Page:Manual of the New Zealand Flora.djvu/594

554 corresponds to Colenso's E. tricolor, is not so much branched, the leaves are shorter and broader, on shorter petioles, and the flowers are spicate along the upper part of the branches. It might be distinguished as var. tricolor.

2. E. Monroi, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 220.—Perennial, sometimes woody at the very base; stems erect or decumbent below, 3–8 in. high, leafy abovie, sparingly branched, faintly bifariously pubescent. Leaves rather close-set, spreading, ⅕–⅓ in. long, obovate or obovate-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed to the base but not evidently petiolate, coriaceous, glabrous, furnished with one or two short obtuse teeth on each side, margins thick, recurved. Flowers in short few-flowered leafy spikes towards the ends of the branches, sessile or very shortly peduncled; bracts similar to the leaves. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes short, thick, obtuse or subacute, margins recurved. Corolla ½–⅔ in. long; tube funnel-shaped, exceeding the calyx; upper lip bilobed, lower lip trilobed; lobes refuse. Capsule obovate, retuse, equalling the calyx or slightly longer than it.—''Wettst. Monog. Euphr.'' 248, t. v. f. 375–382, and t. xiv. f. 2.

3. E. revoluta, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 199.—Annual, or sometimes the rootstock perennial. Stems 1–4 in. high, very slender, much or sparingly branched from the base, often creeping and putting up few or many ascending branchlets, more or less glandular-pubescent. Leaves in rather distant pairs, sessile, very variable in size, the lowest usually the smallest, ⅛–½ in. long, obovate-cuneate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed to the base, furnished with 1–3 teeth on each side, glandular-pubescent or glabrous, margins revolute. Mowers few towards the tips of the branches, large, ½–¾ in. diam.; peduncles shorter or longer than the leaves. Calyx shortly 4-lobed; lobes triangular, acute, much shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, exceeding the calyx; limb spreading; upper lip 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes deeply emarginate. Capsule oblong, obtuse; seeds numerous in each cell.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 220; Wettst. Monog. Euphr.'' 266, t. xiv. f. 8.

Mount Hikurangi, S. Dodgshun; Ruahine Mountains, ''Colenso! H. Hill! Petrie! Ruapehu, H. Hill!'' Not uncommon in mountain districts throughout. 2500–5500 ft. December–March.