than the short triangular lobes. Corolla pale-blue, ¼ in. long. Capsule elongated, ⅓–½ in. long, linear-clavate.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 158; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 171; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 128. L. alata, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 51, t. 72; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 227; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 421; Raoul, Choix, 44.
Kermadec Islands, North and South Islands, Chatham Islands: 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. linnæoides, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii. (1891) 405.—A small creeping and rooting perennial herb; stems slender, glabrous, sparingly branched, 1–6 in. long. Leaves very shortly petiolate or almost sessile, ⅙–¼ in. diam., orbicular or ovate-orbicular, coarsely sinuate-dentate, rather thick and coriaceous, often purplish beneath, glabrous or with minute bristly hairs above. Peduncles slender, erect, axillary, 1-flowered, 1½–2½ in. long. Flowers ⅓–½ in. long. Calyx-lobes small, narrow-triangular, 112 in. long. Corolla ⅓ in. long, the lower lobes obovate, apiculate; the upper narrower, linear-oblong, acute. Anthers glabrous, the 2 lower ones tipped with minute flat bristles. Capsule ¼–⅓ in. long, narrow obovoid-oblong, straight. Seeds small, smooth.—Pratia(?) linnæoides, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 172.
South Island: Canterbury—Ashburton Mountains, T. H. Potts! Macaulay River, Haast; Lake Ohau, Buchanan! Otago—Lindis Pass, Hector and Buchanan; Mount Cardrona, Mount Pisa, Hector Mountains, Mount Tyndall, Mount Bonpland, &c., Petrie! 2500–4500 ft. December–February.
3. L. Roughii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 171.—A small perfectly glabrous perennial herb 2–5 in. high, full of white acrid fluid. Stems very slender, creeping, branched, tortuous among shingle; branches short, leafy at the tips. Leaves alternate, ½–1 in. long; blade broadly oblong or obovate to orbicular, narrowed into a broad fiat petiole, coarsely and deeply toothed or lobed with a rounded sinus between the teeth, thick and coriaceous; main veins 5–7, spreading from the base of the leaf. Peduncles stout, erect, axillary, 1-flowered; at first shorter than the leaves, but lengthening as the fruit ripens, and sometimes reaching 2 in. or more. Flowers ½ in. long. Calyx globose; lobes linear, obtuse, coriaceous, lengthening as the fruit ripens. Corolla equalling the calyx-lobes, 3lipped; the two dorsal petals (upper lip) being free from one another to the base; lower lip 3-lobed about ⅓ way down. Anthers glabrous. Capsule ⅓–½ in. long, broadly ovoid, coriaceous. Seeds very numerous.—Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 347, t. 28, f. 1.
