486 SCROPHULARINEZ:. { Mazus. 
NortH Isuanp;: Auckland — Ahipara, 7. #’. C.; Matapouri, Colenso f 
Lower Waikato, 7. F. C., Petrie! Carse! Thames River, Adams; Hast 
Cape, Bishop Williams! Wellington —- Manawatu River, Colenso! Otaki, 
Buchanan! Pencarrow Lagoon, Kirk! SoutH Istanp: Canterbury—Banks. 
Peninsula, Lyall; Canterbury Plains, Haast! Arnistrong. November-— 
February. 
2. M. radicans, Cheesem.—Stems creeping and rooting at the 
joints, often subterranean, putting up short erect leafy branches 
1-3 in. high. Leaves close together, spreading, petiolate, }-2 in. 
long including the petiole, obovate or linear-obovate, obtuse, gradu- 
ally narrowed into the petiole, entire or very obscurely sinuate, 
pilose or almost glabrous. Peduncle terminal, 1-3-flowered, usually 
longer than the leaves; pedicels with 1 or 2 linear-subulate bracts. 
Flowers large, 4-in. long, white with a yellow centre. Calyx 
campanulate, 5-cleft, not angled, pilose with jointed hairs. Corolla- 
tube much exceeding the calyx; upper lip erect; lower lip much 
larger, spreading. Capsule + in. long, ovoid, enclosed in the persist- 
ent calyx.— Mimulus radicans, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 188 ;. 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 202. 
NortH Isuanp: Wellington—Head of the Wairarapa Valley and Tararua 
Mountains, Colenso! Buchanan! SoutH Isuanp: Not uncommon throughout 
in wet places in mountain districts. 500-3500 ft. November—February. 
Imperfect specimens of this were described by Sir J. D. Hooker as a 
Mimulus. It has, however, the habit, inflorescence, and calyx of Mazus, and: 
I have consequently transferred it to that genus. 
5. GRATIOLA, Linn. 
Herbs, glabrous or glandular- pubescent. Leaves opposite, 
entire or toothed. Flowers axillary and solitary, 2-bracteolate. 
Calyx deeply 5-partite; segments nearly equal. Corolla - tube 
cylindric; lips spreading, upper entire or 2-fid, lower 3-fid. Per- 
fect stamens 2, included ; anther-cells distinct, parallel; staminodia 
or barren stamens 2, filiform, sometimes wanting. Style filiform ; 
stigma dilated and deflexed, entire or 2-lamellate. Capsule ovoid, 
loculicidally or septicidally dehiscent, 4-valved, valves separating 
from a columnar placentiferous axis. Seeds numerous, small, re- 
ticulate. 
A genus consisting of about 25 species, scattered over the temperate and 
subtropical portions of both hemispheres. One of the New Zealand species 
has a wide range in Australia and extra-tropical South America; the other 
extends to Victoria and Tasmania alone. 
Suberect, usually glabrous. Leaves }-} in. long -- 1. G. peruviana. 
Procumbent, usually glandular-pilose. Leaves§4in. .. 2. G. nana. 
1. G. peruviana, Linn. Sp. Plant. 17.—Stems stout, glabrous 
or slightly viscid-pubescent, laxly branched, ascending or suberect 
from a decumbent or almost prostrate base, 3-12in. high. Leaves. 
opposite, sessile, +? in. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate or oblong, dis- 
