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Forstera.] ''Cunn. Precur. n. 427; Raoul, Choix, 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 154; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 166; Berggr. in Minnesk. Fisiog. Sallsk. Lund.'' (1877) n. viii. 9, t. 2, f. 20. Phyllachne sedifolia, ''F. Muell. Fragm.'' viii. 40.

2. F. Bidwillii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 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, ¼–½ in. 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. sedifolia, but smaller, ¼–⅓ in. diam., rarely more. Corolla-lobes shorter and broader, linear glands at the base of the lobes more conspicuous. Epigynous glands subulate. Capsule oblong-clavate.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 167; Berggr. l.c.'' t. 2, f. 1 to 19. F. truncatella, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xx. (1888) 196. F. major, Col. l.c. xxxi. (1899) 272.

3. F. tenella, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 155.—Very closely allied to F. Bidwillii, 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, ¼–½ 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. 167; Berggr. l.c.'' t. 2, f. 21 to 39.