Tillea. | CRASSULACE. 141 
Nortu Isnanp: Shores of Cook Strait, from Cape Palliser to Cape 
Terawhiti. Sour Isnanp: Queen Charlotte Sound, Banks and Solander ! 
Coast near Westport, W. Townson! Banks Peninsula, Armstrong. Otago— 
Cliffs on the eastern and southern shores, Petrie! Kirk! CHATHAM ISLANDS, 
Stewart Istanp, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IsLanps, ANTIPODES ISLANDS, 
Macguariz£ IsutAnp: Not uncommon. 
This is purely a coast plant, and is never seen far from the sea. It is also 
a native of Chili, Fuegia, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen Island, and Marion 
Island. 
2. T. Helmsii, T. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 142.—Stems numerous, 
often forming large intricate patches, slender, 2—-6in. long, pro- 
strate at the base, ascending above, green or reddish-green. 
Leaves rather distant, }-4 in. long, linear, acute. Flowers ;—7, in. 
diam., axillary, solitary, on peduncles shorter than the leaves. 
Calyx deeply 4-lobed ; lobes ovate, acute. Petals a third longer than 
the calyx, ovate-oblong, subacute. Scales 1 at the back of each 
carpel, narrow linear-cuneate. Carpels 4, turgid, about as long as 
the calyx ; styles short, recurved. Seeds 3-6. 
Soutu Istanp: West Coast—Karamea, Rev. #’. H. Spencer; Westport, 
W. Townson! Greymouth, R. Helms ! December—March. 
Very near to the Australian 7. recwrva, Hook. f., which, however, is a 
larger plant, with more pointed leaves, and with the calyx-lobes and petals 
decidedly acuminate. It is easily distinguished from T. moschata by the more 
slender habit, narrower acute leaves, and smaller flowers. 
3. T. diffusa, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv. (1892) 424. 
—A slender much-branched matted plant forming broad reddish 
patches. Stems filiform, erect or prostrate, 1-3in. long. Leaves 
in distant pairs, fleshy, connate at the base, ;4-4in. long, 
linear-oblong, obtuse, concave above, convex beneath. Flowers 
minute, about ;,in. diam., solitary, on very short axillary pe- 
duncles. Calyx-lobes 4, broadly oblong, obtuse. Petals equalling 
the calyx-lobes or rather longer, broadly oblong, obtuse. Scales 4, 
cuneate. Carpels ovoid; styles recurved. Seeds 2-4.—Students’ 
Fl. 144. 
NortH Isntanp: Miramar, Port Nicholson, Kirk! Svmwartr ISLAND: 
Kirk! 
Mr. Kirk states that the scales are absent ; but I find them to be constantly 
present, although difficult to detect except in young flowers. 
4. T. Sinclairii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 62.—A minute deli- 
cate creeping or erect usually matted plant, rarely more than 1in. 
high except when growing in water, when the stems are often 
elongated, and the leaves larger. Leaves minute, closely placed or 
distant, connate at the base, ;4,—;4 in. long, linear or linear-oblong, 
acute or subacute, concave above, convex or almost keeled beneath. 
Flowers on short or long axillary peduncles, minute, ,—;,in. 
diam., white. Calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals about 
twice as long as the calyx-lobes, oblong, obtuse. Scales 4, linear- 
