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392 leaves, stout, and with the calyx glandular-pubescent. Flower small, ⅙ in. diam. Calyx-lobes variable in depth. Corolla- lobes oblong, obtuse. Capsule ¼ in. long, ovoid-oblong, almost woody.—O. affine, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xx. (1888) 197. Stylidium(?) subulatum, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 168. Phyllachne (Forstera) subulata, ''F. Muell. in Journ. Bot.'' 1878, 174.

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 membranous, opening at the apex. Seeds numerous, elliptical or fusiform; testa lax, produced at each end.

1. P. sedifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. 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 imbricating, spreading and recurved, sessile by a broad base, ⅛–¼ in. 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, 1–2-flowered. Flowers very variable in size, ¼–½ in. 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, narrowclavate. Capsule oblong-clavate.—''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 229; A.''