Wahlenbergia. | CAMPANULACE. 403: 
entire or obscurely toothed or crenate, in alpine specimens often 
thick and coriaceous; margins sometimes white and cartilaginous. 
Peduncles leafless, 1-flowered, 2-Sin. high. Flowers variable in 
size, 4-lin. diam., white or pale-blue. Calyx-tube obconic; lobes. 
ovate-subulate, shorter than the corolla-tube. Corolla campanu- 
late, 5-lobed, straight or slightly oblique. Anthers short, linear- 
oblong, 1 or 2 of them tipped with a short point. Capsule obconic 
or turbinate, 2—3-celled. Seeds numerous, compressed, smooth.— 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 160; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 170; Fl. Tasm. 
i, 239, t. 71; Bot. Mag. t. 6613; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 138. 
W. albomarginata, Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 818. W. pygmea, Col. in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi. (1899) 273. Streleskia montana, Hook. f. 
in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. (1847) 266. Campanula saxicola, 
&. Br. Prodr. 561. 
Var. congesta.—Stems creeping, much branched and interlaced, forming 
densely matted patches several inches in diam. Leaves 4-1 in. long, orbicular- 
or oblong-spathulate, suddenly narrowed into a petiole often longer than the 
blade. Peduncles short, ?-2in. long. Flowers 4-4 in. diam., pale-blue. Cap- 
sule globose, +4 in. diam. 
NortH aNnp SourH Is~anps, Stewart Isuanp: Abundant in hilly and 
mountainous situations from the Hast Cape and Taupo southwards. Var. con- 
gesta: Cape Fouiwind, near Westport, W. Townson! Sea-level to 6000 ft. 
December—February. 
Almost as variable as the preceding. There are two chief forms, one rather 
larger, with broad thinnish leaves, a long peduncle, and handsome large white 
flowers; the other smaller, with usually narrower and more coriaceous leaves 
and smaller blue flowers. Mr. Townson’s plant from Cape Foulwind, which 
forms broad densely matted patches in sandy soil, has a very distinct appear- 
ance, and almost deserves specific rank. 
3. W. cartilaginea, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 170.—A small 
glabrous or pubescent perennial herb 1-4in. high. Leaves mostly 
radical, 4-lin. long, broadly spathulate, obtuse, very thick and 
coriaceous; margins much thickened, entire, white, cartilaginous ; 
petioles broad and flat, thickly coriaceous. Peduncles short, stout, 
erect, naked or with 1 or 2 leaves, sometimes forked. Flower large 
for the size of the plant, }-%in. diam., sweet-scented. Calyx-tube 
short, almost globose; lobes large, linear-oblong, with thick white 
cartilaginous margins. Corolla shorter than the calyx-lobes and 
included within them, broad, 5-partite almost to the base. Capsule 
turbinate. 
Sour Isnanp: Nelson—Wairau Gorge, Rough! Kirk! Tarndale, Sin- 
clair! Clarence and Wairau Valleys, Travers. 3500-6000 ft. January. 
A very remarkable species, easily distinguished by the broad and thick 
cartilaginous margins to the leaves, large calyx-lobes, and small deeply divided: 
corolla, which is altogether included within the calyx. It is apparently rare and: 
local, and I have only seen very indifferent specimens. 
