreading and often recurved, }-4in. long, obovate or linear- 
obovate to linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, not shining, green, 
nerveless above, midrib very indistinct beneath; margins cartilaginous, 
flat or recurved. Peduncle 2-4 in. long, 1-3-flowered. Flowers much as in 
F. sedvfolia, but smaller, 4-4 in. diam., rarely more. Corolla-lobes shorter 
and broader, linear glands at the base of the lobes more conspicuous. 
Kpigynous glands subulate. Capsule oblong-clavate——Handb. N.Z. Fl, 
(1864) 167; Berggr. l.c. t. 2, £. 1 to 19; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
393; Muldbraed in Pflanzenr. Heft 35 (1908) 23. F. truncatella Col. in. 
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Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx (1888) 196. F. major Col. l.c. xxxi (1899) 272. 
Var. densifolia Mildbraed lc. 25.—Stems densely leafy. Leaves larger, up to 
% in. long by din. broad ; bracts also longer. 
Nortn anv Soutu Istanps: Not uncommon in mountain districts from Hikurangi, 
Tongariro, and Mount Egmont to the south of Otago. Var. densifolia ; Mount Egmont, 
Petrie! T. F. C.; Tongariro and Ruapehu, 7. F. C.; and probably the same as 
#, major Col. from the Ruahine Mountains. 2500-6000 ft. December—March. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but perhaps sufficiently distinct in the longer and 
more laxly placed less coriaceous leaves, which have a very indistinct midrib beneath. 
Berggren’s figure is by no means characteristic of the usual state of the species. 
d. F. tenella Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 155.—Very closely allied to 
F. Bidwillw, and probably a mere variety of that plant, but more slender 
and less branched, with much fewer laxly placed leaves. Leaves erect or 
spreading, seldom recurved, 4-}in. long or more, narrow oblong-obovate, 
obtuse or subacute, narrowed into a short petiole, dark-green and veinless 
above, midrib obsolete beneath, hardly coriaceous ; margins flat or recurved. 
Flowers similar to those of F. Bidwillii, but rather narrower. Capsule 
narrow-clavate.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 167; Berggr. l.c. t. 2, £..21 to 39 3 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 393; Mildbraed in Pflanzenr. Heft 35 
(1908) 25. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: Mountain districts from the Ruahine Mountains 
southwards, not uncommon. 
Very near to F. Bidwillii, and best distinguished by the slender stems, fewer leaves, 
which are usually more laxly placed, and by the nearly obsolete midrib. 
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4. OREOSTYLIDIUM Berger. | °# 
A small stemless perennial herb. Leaves numerous, all radical. Scape 
short, 1-flowered. Calyx more or less evidently 2-lipped; lower lip 2-fid, 
upper lip 3-fid. Corolla almost regular, campanulate, deeply 5-lobed ; 
the lobes equal in size, irregularly spreading. Column short, straight, 
erect, much shorter than the corolla-lobes; anthers didymous, 4-celled 
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