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886 CAMPANULACEAE. [ Pratia. 
or obovate, obtusely sinuate-dentate, membranous or rather fleshy. 
Peduncles variable in length, but usually longer than the leaves, slender, 
erect. Flowers 4-2 in. long, white with purple streaks. Calyx-tube oblong, 
narrow-triangular. Corolla-tube short, the 3 lower lobes spreading, the 
2 upper rather smaller and narrower, ascending. Anthers glabrous, the 2 
lower ones tipped with minute bristles. Berry globose or broadly ovoid, 
1-lin. diam., purplish-red. Seeds numerous.—Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 157; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 172; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 897. Lobeha 
angulata Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 58; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 227 ; 
A. Ounn. Precur. (1838) n. 422; Raoul Choiw (1846) 45. L. littoralis 
R. Cunn. ea A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 423. lL. rugulosa R. Graham in 
Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. (Oct.—Dec., 1829) 186. 
+ ON AR ners” Compra. . e.) ) : . . 
/O*NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS, TEWARMASLAND : Common in damp situations through- 
out, ascending to 4500 ft. November-February. 
The commonest species of the genus in New Zealand, almost universally distributed 
in moist sheltered situations. 
3. P. perpusilla Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 172.—A minute creeping 
and rooting perennial herb, forming matted patches 1-4 in. diam.; stems 
branched, wiry, stout for the size of the plant. Leaves minute, sessile 
or nearly so, ;4—; in. long, oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute, deeply 
toothed, rather thick and fleshy, wrinkled or pitted when dry, glabrous or 
more or less clothed with short bristly hairs. Flowers 4in. long, on short 
axillary peduncles or almost sessile. Calyx-tube short, usually hairy ; 
lobes. subulate-lanceolate, recurved. Corolla-lobes narrow, almost equal, 
acute, the 2 upper ones ascending. Anthers glabrous or with a few scattered 
hairs on the back, the 2 lower tipped with a minute bristle. Fruit not 
seen.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 398. Lobelia perpusilla Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i (1853) 158. ¢e* Teaue 72+ 3: 
Nort Isianp : Auckland—Lower Waikato, H. Carse / Lake Whangape, 7’. F. C. ; 
outlet of Lake Taupo, Petrie/ T. F. O.; near Te Aroha, P. H. Allen! Lake Waikare- / 
moana, A. Hamilton! Hawke’s Bay—Colenso / Taranaki—Near Opunake, 7’. Kirk / 
Wellington—From Rangitikei to Turakina Rivers, Cockayne. Sour IsLanD: Marl- 
borough—Outlet of Wairau River, J. H. Macmahon ! Otago—Wyclifie Bay, near 
Dunedin, B. C. Aston / Sea-level to 2000 ft. January—March. 
Probably not uncommon, but easily overlooked. I have seen no specimens from 
the South Island. In the absence of fruit it is impossible to be certain of the genus, 
but the habit is more that of Pratia than of Lobelia. 
4. P. macrodon Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 172.—A small 
perfectly glabrous rather fleshy creeping and rooting perennial herb ; 
stems stout, branched, 1-4 in. long, often forming matted patches. Leaves 
very shortly petioled or almost sessile, 4-in. long, broadly obovate or 
orbicular or broader than long, cuneate at the base, deeply and coarsely 
4-8-toothed, thick and coriaceous, quite glabrous. Flowers on very short 
axillary peduncles or almost sessile, large, $-?in. long, pale-yellow, 
sweet-scented. Calyx-tube broadly turbinate ; lobes narrow-triangular. 
Corolla 4-4in. long; tube very long, cylindrical, swollen at the base ; 
lobes short, spreading or recurved. Anthers glabrous, the 2 lower each 
tipped with a flat rigid bristle with some smaller ones at its base. Berry 
globose, }-Lin. diam. Seeds very numerous, minute.—Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 398. 
