Flora of New Zealand Series

D. polyneura Col. in T.N.Z.I. 22, 1890, 460.

D. ruahinensis Col. in T.N.Z.I. 28, 1896, 593.

D. ligulata Col. in T.N.Z.I. 31, 1899, 269.

D. atra Col. in T.N.Z.I. 31, 1899, 269.

Type locality: Mount Arthur, Tasmania, Gunn.

Stock short, invested with remains of lf-bases. Lvs exstipulate, linear-ligulate, bases sheathing; petiole glab., up to 5 cm.× 8 mm.; lamina up to 7 cm. × 8·5 mm., clad in stalked glandular hairs. Peduncles solitary or few, glab., up to 15 cm. long, with one or rarely up to 3 fls. Sepals connate at the base, narrow elliptic-oblong, up to 8 × 2 mm.; petals white, broad-ovate to obovate, up to 8 mm. long. Style branches 3-4, rarely again divided, dilated at apices. Capsule c. 1 cm. long.

DIST.: N., S., St. Montane to subalpine bogs from lat. 39° southwards, descending to sea level in southernmost part of range.

FL.- FT. 11-3.