. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . liih. 1 A/r/Z7^/Z/// , ffootf Z. POZO/I FIICI/.4, Eook/. 3. DP/ICOPPnil/M Ml/SCOfD£S^ Rook£ TRANS. ,VOLI] AC/PHmA HtCTOPLBuckan-an, JB. Buchanan.—On the Alpine Flora of New Zealand. 347 Lobelia roughii, Hook. f. A small glabrous alpine plant, full of white acrid fluid. Leaves ^-1inch long, petioled, ovate or obovate, acute, deeply toothed or lobed, thesinus often round, more or less reticulated on 5-7 leading nerves, coria-ceous. Peduncles erect, axillary, 1-1 ^ inches lon
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . liih. 1 A/r/Z7^/Z/// , ffootf Z. POZO/I FIICI/.4, Eook/. 3. DP/ICOPPnil/M Ml/SCOfD£S^ Rook£ TRANS. ,VOLI] AC/PHmA HtCTOPLBuckan-an, JB. Buchanan.—On the Alpine Flora of New Zealand. 347 Lobelia roughii, Hook. f. A small glabrous alpine plant, full of white acrid fluid. Leaves ^-1inch long, petioled, ovate or obovate, acute, deeply toothed or lobed, thesinus often round, more or less reticulated on 5-7 leading nerves, coria-ceous. Peduncles erect, axillary, 1-1 ^ inches long, growing out as the fruitripens, 1-flowered, calyx tube globose, lobes linear, obtuse, 5-partite, but by the frequent union of three lobes, 3-partite, lobeslong, very narrow, round at top. Anthers glabrous, united round the styleand supported by the filaments. Capsule ovoid, \-\ inch long. Hah.—Lake Ohou Mountains; alt., 5,000 feet on loose shingle.—Buchanan and McKay, 1882. Plate XXVIII., fig. 1, plant nat. size; 1 a, capsule with adherentanthers ; 1 h, b, b, lobes of corolla, 1- and 3-partite; 1 c, anther. A remarkable little alpine plant with smooth purplish green foliage,f
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