172 XLT. CAMPANULACEiE. [Pmtid. 
A small genus, natives of marshy places in Australia, Tasmania, India, and temperate 
South America. 
Stems long. Leaves 5 in., obtusely toothed or sinuate .... 1. P. angulata. 
Stems short. Calyx-lobes lanceolate or subulate. Leaves ^ in. long, 
sharply deeply toothed 2. P. (?) perpusilla. 
Stems stout. Leaves 4-3 in., very broad, fleshy, deeply coarsely 
toothed 3. P. (?) macrodon. 
Stem slender. Leaves j s in., orbicular, obtusely toothed or sinuate, 
purple below. Calyx-lobes T \ in., triangular, obtuse 4. P. (?) linnceoides. 
1. P. angulata, Hook. f. FI. Antarct. i. 41; FI. N. Z. i. 157. Gla- 
brous, very variable. Stems slender, 6-12 in. Leaves £ in. long, petioled 
or nearly sessile, orbicular, broadly oblong or obovate-oblong, obtusely sinuate- 
toothed, membranous. Peduncles short or long, 4 in., slender. Flowers 
pale-blue, £— §• in. long, sometimes \ in. broad. Calyx-lobes linear or tri- 
angular-ovate, erect, obtuse. Anthers glabrous. Berry globose or ovoid, 
sometimes in. diam. — Lobelia angulata , Forst. ; L. littoralis , A. Cunn. 
Var. a. Leaves orbicular, sinuate-toothed, shortly petioled. Peduncle long and slender. 
Calyx-lobes short. 
Var. 0. Leaves obovate, on slender petioles, deeply toothed, acute. Peduncle long. 
Calyx-lobes long, almost subulate. 
Var. 7 . Leaves as in a, but much larger and very obscurely toothed. Peduncles very 
short. — P. arenaria , FI. Antarct. i. 41. t. 29. 
Var. S. Smaller. Leaves --5 in. long. 
Abundant in watery places, moist banks, etc., Banks and Solander. Ascending the 
Southern Alps to 5000 ft. Var. 7 . Lord Auckland’s group. Very nearly allied to the 
Tasmanian Lobelia pedunculata , Br., and possibly only a large form of that plant, but gla- 
brous, the leaves more petioled, less crowded, and the aspect is different. 
2. P. (?) perpusilla, Hook. f. — Lobelia perpusilla, FI. N. Z. i. 158. 
Very minute, glabrous. Stems matted, stout for the size of the plant, 3-4 
in. Leaves T ’ ¥ in. long, sessile, oblong, acute, deeply toothed. Flowers 
almost sessile, £ in. long. Calyx-tube hairy ; lobes ovate-subulate, recurved. 
Anthers glabrous. Fruit not seen. 
Northern Island : Hawke’s Bay, in muddy places, Colenso. The fruit being unknown, 
I am doubtful as to the genus ; but the habit is altogether that of Pratia. Allied to the 
Tasmanian Lobelia irrigua, but a very much smaller plant. 
3. P. (?) macrodon, Hook. /., n. sp. Perfectly glabrous. Stems 
matted, short, rather stout. Leaves crowded, very shortly petioled, -y— | in. 
long, broadly obovate-orbicular, cuneate at the base, coriaceous, deeply 
coarsely 6-8-toothed. Peduncle short. Flower large. Calyx-lobes subulate- 
lanceolate. Corolla-tube cylindric, | in. long, broadest at the base. Fruit 
not seen. 
Middle Island : Southern Alps, Discovery Peaks, Acheron and Clarence rivers, alt. 
5500 ft., Travers ; snmmit of Mount Torlesse, alt. 4500-6000 ft., Haast. This again is 
doubtful as to genus till the fruit is known ; it differs much from P. angulata in the more 
coriaceous (perhaps fleshy), deeply toothed leaves, large almost sessile flower, and long corolla- 
tube dilated below. 
4. P. (?) linnseoides, Hook.f, n.sp. Glabrous; stem slender, creeping, 
1-3 in. Leaves coriaceous, very shortly petiolate or sessile, orbicular, -g- iu. 
diam., coarsely obtusely sinuate-toothed, often purple below. Scape slender, 
