Pratva. | CAMPANULACEAE. 887 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Gordon’s Knob, Raglan Mountains, Wairau Gorge, 
T. F.C.; Acheron and Clarence Valleys, W. 7. L. Travers ; Mount Murchison, W. Town- 
son! Mount Percival, 7. F. C.; Lake Tennyson, R. M. Laing! Canterbury—Mount 
Oxford, Cockayne ; Mount Torlesse, Haast / J. D. Enys! Petrie! T. F. C. ; mountains 
at the head of the Broken River, J. D. Enys, T. F. C.; Arthur’s Pass and Wai- 
makariri Glacier, 7. Kirk! T. F. C.; Mount Arrowsmith, Cockayne and R. M. 5 etd ! 
Otago—Mount Cardrona and the Hector Mountains, Petrie! Clinton Valley, Cockayne. 
3000-5500 ft. December—February. 
A very distinct species, at once recognized by the long cylindrical corolla-tube. 
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3. LOBELIA Linn. 
Herbs of very various habit, or (in species not found in New Zealand) 
rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate, toothed, seldom entire. Flowers axillary 
and solitary, or in terminal racemes. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary ; 
limb 5-partite. Corolla oblique, split to the base at the back, 2-lipped ; 
upper lip 2-partite, usually erect, lower 3-lobed, spreading. Staminal 
tube free from the corolla or rarely adnate to it at the very base; anthers 
connate, all or the 2 lower only tipped with bristles. Ovary 2-celled ; 
ovules numerous; style filiform; stigma shortly bifid, often surrounded 
by a ring of hairs. Capsule 2-celled, opening loculicidally within the 
calyx-lobes into 2 valves. Seeds usually numerous, minute. 
A large genus of over 200 species, rare in Europe and western Asia, abundant 
in most other regions except the very coldest. 
Stems 6-18in., erect or decumbent. Leaves linear to obovate. 
Capsule linear-clavate. aa 7, ne Ne: “ 
Stems 1-6in., creeping and rooting. Leaves {-jin., obovate to 
orbicular, sinuate-dentate. Capsule oblong-obovoid ae .. 2. L. linnaeoides. 
Stems 2-5in., tortuous among shingle. Leaves 3-1 in., orbicular- 
obovate, deeply toothed or lobed. Capsule large, broadly ovoid .. 3. L. Roughii. 
1. L. anceps. = 
1. L. aneeps Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 395.—An erect or decumbent much 
or sparingly branched leafy herb, everywhere perfectly glabrous. Stems 
6-18 in. long, flattened or angular or trigonous, sometimes winged. Leaves 
very variable in shape and size, 1—3in. long, the lower ones usually 
linear-obovate or obovate, gradually narrowed into decurrent petioles, 
the upper lanceolate or ligulate, gradually passing into the floral leaves, 
which are smaller, sessile and linear, all sparingly toothed or nearly 
entire. Flowers small, on short axillary peduncles. Calyx-tube cylindrical, 
much longer than the short triangular lobes. Corolla pale-blue, in. long. 
Capsule elongated, 4-4in. long, linear-clavate-——Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i 
(1853) 158; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 171; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv (1869) 
128; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 399. L. alata Lab. Pl. Nov. Holl. i 
(1804) 51, t. 72; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 227; A. Cunn. Precur. 
(1838) n. 421; Raoul Choi (1846) 44. =>, (1% U4) q Le. 
KERMADEC IsLANDS, NortH AND SoutH IsLtanps, CHatHam IsLtANDS: Common 
in lowland districts as far south as Oamaru and Okarito. November—March. 
A very variable plant. Maritime specimens usually have larger, broader, and 
more succulent leaves than those found inland, and often present a very distinct 
appearance. | 
2. L. linnaeoides Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxii (1891) 405.— 
A small creeping and rooting perennial herb; stems. slender, glabrous. 
sparingly branched, 1-6in. long. Leaves very shortly petiolate or almost 
sessile, }-4in. diam., orbicular or ovate-orbicular, coarsely sinuate-dentate, 
