144 XXVI. CRASSULACBAB. {TillaeOr. 



in scattered pairs, minute^ j^giii.— j"^™- long, ovate-oblong or linear-oblong. 

 Flowers minute, 1 or 2 in the axils of the leaves, sessile or on slender peduncles. 

 Sepals 4, oblong, subacute. Petals ovate-acuminate, shorter than the sepals. 

 Scales 0. Carpels ovate-lanceolate, 1— 2-seeded. 



NOBTH Island : East Coast, Colenso. 



Not having seen any plant which could be satisfactorily identified with this, I have copied the 

 original description. 



10. T. diffusa, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxiv. (1891) 424 (not of Willd.). 

 A very slender matted species. Stems reddish, lin.— Sin. high, erect or pros- 

 trate. Leaves fleshy, j^gin.— |^in. long, concave above, convex beneath, linear- 

 oblong, minutely apiculate, connate at the base. Flowers on short axillary 

 peduncles, solitary, tetramerous. Calyx-segments broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals 

 equalling the sepals. Scales 0. Carpels ovate, 2— 4-seeded, enclosed in the 

 persistent perianth. 



NOETH Island : Miramar, Port Nicholson ; in places where water has stagnated during the 

 winter. STEWAET Island, T. K. 



Nearly related to T. debilis, from which it is distinguished by its larger size, broader leaves, 

 broad obtuse sepals, and 2-4-seeded carpels. 



11. T. purpurata, Hook. f. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. (1847) 472. A 

 slender tufted fugacious plant, about lin.— 2in. high, sparingly branched, erect 

 or suberect. Leaves linear-acuminate, concave above, j-^gin.— ^in. long. Flowers 

 on spreading capillary peduncles, exceeding the leaves and elongating in fruit, 

 minute. Calyx-segments 4, short, obtuse. Petals 4, exceeding the sepals, but 

 narrow. Scales 0. Carpels obtuse, as long as or shorter than the sepals, 

 Seeds several.— Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 75; Handbk. 62; F. MuelL, PI. Vict. ii. 

 t. 19 ; Benth., Fl. Austr. ii. 451. 



NORTH Island : Cape Palliser, Colenso. SOUTH Island : Lake Wanaka, Petrie ! Sea- 

 level to 1,000ft. Nov. 



Probably not infrequent, but speedily disappears under the influence of sunshine. Common 

 in various parts of Australia. 



Oedee XXVIL-DROSERACEAE. 



Calyx inferior ; lobes 4 or 5, rarely 8, imbricate, persistent. Petals 4—5, 



hvpogynous or rarely perigynous, convolute. Stamens 4 or 5, rarely more ; 



anthers opening outwards. Ovary superioi', ovoid or globose, 1-celled with 2—5 



parietal placentas, or 2-3-celled ; styles 3-5, simple or clavate or divided ; 



ovules numerous. Capsule 1-celled, loculicidally 3— 5-valved. Seeds numerous, 



minute ; testa lax, sometimes produced into a wing ; endosperm fleshy ; embryo 



cylindrical. Herbs, with radical or cauline leaves, circinate in vernation and 



clothed with glandular hairs which secrete a viscid fluid capable of abstracting 



the albuminoid matter from insects. Flowers scapigerous, racemose, or solitary 



and terminal. 



Gbnbba, 6. Species, about 125._ Widely distributed, Some genera have connate petals, 

 epipetalous stamens, and a shrubby habit. 



