Tillaea.] XXVI. CEASSULACEAE. 143 



5. T. pusilla, n. s. Stems extremely slender, delicate, matted, prostrate 



or ascending, lin. long or more, pale-green. Leaves in rather distant pairs, 



connate at the base, ^V^'^-"!^?'"- long, linear, obtuse. Flowers minute, solitary, 



axillary. Peduncles usually longer than the leaves, thickened upwards. Calyx 



deeply 4-lobed ; lobes ovate-oblong, shorter than the oblong petals. Stamens 4. 



Scales 4, oblong-spathulate. Carpels 4, turgid, as long as the sepals; style 



recurved. Seeds 2 or 4. 



NORTH Island : banks of streams, &o. Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, T. K. Auckland, 

 Cfieeseman I Deo. 



Var. brevia. Peduncles usually shorter than the leaves, not thickened upwards. Carpels 

 more obtuse. NORTH Island : Wairoa Falls, Hunua, T. K. Near T. Sinclairii, but even more 

 delicate, the carpels less obtuse and the style oblique. 



6. T. acutifolia, n. s. Stems lin.— 2in. long, matted, intricate, almost 

 capillary, green. Leaves in rather distant pairs, spreading, shortly connate at 

 the base, linear, acute or apiculate, ^sin. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 sessile or on peduncles shorter than the leaves, minute. Calyx deeply divided ; 

 segments 4, linear-lanceolate-acuminate. Petals linear-ovate, acute, shorter than 

 the sepals. Scales 4. Carpels 4, ovate, turgid; styles recurved. Seeds? 



NORTH Island : Hurunuiorangi (flowers not seen). SOUTH Island : Winton Forest, South- 

 land, T. E. Dec. 



Very close to T. debilis, from which it is distinguished by the acute leaves, acuminate sepals, 

 and the presence of scales. From T. pusilla it differs in the narrow sepals, which are longer than 

 the petals. 



7. T. multicaulis, Petrie in Trans. N.Z.I, xxv. (1892) 270. Stems 

 slender, reddish-purple, branched from the base, iin.— 2in. long, ascending. 

 Leaves rather distant below, close-set and often imbricating above, ovate- 

 subulate, connate at the base, fleshy, concave above, keeled below. Flowers on 

 short pedicels. Calyx turbinate, divided fully half its length; segments broadly 

 subulate, acute. Petals 4, broadly rounded, exceeding the sepals, white. Sta- 

 mens 4. Scales 4. Carpels 4, obliquely ovate ; style slender. Seeds 8. 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury : Mount Torlesse and Broken River basin, Enys and T.K. (1876). 

 Otago ; Maniototo and Manuherikia Plains, Fetrie I 1,200ft. to 3,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



The flowers are larger than those of any other New Zealand species except T. moschata. 



8. T. Sieberiana, Schult., Mant. iii. 345. Stems e.rect, branched from 



the base or simple, lin.— Sin. high, usually reddish-brown. Leaves about 4in. 



long, concave above, ovate-lanceolate, connate at the base, subacute, fleshy. 



Flowers densely crowded in the axils of the leaves, sessile or on very short 



pedicels. Sepals 4, free nearly to the base, ovate, acute. Petals very narrow, 



linear, shprter than the carpels, acute. Scales 0. Carpels linear-oblong, about 



as long as the petals; style short, slender. Seeds 2, rarely 1. — T. verticillaris , 



DC, Prod. iii. 382; A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 521; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 75; 



Handbk. 62; Benth., Fl. Austr. ii. 451. T. muscosa, G. Forst., Prod. n. 61. 



Three Kings Islands and North Cape to Southland : chiefly in lowland districts. Oct. to 

 Jan, Also in Australia and Tasmania. 



9. T. debilis, Col. ex Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 75. A very small delicate 

 species. Stems intricate, filiform or capillary, prostrate, 2in.-3in. long. Leaves 



