44 FLORA ANTARCTICA. [Auckland and 



removed by a deeper division from the rest, the calycine segments are more membranous and foliaceous, and 

 the whole plant more or less hairy ; its berry is very similar to that of P. arenaria, being large and apparently 

 purple. Unless in specimens furnished with tolerably ripe fruit, it is difficult to recognise the genus Pratia, the 

 character of the corolla being common to other true Lobeliacea, as is also that of the calyx, except that some 

 of the species possess additional small lobes at the base of one or more of the segments. The bracts on the 

 peduncles are also only occasionally present, and their situation is very variable. 



Plate XXIX. Fig. 1, a youngflower on a branch, of the natural size; Jig. 2, the same removed ; Jig. 3, an 

 anther aristate at its summit ; Jig. 4, young stigmata ; Jig. 5, ripe berry ; Jig. 6, transverse, and Jig. 7, longitu- 

 dinal section of the same ; Jig. 8, ripe seed; Jig. 9, the same cut open, showing the embryo ; Jig. 10, embryo 

 removed : — all mugnijied. 



XVIII. EPACRIDEiE, Br. 



Tribe STYPHELIE/E, Br. 



1. ANDROSTOMA, Hook.fd. 



Calyx 5-phyllus, basi bibracteolatus (pedunculis multi-bracteolatis). Corolla urceolata, limbo imberbi, 

 segmentis 5 acutis. Stamina fauce corolla? sinubus inserta, filamentis breviusculis antljerisque omnino exsertis. 

 Discus hypogynus cyathiformis, profunde 5-lobus. Ovarium 2-4-loculare, loculis monospermis. Drupa baccata 

 putamine osseo. — Fruticulus ex Insulis Auckland et montibus Novte Zelandite, prostratus, ramosus, ramorum 

 apicibus ascendent ibus. Folia parva, sparsa, linearia, patentia, Integra, subtus striata. Flores parvi, inconspicui. 



1. Androstoma empetrifolia, Hook. fil. (Tab. XXX.) 



Hab, Lord Auckland's group ; in the upland regions, abundant. 



Caules prostrati, graciles, filiformes, elongati, spithamsei ad bipedalem et ultra, diametro pennse corvinae, basi 

 nudiusculi, fusco-brunnei, cicatricosi, ramosi, ramis elongatis, apicibus ascendentibus foliosis. Folia parva, 

 l^lin. longa, undique inserta, nullibi conferta, inferioribus sparsis, horizontaliter patentia, breviter petiolata, 

 linearia, subacuta, marginibus recurvis ; supra convexa, medio canaliculata, fusco-viiidia ; subtus glauca, striata, 

 pubescentia, demum glabra, rigida et coriacea ; juniora imbricata, erecta ; seniora caduca. Flores rari, sparsi, 

 axillares, valde inconspicui, solitarii v. bini, pedunculati. Pedunculus ^ lin. longus, 1- rarius 2-florus, arcuatus, 

 villosus, multi-squamosus, squamis 10-12 parvis imbricatis ovatis obtusis pergamentaceis medio incrassatis, 

 marginibus subscariosis ciliatis, dorso sericeo-pubescentibus. Calyx 5-phyllus, basi bibracteolatus, tubo corolla? 

 aequilongus, foliolis erectis late ovatis subacutis 3-5-nerviis ciliatis dorso pubeseentibus ; bractea? 2, oppositae, 

 forma et textura inter foliola calycina et squamas pedunculi, sed manifeste calyci propria?. Corolla tubuloso- 

 urceolata, minima, inconspicua, sub i lin. longa, ad medium 5-fida, segmentis suberectis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 

 medio uninerviis nervisque duobus lateralibus inconspicuis, marginibus recurvis sub lente minutissime scabridis, 

 aestivatione imbricatis. Stamina 5, tota exserta, filamentis lineari-subulatis fauce ipsa intra sinus corolla? insertis, 

 erectis, segmento \ brevioribus superne curvatis, anthcris apice filamenti pendulis late oblongis. Discus hypo- 

 gynus carnosulus, cyathiformis, profunde quinquelobus, lobis rotundatis integris. Ovarium ovatum, sessile, 

 basi disco hypogyno cinctum, gradatim in stylo valido attenuatum, 2-4-loculare, loculis uniovulatis, ovulo 

 funiculo brevi angulo superiore interno loculi pendulo, elongato. Drupa immatura, carnosa, late ovata, 1 lin. 

 lata, corolla ventricosa calyceque persistente suffulta et semi-immersa stylo acuminata; putamine indurato 

 2-4-loculari. 



As this plant has been found by Mr. Bid will on Tongariro, it is probably not uncommon in the alpine 



