North Island: Shores of Cook Strait, from Cape Palliser to Cape Terawhiti. South Island: Queen Charlotte Sound, Banks and Solander! Coast near Westport, W. Townson! Banks Peninsula, Armstrong. Otago—Cliffs on the eastern and southern shores, Petrie! Kirk! Chatham Islands, Stewart Island, Auckland and Campbell Islands, Antipodes Islands, Macquarie Island: Not uncommon.
This is purely a coast plant, and is never seen far from the sea. It is also a native of Chili, Fuegia, Falkland Islands, Kerguelen Island, and Marion Island.
2. T. Helmsii, T. Kirk, Students Fl. 142.—Stems numerous, often forming large intricate patches, slender, 2–6 in. long, prostrate at the base, ascending above, green or reddish-green. Leaves rather distant, 18–15 in. long, linear, acute. Flowers 112–110 in. diam., axillary, solitary, on peduncles shorter than the leaves. Calyx deeply 4-lobed; lobes ovate, acute. Petals a third longer than the calyx, ovate-oblong, subacute. Scales 1 at the back of each carpel, narrow linear-cuneate. Carpels 4, turgid, about as long as the calyx; styles short, recurved. Seeds 3–5.
South Island: West Coast—Karamea, Rev. F. H. Spencer; Westport, W. Townson! Greymouth, R. Helms! December–March.
Very near to the Australian T. recurva, Hook, f., which, however, is a larger plant, with more pointed leaves, and with the calyx-lobes and petals decidedly acuminate. It is easily distinguished from T. moschata by the more slender habit, narrower acute leaves, and smaller flowers.
3. T. diffusa, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv. (1892) 424.—A slender much-branched matted plant forming broad reddish patches. Stems filiform, erect or prostrate, 1–3 in. long. Leaves in distant pairs, fleshy, connate at the base, 112–18 in. long, linear-oblong, obtuse, concave above, convex beneath. Flowers minute, about 115 in. diam., solitary, on very short axillary peduncles. Calyx-lobes 4, broadly oblong, obtuse. Petals equalling the calyx-lobes or rather longer, broadly oblong, obtuse. Scales 4, cuneate. Carpels ovoid; styles recurved. Seeds 2–4.—Students' Fl. 144.
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Mr. Kirk states that the scales are absent; but I find them to be constantly present, although difficult to detect except in young flowers.
4. T. Sinclairii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 62.—A minute delicate creeping or erect usually matted plant, rarely more than 1 in. high except when growing in water, when the stems are often elongated, and the leaves larger. Leaves minute, closely placed or distant, connate at the base, 120–112 in. long, linear or linear-oblong, acute or subacute, concave above, convex or almost keeled beneath. Flowers on short or long axillary peduncles, minute, 115–112 diam., white. Calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals about twice as long as the calyx-lobes, oblong, obtuse. Scales 4, linear-
