Pratia.] 
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dark-coloured, l|-2 in. Calyx-lobes very small, broadly triangular, obtuse, 
•Jg- in. long. Corolla ■§• in. long, as in P. angulata. 
Middle Island: Observatory Hill, Macaulay river, alt. 4500 ft., Haast ; Otago, sub- 
alpine, Liudis Pass, Hector and Buchanan. This approaches small-leaved states of P. an- 
gulata, but the coriaceous or somewhat fleshy leaves, and very small calyx at once distin- 
guish it, whether as a species or variety. 
5. SELLXERA, Cavanilles. 
A small, glabrous, creeping, rather fleshy herb. Leaves narrow-linear or 
lanceolate. Peduncles axillary, 1- or 2-flowered. — Calyx-lobes 5, equal. Corolla 
1-lipped, split posteriorly to the base ; lobes 5, ovate, acute, valvate, not 
winged. Stamens 5, epigynous ; anthers free. Ovary 2-celled ; style 
simple, stigma in a 2 -lipped cup ; ovules many. Berry 2-celled, indehiscent. 
Seeds numerous, imbricating upwards, compressed. 
1. S. radicans, Cav . — Goodenia repens. Lab.; — PI. N. Z. i. 156. 
Stems succulent, 2-10 in. long. Leaves g— 5 in. long, linear-spathulate or 
linear, obtuse, quite entire, nerveless, petiole half-clasping the stem. Pe- 
duncles axillary, solitary or several together, 1- or 2-flowered, with 2 subulate 
bracts above the middle. Flower ^ in. long. Berry very variable in size. — 
Lab. FI. Nov. Holl. i. 53. t. 76. 
Abundant in salt marshes throughout the islands, Banks and Solander, etc. ; Otago, Lower 
Waitaki river, Hector and Buchanan , apparently far from the sea. Also common in Tas- 
mania, South Australia, and Chili. 
6. SCJEVOLA, Linn. 
Erect or ascending, shrubby or half-shrubby plants. Flowers axillary or 
spiked. — Calyx-lobes 5, equal or very unequal, sometimes obsolete. Corolla 
split to the base posteriorly, 1 -lipped; lobes induplicate, winged. Stamens 
5 ; anthers free. Ovary 2-(rarely l-4)-celled ; style simple ; stigma in a 
cup ; ovules erect, solitary in each cell. Drupe dry or fleshy, usually 2-celled, 
with 1 erect seed in each cell. 
A rather extensive genus in Australia and the Pacific Islands. 
1. S. gracilis, Hook.f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. i. 129. A procumbent 
shrub, covered with silky hairs. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 
in. long, acute, serrate, hairy on both surfaces. Flowers axillary, f in. long, 
subsessile, on short branclilets, with 4 linear-lanceolate bracts at their base. 
Calyx silky, bracteolate; lobes 5, very unequal, 3 subulate, 2 intermediate 
very short. Corolla yellow, its lobes very long, linear ; tube villous within. 
Kermadec Islands, M‘ Gillivray. 
S. Novce-Zelandice, A. Cunn., is Hymenanthera crassifolia, Hook. f. 
Order XLII. EEICE^. 
{Including Epacride2b.) 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves evergreen and coriaceous in all the New Zealand 
species, simple, exstipulate. Inflorescence various. Flowers usually white, 
bracteate. — Sepals inferior, usually 5, free or united into a 5 -partite calyx, 
