Wahlenbergia. | CAMPANULACEAE. 893 
7. W. eartilaginea Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 170. —A dwart 
perennial herb seldom more than 2-3in. high, glabrous or more or less 
pubescent. Rhizome long, wide-creeping and tortuous, somewhat fleshy. 
Leaves all radical, forming a shortly elongate dull-green rosette, ascending 
or almost spreading, $-lin. long, ovate-spathulate, rigid, with a broad 
flattened petiole and an ovate or rarely obovate blade, obtuse at the apex, 
subcordate at the base, quite entire ; margins thick, cartilaginous. Peduncle 
3_j1in. long, 1-flowered. Flowers 3 in. diam. Calyx 5-lobed, glabrous 
or pubescent; tube shortly obconic ; lobes large, linear-oblong, obtuse or 
subacute, margins entire, thick and cartilaginous. Corolla equalling or 
slightly exceeding the calyx-lobes, 5-lobed ; tube shorter than the lobes ; 
lobes oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Capsule broadly obconic, 
lin. diam.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 408; N. E. Brown in Gard. 
Chron. liv (1913) 355. 
Sourn Istanp: Marlborough—Shingly Range, Awatere, Cockayne and Foweraker. 
Nelson—Wairau Gorge, Rough, T. Kirk! Tarndale, Sinclair! Clarence and Wairau 
Valleys, W. 7. L. Travers ; Lake Tennyson, R. M. Laing. 3500-6000 ft. January— 
February. 
A very remarkable species, easily distinguished by the broad and thick cartilaginous 
margins to the leaves, large calyx-lobes, and small deeply divided corolla. It is 
apparently rare and local, and I have only seen very indifferent specimens. Dr. Cock- 
ayne says that it resembles ‘“‘a crusty Saxifrage.” Hooker remarks that the flowers 
are very sweet-scented. 
8. W. Matthewsii Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii (1915) 113.— 
A perfectly glabrous perennial herb 9-12 in. high. Rhizome short, stout, 
woody, often swollen and tuberous. Stems few, closely placed, simple or 
branched, reddish-purple, spreading or decumbent at the base, usually 
more or less erect above. Leaves numerous, densely crowded, spreading, 
linear, 1-1} in. long, 3,-} in. broad, sessile or nearly so, acute or subacute, 
thick and coriaceous, quite glabrous, notched towards the apex, otherwise 
entire. Peduncles 3-4 in. long, slender, erect, simple or sparingly branched ; 
bracts few, minute. Calyx-lobes equalling the corolla-tube, subulate- 
acute. Corolla-lobes about }in. long, ovate, pale-lilac. Capsule obconie, 
+ in. long. 
Sourn Istanp: Marlborough—Clarence Valley, near the coast, H. J. Matthews, 
Cockayne / Ure Basin, B. C. Aston. “§ Amos FS eis 
Easily distinguished from any other species known to me by the long and closely- 
set linear leaves, the purplish stems, and the large pale-lilac flowers. My specimens 
are few in number, and the above description may require amendment when a better 
series has been obtained. 7 
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Family CII. GOODENIACEAE, 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or radical, rarely opposite ; stipules 
wanting. Flowers hermaphrodite, irregular or rarely regular, axillary or 
terminal, solitary or in spikes or racemes or panicles. Calyx-tube adnate 
to the ovary, limb of 5 persistent lobes or obsolete. Corolla gamopeta- 
lous, usually irregular, 5-lobed, often split to the base ‘at the back. 
Stamens 5, alternate with the lobes of the corolla and inserted at its base ; 
anthers free or rarely connate into a ring surrounding the style. Ovary - 
inferior or nearly so, 1-2-celled ; style simple, with a cup-shaped or 2-lipped 
expansion which encloses the stigma, and is called the indusium ; ovules 
