142 CRASSULACEX. [Lillea. 
cuneate. Carpels 4, turgid; styles oblique, slightly recurved. 
Seeds 3-4, rarely more.—Kuirk, Students’ Fl. 142. T. novee-zea- 
landiz, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxv. (1893) 270; Kirk, l.c. 142. 
Var. obtusa.—Stems stouter, creeping, 1-2in. long or more. Leaves 
longer, more acute. Flowers rather larger; petals rounded.—T. nove-zea- 
landie var. obtusa, Kirk, l.c. 
Norty Isnanp: Matata, Bay of Plenty, Petrie! Sourn Is~tanp: Nelson 
to Southland, not uncommon in watery places. Sea-level to 3000ft. Var. 
obtusa: Lake Waihola, Otago, Petrie ! 
I have felt compelled to reduce Mr. Petrie’s £. nove-zealandie to this 
species. The type specimens in his herbarium only differ from the ordinary 
state of 7. Sinclairii in being stouter, with thicker and more acute leaves; but 
these are not characters on which a specific distinction can be based. The 
flowers and fruit appear identical in both. 
5. T. pusilla, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 143.—Stems numerous, 
very slender aud delicate, prostrate and rooting, 1-3 in. long, form- 
ing broad pale-green matted patches. Leaves minute, in distant 
pairs, connate at the base, =,-;/, in. long, linear or linear-lanceo- 
late, obtuse or acute, spreading or reflexed, thin. Flowers minute, 
zi; in. diam.; peduncles longer or shorter than the leaves. Calyx- 
lobes ovate-oblong, acute. Petals rather longer, acute or subacute. 
Stamens equalling the petals. Scales 4, linear-cuneate. Carpels 
4, turgid; styles recurved. Seeds 2-4 
Nort Istanp: Muddy banks of the Northern Wairoa, T. F. C.; Kawa- 
kawa, Bay of Islands, Kirk; Wairoa Falls, Hunua, Kirk! T. F.C.! Petrie! 
Distinguished from 7. Sinclairvit by the different habit, longer much- 
branched stems, more distant thin and pointed leaves, and shorter narrower 
petals. 
6. T. acutifolia, T. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 143.—Stems very slen- 
der, almost capillary, prostrate and rooting, much and intricately 
branched, forming pale-green matted pee eS: Leaves minute, 
in distant pairs, connate at the base, +,—;4 in. long, narrow-linear 
oe ee lanceolate, acute or apiculate, thin. Flowers minute, 
soz; in. diam., on peduncles shorter than the leaves. Calyx deeply 
divided ; segments linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals narrow- 
ovate, shorter than the calyx. Scales 4, minute. Carpels 4, ovoid, 
turgid; styles recurved. Mature seeds not seen. 
NortH Isuanp: Hurunuiorangi, Kirk! SoutH Istanp: Winton Forest, 
Southland, Kirk ! 
This has precisely the habit of 7. pusilla, but appears to differ in the nar- 
rower and more acute leaves, and in the calyx-lobes exceeding the petals. I 
have seen no specimens except those in Mr. Kirk’s herbarium, which are few 
and incomplete. 
7. T. multicaulis, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 324. 
—A minute slender much-branched reddish-purple plant; stems 
prostrate or decumbent below, ascending at the tips. Leaves oppo- 
site or in opposite fascicles, remote Boley close-set and often im- 
bricating above, connate at the base, ;4—;4 in. long, ovate-subulate, 
