64 CARYOPHYLLE. [Stellaria- 
Var. angustata, Kirk, l.c.—Leaves narrower than in the type, linear-lanceo- 
late, acute or acuminate. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL Is~tANDS: Woods near the sea, not uncommon, 
Hooker, Kirk! Chapman! Macquarie Istanp, dA. Hamilton. Var. angustata: 
ANTIPODES IsnLanp, Kirk ! 
A larger plant than the preceding, with more fleshy stems and leaves, larger 
flowers, and larger and more coarsely tuberculate seeds. It much resembles the 
European S. media, but can always be distinguished by the less developed inflor- 
escence and by the absence of the pubescent line on the branches. 
3. S. minuta, Kirk, Students’ Fl. 57.—‘‘ Annual. Stems 
4-1 in. high, narrowly winged, branched, glabrous, ciliate. Leaves 
ovate, acuminate or acute, narrowed into a short broad petiole ; 
apex callous. Peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered, with a pair of 
bracts at the base of the naked pedicels, not diverging. Sepals. 
broadly oblong, obtuse. Petals 5, shorter than the sepals, 2-fid 
nearly to the base. Stamens 8, rarely 10. Capsule not seen.” 
SoutH Istanp: Mount Stokes, 3000ft., J. Macmahon! Westport, on the 
sea-beach, Dr. Gaze (a scrap only). 
The specimens of this in Mr. Kirk’s herbarium are few and imperfect, and I 
have consequently reproduced his deseription. He remarks that it is ‘‘ distin- 
guished frcm all forms of S. parviflora, S. decipiens, and S. elatinoides by the 
broadly obtuse sepals, and from S. media by its solitary or geminate flowers and 
the absence of the hairy line on the stems and branches.’’ It looks to me much 
like a reduced form of S. varviflora. 
4. S. elatinoides, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 25.—A small 
glabrous pale-green herb ; stems 1-3 in. long, branched, decumbent 
at the base, ascending or suberect at the tips. Leaves 4-1 in. 
long, linear or linear-oblong, acute or subacute, narrowed into a. 
short flat petiole. | Flowers small, j,1in. diam., axillary and soli- 
tary, sessile or on short peduncles. Sepals ovate-lanceolate or 
subulate-lanceolate, acuminate, with white scarious margins. 
Petals absent in all the flowers examined. Stamens 5 or 10. 
Capsule ovoid, as long as the sepals, 6-valved to the middle. 
Seeds 6-12, red-brown, covered with large rounded tubercles.— 
Handb. N.Z. Fl.23; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 58. 
Norty Isuanp: Hawke’s Bay—Lake Rotoatara and Cape Kidnappers, 
Colenso. SoutH Istanp: Otago — Duntroon, Sowburn, Tuapeka Mouth,, 
Speargrass Flat, Petrie ! November. 
Easily recognised by the small size, narrow leaves, acuminate sepals, 
almost sessile flowers, and coarsely tubercled seeds. The above description is 
drawn up from Mr. Petrie’s Otago specimens, the plant not having been seen in 
the North Island since Mr. Colenso’s original discovery of it more than fifty 
years ago. It is very closely alliedto the Tasmanian S. multiflora, if indeed not 
a form of that species. 
5. S. Roughii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 23. — An erect or 
straggling much-branched glabrous and succulent glaucous-green 
herb 2-6in. high. Leaves 4-lin. long, linear, acuminate, fleshy, 
l-nerved. Flowers large, green, }-in. long, din. diam., on short 
