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1. P. aucklandica, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 64, t. 42.—Rhizome stout, often as thick as the thumb, 3–4 in. long, sometimes elongated above the ground, rarely branched at the top. Leaves all radical, densely crowded, 2–4 in. long, elliptic-obovate to obovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed into a short broad petiole, glabrous, fleshy, 7–10-nerved, remotely and obscurely sinuate-dentate; petioles villous at the very base with long soft brown hairs. Scapes numerous, stout, pilose or pubescent, much longer than the leaves. Spikes 2–6 in. long; flowers small, sessile, densely packed above the middle of the spike, laxly placed towards the base. Bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, glabrous, rather shorter than the calyx; corolla-lobes elliptic-oblong, acute, patent or reflexed. Capsule ovoid, about twice as long as the calyx, 2-seeded.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 228.

2. P. Raoulii, Decne. in D.C. Prodr. xiii. i. 703.—Rootstock short, stout. Leaves numerous, all radical, erect or rosulate, 2–10 in. long, oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, subacute, narrowed into a rather long broad petiole, irregularly sinuate-toothed or quite entire, 3–5-nerved, more or less pilose or almost