398 CAMPANULACEZ. [Pratia. 
orbicular or ovate-oblong to obovate, obtusely sinuate-dentate, 
membranous or rather fleshy. Peduncles variable in length, $4 in., 
slender, erect. Flowers 4—2in. long, white with purple streaks. 
Calyx-tube oblong ; lobes narrow-triangular. Corolla-tube short, 
the 3 lower lobes spreading, the 2 upper rather smaller and 
narrower, ascending. Anthers glabrous, the 2 lower ones tipped 
with minute bristles. Berry globose or broadly ovoid, 4+ in. 
diam., purplish-red. Seeds numerous.—Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 157; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 172. Lobelia angulata, Forst. Prod. n. 309; 
A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 227; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 422; Raoul, 
Choiz, 45. LL. littoralis, R. Cunn. ex A. Cunn. Precur. n. 423. LL. 
rugulosa, R. Grah. in Edinb. N. Phil. Jowrn. (Oct.—Dec., 1829) 
186. 
Var. arenaria, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 157.—Leaves larger, 4—-$in. diam.,. 
obscurely toothed. Peduncles very short.—P. arenaria, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 
41, t. 29. 
NorrtH AND SoutH IsLanDs, STEWART IsLAND: Common in damp situations 
throughout, ascending to 4500ft. Var. arenaria: AUCKLAND IsLANDS and 
ANTIPODES ISLAND, also in the extreme south of the South Island. Novem- 
ber—February. 
2. P. perpusilla, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 172.—A minute 
creeping and rooting perennial herb, forming matted patches 1—4 in. 
diam.; stems branched, wiry, stout for the size of the plant. 
Leaves minute, sessile or nearly so, +,-;4,in. long, oblong or 
clothed with short bristly hairs. Flowers +in. long, on short 
axillary peduncles or almost sessile. Calyx-tube short, usually 
hairy; lobes subulate-lanceolate, recurved. Corolla-lobes narrow, 
almost equal, acute, the 2 upper ones ascending. Anthers glabrous 
or with a few scattered hairs on the back, the 2 lower tipped with 
a minute bristle. Fruit not seen.—Lobelia perpusilla, Hook. f. #1. 
Nov. Zel. i. 158. 
NortH Isntanp: Lower Waikato, H. Carse! Lake Whangape, 7. F. C. ; 
outlet of Lake Taupo, Petrie! Lake Waikaremoana, A. Hamilton! Hawke’s 
Bay, Colenso! Bishop Williams! near Opunake, 7. Kirk ! Novem ber- 
January. 
Probably not uncommon, but easily overlooked. I have seen no specimens 
from the South Island. In the absence of fruit it is impossible to be certain of 
the genus, but the habit is more that of Pratia than of Lobelia. 
3. P. macrodon, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 172.—A small per- 
fectly glabrous rather fleshy creeping and rooting perennial herb ; 
stems stout, branched, 1-41in. long, often forming matted patches. 
Leaves very shortly petioled or almost sessile, 1-4 in. long, broadly 
obovate or orbicular or broader than long, cuneate at the base, 
deeply and coarsely 4-8-toothed, thick and coriaceous, quite. 
