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XXV. CRASSULACE7E. 
\Tillcoa. 
lenso. Middle Island more common, Foist. ; Otago, Lyall , etc. Jjord Auckland’s 
group and Campbell’s Island, abundant, J. I). H. Also a native of S. Chili, Fuegia, the 
Falkland Islands, and Kerguelen’s Land. One of the largest species of the genus. 
2. T. Sinclair!!, Hook./., n. sp. A small, delicate, tufted, pale-green 
plant, 1-2 in. high, with very slender stems. Leaves minute, oblong, -yL. in. 
long. Flowers axillary, solitary, shortly pedicelled, white, -Jg- in. diam. Sepals 
4, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals 4, twice as long as the sepals, obtuse. Scales 
and carpels as in T. moschata. 
Middle Island : Rangitata river, alt. 2000 ft., Sinclair and Iiaast. 
3. T. verticillaris, DC.; — FI. N. Z. i. 75. A small, erect, pale red- 
brown, succulent herb ; stems 2-4 in. long, simple or branched from the 
base. Leaves very small, T k— L in., linear- or ovate-oblong. Flowers very 
numerous, densely crowded in the axils of the leaves, very minute, some 
sessile, some on slender peduncles. Sepals 4, ovate-subulate. Petals subu- 
late, smaller than the sepals. Scales 0. Carpels 1-2-seeded, lanceolate; 
styles rather slender. — T. muscosa , Forst. 
Common on dry, rocky, sunny places, Banks and Solander, etc. Common in Australia 
and Tasmania, also found in Chili (T. minima, Miers). A. Gray mentions this as gathered 
at the Auckland Islands by Wilkes’ Expedition, “ except the tickets be misplaced.” 
4. T. debilis, Col. in FI. N. Z. i. 75. A very small, delicate species; 
stems intricate, filiform or capillary, prostrate, 2-3 in. long. Leaves in 
scattered pairs, minute, Jg — rV bi. l° n n, 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- or 2-seeded. 
Northern Island: east coast, Colenso. 
5. T. purpurata, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 75. A small, delicate, tufted, 
pale red-brown species, with slender, prostrate or erect stems, sparingly 
branched, 1-3 in. long. Leaves linear, acuminate, |_i in. long. Flowers 
solitary, axillary, on capillary peduncles much longer than the leaves. Flowers 
in. diam. Sepals 4, ovate, subacute. Petals smaller than the sepals, 
acuminate. Scales 0. Carpels broadly oblong, turgid, many-seeded. 
Northern Island: east coast, Cape Palliser, etc., Colenso. Also a native of Tasmania 
and Southern Australia. 
Order XXVI. DRGSERACEiE. 
All the New Zealand species but one are scapigerous herbs. Leaves 
covered on the upper surface or margins, or both, with copious glandular 
hairs. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. — Calyx 4- or 5-partite, imbricate, per- 
sistent. Petals 4 or 5, hypogynous, rarely perigynous, generally persistent. 
Disk 0. Stamens 4 or 5, usually hypogynous, filaments subulate or filiform; 
anthers short, often bursting outwardly. Ovary superior, ovoid or globose, 
1-celled; styles 3-5, filiform or clavate, simple bipartite or multifid ; ovules 
numerous, on parietal placentas. Capsule membranous, 1-celled, loculieidally 
3-5-valved, many-seeded. Seeds small; testa lax, reticulate; albumen 
fleshy, copious ; embryo rather large or minute, cylindrical. 
