892 CAMPANULACEAE. [ Wahlenbergia. 
compressed, smooth. — N. #. Brown in Gard. Chron. liv (1913) 336. 
W. saxicola Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 160; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
170; Bot. Mag. (1882) t. 6613; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 402; IUI. 
N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 121 (not of A. De Candolle). 
Var. pygmaea NV. HL. Brown l.c.—A dwarf subalpine or alpine variety, frequently 
not much more than 1—-2in. high. Flowers frequently drooping.—W. pygmaea Col. in 
Trans, N.Z. Inst, xxxi (1899) 273. 
Nortu anp Sourn Isnanps, Stewart IsLaAnD: Abundant in hilly gud moun- 
tainous situations from the East Cape and Taupo southwards; var. pygmaea not 
uncommon over 3000 ft. alt. December—February. 
T have followed Mr. N. E. Brown’s views as to the specific distinctness of this plant 
from the Tasmanian W. saxicola. He states that “it is difficult to understand how they 
could possibly have been confused, as they are easily distinguishable in the dry state, and 
when seen alive, side by side, their perfect distinctness is too obvious for any one to 
mistake one for the other.” 
5. W. flexilis Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlix (1917) 51.—Stems several 
from the top of a long slender root, slender, terete, glabrous, sparingly 
branched, 4-8in. long; the branches often laxly interlaced. Leaves in 
distant opposite pairs on the lower part of the stem, the upper leaves alter- 
nate and often crowded, variable in size and shape, #-l4in. long, fin. in 
greatest breadth, lanceolate-spathulate to linear, gradually narrowed to the 
base, acute or subacute, entire, glabrous, thin or subcoriaceous ; margins 
somewhat cartilaginous; midrib evident; veins reticulate, more or less 
obscure. Peduncles terminating the branchlets, 3-6in. long. Flowers 
about in. long. Calyx narrow, 5-lobed; lobes linear-subulate. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, cut 4-way down into 5 triangular acute lobes. Capsule 
, Z 1  emertia 
obconic, + in. long. wee Rel: yt 
SourH Isntanp: Marlborough—Inland Kaikouras, several localities in the higher 
parts of the Clarence Valley, Bb. C. Aston / 
A curious and apparently very variable plant. Some states approach W. albomar- 
ginata, but ordinarily it differs in the branched habit of growth and numerous cauline 
leaves. / 
6. W. congesta VN. H. Brown in Gard. Chron. liv (1913) 336.— Per- 
ennial; stems creeping, much branched and interlaced, forming densely 
matted rounded patches 2-4in. diam.; branches compact or diffusely 
spreading, glabrous or furnished with spreading or deflexed hairs, leafy 
towards the tips. Leaves very variable in size and shape, 4-1 in. long, 
orbicular- or oblong-spathulate or narrower, submembranous, midrib obscure, 
crenate-dentate, suddenly narrowed into a petiole longer than the blade, 
margins of petiole usually ciliate. Peduncles short, 4-2in. long, slender, 
erect, terete, with or without a single lanceolate toothed bract about the 
middle. Flowers +-4in. diam., pale-blue, campanulate. Calyx shallow- 
turbinate ; lobes narrow-triangular, acute. Capsule globose, +-4in. diam., 
2-celled. Seeds numerous, minute.—W. saxicola var. congesta Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 403. W. Morgani Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvi 
(1914) 34. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Moist sand-dunes between Cape Foulwind and Charleston, 
W. T'ownson ! Petrie! Southland—Sand-dunes at Fortrose, Petrie / 
Although closely allied to W. albomarginata it is well distinguished from it, and 
‘rom all the New Zealand species, by the globose capsule and peculiar habit. 
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