400 CAMPANULACEZ. (Lobelia. 
than the short triangular lobes. Corolla pale-blue, +in. long. 
Capsule elongated, 44in. long, linear-clavate.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i. 158; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 171; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 128. 
L. alata, Labill. Pil. Nov. Holl. i. 51, t. 72; A. Rich. Fl, Now. 
Gel. 227; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 421; Raoul, Choix, 44. 
KERMADEC Is~ANDS, NorTH aND SoutH Isnanps, CHATHAM ISLANDS: 
Common in lowland districts as far south as Oamaru and Okarito. Novem- 
ber—March. 
A yery variable plant. Maritime specimens usually have larger, broader, 
and more succulent leaves than those found inland, and often present a very dis- 
tinct appearance. 
2. L. linneeoides, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii. (1891) 
405.—A small creeping and rooting perennial herb; stems slender, 
glabrous, sparingly branched, 1-6in. long. Leaves very shortly 
petiolate or almost sessile, 4+in. diam., orbicular or ovate-orbi- 
cular, coarsely sinuate-dentate, rather thick and coriaceous, often 
purplish beneath, glabrous or with minute bristly hairs above. 
Peduncles slender, erect, axillary, 1- flowered, 14—-24in. long. 
Flowers 3-4in. long. Calyx-lobes small, narrow-triangular, #4, in. 
long. Corolla #in. long, the lower lobes obovate, apiculate; the 
upper narrower, linear-oblong, acute. Anthers glabrous, the 2 
lower ones tipped with minute flat bristles. Capsule +-4in. long, 
narrow obovoid-oblong, straight. Seeds small, smooth.—-Pratia(?) 
linnzoides, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 172. 
SourH Isuanp : Canterbury—Ashburton Mountains, T. H. Potts! Macaulay 
River, Haast ; Lake Ohau, Buchanan!  Otago—Lindis Pass,- Hector and 
Buchanan; Mount Cardrona, Mount Pisa, Hector Mountains, Mount Tyndall, 
Mount Bonpland, &c., Petrie ! 2500-4500 ft. December—February. 
3. L. Roughii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 171—A small perfectly 
glabrous perennial herb 2-5in. high, full of white acrid fluid. 
Stems very slender, creeping, branched, tortuous among shingle ; 
branches short, leafy at the tips. Leaves alternate, 4-lin. long; 
blade broadly oblong or obovate to orbicular, narrowed into a broad 
flat petiole, coarsely and deeply toothed or lobed with a rounded 
sinus between the teeth, thick and coriaceous; main veins 5-7, 
spreading from the base of the leaf. Peduncles stout, erect, 
axillary, 1-flowered; at first shorter than the leaves, but lengthen- 
ing as the fruit ripens, and sometimes reaching 2in. or more. 
Flowers 4in. long. Calyx globose ; lobes linear, obtuse, coriaceous, 
lengthening as the fruitripens. Corolla equalling the calyx-lobes, 3- 
lipped ; the two dorsal petals (upper lip) being free from one another 
to the base; lower lip 3-lobed about 4+ way down. Anthers 
glabrous. Capsule 4—4in. long, broadly ovoid, coriaceous. Seeds 
very numerous.—Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 347, t. 28, 
ripe 
