FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND.
Sepala 2-3. Pétala 5, libera v. basi coalita, membranácea. Stamina 5, petalis opposita et basi inserta.
Omnam 1-loculare; stylo recto, 3-ñdo. Capsula \xi in Claytmia. Semina 1~S.
A small, succulent, suberect or creeping, marsli or water-plant, forming pale green tufts, witli narrow, opposite
leaves, and small, axillarj^ pedicellate, white flowers. Sepals two, rarely three. Fetals five, slightly united at the
base, or free. Siameiis three to five, inserted into the base of the petals. Ovary sessile, ovate, with a short three-
cleft style. Capsule one-celled, three-valved, one- to three-seeded.—The only plant of this genus is very abundant
in all temperate and cold parts of the world, from the Arctic Circle to Gape Horn, Kerguelen’s Land, Tasmania,
Lord Auckland’s Group, and CampbeU’s Island. It has no character of importance to distinguish it from Clay-
ionia, than which it is a very much smaUer plant. (Name in honour of Joseph de Monti, a Bolognese professor
and botanist.)
1. Montia fontana, L. DC. Frodr. Fl. Antaret.
H ab. Alpine parts of the Northern Island, Colenso, Sinclair, etc. Common in the Middle and
Southern Islands, Faoul,
Extremely variable in size. Stems much branched, a few lines to 5 inches long, laxer and longer in water,
tender, succulent. Haves 3 hnes to f inch long; narrow, linear or spathulate, blunt or sharp. Fedtmcles shorter
than the leaves, curved and pendulous when in fruit. Flowers about a hue broad across the petals.
N at. Or d . XXXI. SCLEHANTHEÆ, Link.
Gen. I. SCLERANTHUS, L.
Calyx tubulosus, 4-5-fidus, coriaceus, persistens; tubo urceolato, lobis erectis. Fetala 0. Stamina
1-5, fauce calycis inserta. Styli 2. Capmla evalvis, l-sperma. Semen funiculo capiUaceo e fundo loculi
orto suspensum.
SmaU, rigid, tufted plants, of a harsh wiry habit, with opposite, subulate, serrulate, or entire leaves, and inconspicuous
green flowers, placed in the New Zealand species in pairs on a short peduncle, that elongates when in fruit,
and bears four persistent bracteæ at the top. Calyx a smaU, coriaceous, four- to five-lobed tube, with one stamen
inserted half-way up, and no petaR. Ovary with two styles, and one ovule, suspended from a long cord that rises
from the base of the ceU.—This genus is found in Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. (Name from
(TK\r¡pos, hard, and av$os,fower ; from the indurated perianth.)
1. Scleranthus bijlorus {3iniarum, An c t.)-, dense cæspitosns, floribus geminis quadrifidis monandris
pedúnculo communi per paria sessilibus basi 2-bracteolatis, foliis serrulatis v. integerrimis. Mniarum,
Forster. Brown. DC. Frodr. A. Rick. Fl. Nov. Zeal. A. Cunn. Prodr. M. pedunculatum, Lah. PI.
Nov. Holl. V. l . p . 8. t. 2. Ditoca muscosa. Banks et Solander, et Gartner.
H ab. Northern and Middle Islands; chiefly on the east coast; not uncommon. Nat. names.
Northern Island, “ Kohu-Kohu," R. Cunn.; Middle Island, “ Naéréoré," DMrville.
Stems seldom more than an inch long, densely leafy, growing in compact tufts. Haves inch long, rigid
and wiry. Flowers at first sessile amongst the leaves ; the peduncles are afterwards elongated to a itich, and are
stout and erect.—I see no grounds upon which.to separate this genus from Scleranthus, to two Tasmanian species ol
which the present is very closely alhed. The leaves vary much in New Zealand and Tasmanian specimens of this
species, both in length and in the degree of serrulation of their margins.
N at. O r d . XXXII. CRASSULACEiE, DC.
Gen. I. TILLriEA, Mich, {inctudiny Bulliarda, DC.)
Sepala, petala, et stamina 3-5. Squama ad basin carpellorurn 3-5 v. 0. Ovaria 3 -5 ; stylis brevibus
recurvis; ovulis plurimis. Carpella 3-5, membranácea, intus debiscentia. Semina pauca v. plurima.
Vciy small, succulent plants, with opposite leaves, and axillary, solitary, or fasciculate flowers. SepaU, petals, and
three to five. Scales as many, opposite the ovaries, or 0. Ovaries with short recurved styles, one-celled,
many-ovuled. Carpels few- or many-seeded.—The few species belonging to this inconspicuous genus are inhabitants
of damp or di*y places, and are scattered over various parts of the globe, chiefly in temperate latitudes. One of the
Southern species belongs to Bulliarda of DC., a genus differing only in the more highly-developed glands or scales
opposite the ovaries, which I do not think affords of itself a character of generic importance. (Named in honour of
Michael Angelo Tilli, an Itahan botanist of Pisa.)
1. TillEea vertieillaris, DC.; erecta, simplex v. e basi ramosissima, foliis oppositis lineari-oblongis,
floribus 4-meris axillis dense congestis sessilibus paucis pedunculatis, sepalis petalisque subulato-acuminatis,
glandulis squamisve 0, carpeUis 1-2-spermis. DC. Frodr. v. 3. p . 382. [non Hook. Ic. Flant.
t. 295.) A. Cunn. Frodr. T. muscosa, Forst. Prodr. A. Rich. Flora.
H ab. Northern and Middle Islands; dry rocky places; abundant, Forster, Colenso, etc.
Whole plant a pale red-brown colour. Stems succulent, 3-4 inches high, simple or branched from the base.
Haves linear-oblong, 1-2 lines long, succulent, blunt. Flowers very densely crowded in the axils of the leaves, very
minute, mostly sessile, a few pedicellate; pedicels slender, longer than the leaves. SepaU four, ovato-subulate,
acuminate. Ovaries without glands or scales. CarpeU one-seeded.—Yery like the European T. muscosa, but usuaUy
larger in all its parts, with tetramerous larger flowers, aud narrower sepals. It is also a Cape of Good Hope plant.
2. TiUcea debilis, Col.; caule repente laxe csespitoso distanter foUoso, foliis oppositis connatis brevi-
oblongis linearibusve obtusis, floribus soUtariis v. 2 axiUaribus sessUibus pedunculatisve 4-meris, sepalis
oblongis acutis, petalis brevioribus ovatis acuminatis, glandulis 0, carpelUs I-2-spermis.
H ab. Northern Island. East coast, Colenso.
Stems 2-3 inches long, weak, slender, simple or sparingly branched. Haves opposite, in remote pairs, 1-2 lines
long, connate, ovate-oblong or linear. Flowo's few, one to two, sessile or peduneled, veiy- minute. SepaU four,
ovate, acute, longer than the ovate acuminate petals. Glands none. CarpeU four, one- to two-seeded.—I am
doubtful how far this is really distinct from T. vertieillaris, which it closely resembles.
3. T\]l^a.purpurata, Hook. fil.; perpusiUa, caulibus e basi decumbente ramosa erectis prostratisve, foliis
oppositis connatis linearibus, floribus breve v. longe pedicellatis 4-meris, sepalis ovatis obtusis v. subacutis,
petalis parvis acuminatis, glandulis 0, carpeUis 4 magnis obtusis recurvis apice liiante bilobo, semiuibus
plurimis. Nob. in Lond. Journ. Bot. v. Q. p. 472. An T. peduiicularis, Sm., DC. Frodr.?
H ab. Northern Island; east coast. Cape Palliser, etc., Colenso.
A very niiiuite, purplish plant. Stems prostrate, A-^ iuch long, rarely longer. Haves as in the other species.
Flowers few, iu tbe axils of the leaves, sometimes nearly sessile, but often on pedicels longer than the stem. SepaU
four, blunt. Petals as many, very short, sharp. Glands none. CarpeU longer than the sepals, blunt, recurved,
many-seeded, the top when burst two-lobed. Seeds many.—A very distmct species, but so minute as to require a
strong lens to make out its characters. It is a native of Tasmania.
4. Tillrca (Bulliarda) moschata, DC.; ctespitosa, caule e basi prostrata radicante erecto parce ramoso
V. simplici, foliis oppositis connatis camosis lineari-oblongis obovatisve obtusis, pedunculis solitariis axilla