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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Pilularia novae-zelandiae

P. novae-zelandiae Kirk in T.N.Z.I. 9, 1877, 547, t.29.

Original localities: "Lake Lyndon and Lake Pearson, Canterbury. Alt., 2,800 feet. J. D. Enys and T. Kirk." Type: W, L. Pearson, Feb. 1876, T.K. Endemic.

Rhizome very slender to filiform, much-branched. Fronds filiform, erect, 2-5 cm. long. Sporocarp globose, densely hairy, 3-4 mm. diam.,2-loculate, on stalks c. 10-12 mm. long. Microsporangia pyriform, with up to 30 microspores; megasporangia subglobose, 10-12 per locule.

DIST.: N. Lake Whangape, T. Kirk. S. Lakes and tarns to lat. 45° 36'.

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