482 GRASSULACEAE. [ Tillaea. 
Sourn Istanp: Canterbury—Mount Torlesse and Broken River basin, J. D. 
Enys! T. Kirk! T. F. C.; Uake Tekapo, T. P. C. Otago —Maniototo and Manuherikia 
Plains, Petrie / 1000-3000 ft. December—January. A well-marked plant. 
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8. T. Sieberiana(Schultz Mant. iii (1771) 345.—A small pale reddish- 
brown succulent annual; stems 1-5 in, high, erect, simple or branched from 
the base. Leaves minute, yin. long, connate at the base, ovate-oblong 
or linear-oblong, subacute, thick and fleshy, concave above, convex beneath. 
Flowers very minute, in dense axillary clusters mixed with small leaves, at 
first sessile, but the peduncles usually lengthen as the fruit ripens. Sepals 4, 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals shorter and narrower, acute. Scales 
wanting. Carpels 4, linear-oblong, nearly equalling the sepals when ripe. 
Seeds usually 2.—7. Kirk Students’ FI. (1899) 143; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 143; JU. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 448. T. verticillaris DC. Prodr. 
iti (1828) 382; A. Cunn. Precur, (1839) n. 521; Raoul Choix (1846) 48; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 75; Handb, N.Z. Fl. (1864) 62 ; Benth. FI. 
Austral. ii (1864) 451, T. muscosa Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 61 (non nnn.) ; 
A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 322. : | 
-Norrn anp Sovrn Istanps: Abundant throughout, in dry rocky or gravelly 
places. September—January. Also common in Australia and Tasmania. 
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9. T. debilis Col. ex Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 75.—A very small 
delicate species; stems intricate, filiform or capillary, prostrate, 2-3 in. 
long. Leaves in scattered pairs, minute, y—7gin. 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 wanting. Carpel ovate-lanceo- 
late, 1- or 2-seeded.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 143; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 148. 
Norra Istanp: East Coast, Colenso! Wellington— Happy Valley Beach, 
B. CO, Aston ! 
A very imperfectly known species. I do not feel at all sure that Aston’s specimens 
are identical with Colenso’s, which are very scanty and imperfect. 
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10. T. purpurata (Zook. fy in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi (1847) 472.—A very 
slender delicate and fugacious annual; stems 1—2 in. high, erect or suberect, 
sparingly branched. Leaves remote, connate at the base, 7'5-¢1n. long, 
linear, acuminate, concave above. Flowers minute, 75 in. diam., on slender 
pedicels that elongate much in fruit. Calyx-lobes 4, ovate, obtuse or sub- 
acute. Petals 4, equalling the calyx, acuminate. Scales wanting. Carpels 
broadly oblong, obtuse. Seeds numerous, usually 10-15.—Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i (1853) 75; Handb. N.Z, Fl. (1864) 62; Benth. Fl. Austral. 1 
(1864) 451; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 144; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 1438. 
Norts Istanp: Wellington—Cape Palliser, Colenso. Soutn Istanp: Nelson— 
Wairau River bed and Awatere River, J. H. Macmahon! Otago—Lake Wanaka, near 
Pembroke, Petrie / 
Also common in south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The linear acuminate 
leaves, long pedicels, and many-seeded carpels at once separate it from all the other 
species found in New Zealand. 
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