Parent:
O. macrophylla Hook. Ic. Pl. 1843, tt. 545, 546.
Var. meadii L. B. Moore var. nov.
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Length of lf-lamina us. > 2 × width, base cuneate, upper surface us. slightly hairy near petiole; petiole us. hairy all over as is peduncle. Calyx-lobes 6-7 mm. long.
DIST.: N. Upper tributaries of Waikato and Wanganui Rivers.
FT. 11-12. FL. 10-11.
Type locality: Mangakino River gorge, c. 200 m. altitude, river bank at about flood level. Type: BD 87816, A. D. Mead and I. A. E. Atkinson, 1956.
This var. was recognized as distinct by A. D. Mead, and plants supplied by him to Otari Open Air Plant Museum and to other gardens have retained their distinctive characters over several years. The only Ourisia seen from Pirongia Mountain, Waikato (B. E. G. Molesworth, March 1940, in A) may also belong to this var.
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