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FIOBA OF NEW 7,F,AT,AND
sæpius punctatis e t puberulis, floribus axiUaribus, calycibus glabratis coroUa bis terve brevioribus. Br.
Proêr. B m th . in PtC. P r o ir .
H ae. Middle Islan d . F o x ’s H ü l, Nelson, .
N a t . O e d . LXV. LENTIBULARIÆ, Bich.
Gen. I . U T E IC U L A E IA , L .
Calyx 2-phyUus; labiis æqualibus, indivisis. CoroUa personata; labio inferiore basi calcarato. Stamina
a ; filamentis apice in tn s antheriferis. Stigma 2-labiatum.
A very large genus, whose species abound in watery and marshy places of both hot and cold climates, sometimes
in wet moss ; many kinds float by means of minute bladders attached to the steins and leaves, some terrestrial
kinds are likewise thus provided. Oalyx of two leaves. Corolla two-lipped. Stamens two. Omry globose. Stigma
discoid, cup-shaped, or two-lipped. (Name from utriemlus, a little bladder.)
1. Utricularia Novæ-Zelandiæ, Hook. fil. ; radicibus vesiculiferis, vesicuUs pediceUatis, scapo simplici
erecto apice 1 ^ - f lo ro , foliis deciduis radicalibus Uneari-lanceolatis carnosuHs 1-nerviis, bracteoUs la te ovatis
obtusis, pediceUis brevibus, calycis labio superiore orbiculari retuso v. bilobo multinervi inferiore cocbleato
obscure 3-dentato, corollæ labio superiore cuneato retuso inferiore late securiform! margine integerrimo,
calcare porrecto obtuso.
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d . W e t rocks a t PaUiser Bay, Colenso.
-A minute slender herb, with fibrous roots, covered with pediceUate bladders, and a simple thread-like scape,
bearing three to four flowers. Leaves few, aU radical, linear-lanceolate. Bracts broadly ovate, blunt. Blmcers
white, shortly pedicellate. Calyx two-lipped ; upper lip orbicular, retuse, or two-lobed ; lower concave, obscurely
three-toothed. Corolla two-lipped ; upper lip wedge-shaped, retuse ; lower broadly axe-shaped, margin entire ; spur
projecting, blunt.—Nearly allied to the Tasmanian U. dichotoma, but much smaller ; also near XI. monanlhos, but
the spur is longer, and the scape bears more flowers.
2. U tricu laria Colensoi, Hook, fil.; omnia V. Novæ-Zelandiæ sed corollæ labio superiore lineari-
oblongo bilobo inferiore la te cuneato 3-loboj lobo medio retuso, disco 3-gibboso.
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d . E a s t coast, Colenso.
My only specimens are preserved in camphorated spirits of wine, and hence not easily examined ; but they
appear to differ conspicuously from the former in the linear two-lobed upper lip, and broadly wedged-shaped three-
lobed lower, which has three swellings on the disc.
3. Utricularia protrusa. Hook. fil. ; natans, caule elongato, foliis capillaceo-multipartitis vesiculiferis,
scapo erecto valido 2 -4-floro, sepalis ellipticis, corollæ labio superiore 3-lobo inferiore subquadrato inar-
ginibus recurvis fauce protrusa, calcare brevi obtuso.
H ab. N o rth e rn Island. Bogs, Bay of Plenty, Colenso.
The specimens were preserved with JJ. Colensoi, and the character may require much correction ; it is the
only long-stemmed floating Utricularia I have seen from New Zealand. Stems a span long, covered with capillary
leaves and Uttle bladders. Scape stout, transparent, with a few yellow flowers. Upper lobe of corolla three-lobed ;
lower broad, with the disc bulging out and margins recurved. Spur short, blunt.
Plantaginece?\ FLORA OF NEW ZEiVLAND.
N a t . O r d . LXVI. PRIMULACEÆ, ,
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Gen. I . SAMOLUS, L .
Calyx semi-superus, 5-fidus. Corolla subcampaiiulala, 5-fida. Stamin a 5 fertilia lobis corollæ
opposita ; 5 sterilia alterna. Capsula semi-infera, semi-5-valvis, 1-locularis. Semina plurima, placentæ
centrali liberæ affixa.
The only New Zealand species is a very variable, .small, white-flowered, herbaceous, littoral plant, which abounds
on all the New Holland and Tasmanian coasts, and in South Chili. Stems branching, leafy, terete, prostrate, 6-lU
inches long. Leaves fleshy, Unear-spathulate or lanceolate, very variable in length and breadth, sharp or blunt, 2
Unes to l i inch long. Flotoers soUtary, white, axillary, on one-bracteate pedicels longer or shorter than the leaves.
Calyx half-superior, five-lobed; lobes sharp. Corolla shortly bell-shaped, with five rounded lobes. Stamens Xtw,
five fertile opposite the lobes of the corolla. Capsule one-celled, with five short valves, and many seeds attached to
a free central placenta.—Of the other species of this genus one is found almost all over the world, and a few others
are Australian and South American. (Name, Druidical, according to Pliny, for some marsh lieaUng plant.)
1. Samolus littoralis, Br. ; caule te re ti ramoso folioso, foliis spathulatis lanceolatisve, calycis laciniis
acntis. B r . Prodr. etc. Sheffieldia repens, L in n . Suppl.
H ab. A bundant th ro u g h o u t th e Islands, on all th e coasts, Ba n k s a n d Solander, etc.
N a t . O r d . LXVII. PLANTAGINEÆ, Ju%s.
Gen. I . PLA NTAG O , L .
Flores hermapliroditi. Capsula 2-4-locuIaris.
Herbaceous plauts, with radical leaves, and scapes bearing few flowers, or long or short spikes of often densely
packed hermaphrodite flowers. Sepals four. Corolla of a scarious texture, persistent, with a four-lobed spreading
limb. Stamens four, on long exserted filaments. Ovary sessile, two- to four-locular. Ovtdes few or many, peltate.
Style one, exserted, filiform, hairy. Capsule bursting horizontally across the middle. Seeds attached to either face
of a longitudinal dissepiment, sessile, peltate.—A very large genus, found in aU parts of the globe, to wliich the
English lierbs called Plantain belong, some of which have been introduced with seed into New Zealand. (Name
so applied by the Romans.)
§ a. Scape one-, or few- {tico- to six-) flowered.
1. P lan tag o uniflora, Hook, fil.; pusilla, foliis petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis sinuato-dentatis in teg errimisve
basi lanatis, scapo gracili pubescente 1-fioro, bractea parva late ovata obtusa, sepalis linearibus
obtusis.
H ab. N o rth e rn Islan d . Top of th e Ruabine mountains, Colenso.
Stem very short, stout. Leaves few, -5- I inch long, petiolate, hnear-lanceolate, sinuate-toothed or entire,
villous at the base. Scape longer than the leaves, puberulous, one-flowered. Floicer small. Bract very short,
blunt. Sepals narrow, linear.—I have but three imperfect specimens of this curious little plant, wliich is very nearly
allied to the P . carnosa, but the sepals are narrower.
2. Plan tag o carnosa, Br. ; glaberrima v. pilosa, radice crassa, foliis plurimis steUatim patentibus
lanceolatis iutegerrinns inciso-lobatis dentatisve carnosis basi nudis v. villosis, scapis brevibus erectis
prostratisve crassis pilosis 2-4-floris, floribus capitatis, sepalis late ovatis obtusis corollæ tu b o æquilongis,
capsulæ loculis 2-4 -sp ermis. B r . Prodr. F l. A n ta r c t.p . 65. t. 4 3 . Bene, in BC . Prodr.