488 SCROPHULARINES. [Glossostigma. 
a broad and thin spoon-shaped stigmatic lamina which usually 
curves over the stamens. Capsule globular or ovoid, included in the 
persistent calyx, loculicidally 2-valved; valves entire, separating 
from a central placentiferous axis. Seeds small, ovoid. 
In addition to the two species found in New Zealand, one of which extends 
to Australia, there are two others in Australia, one of them found also in tropical 
Asia and Africa. 
Forming broad matted patches. Leaves 4-}in., linear- 
obovate. Flowers 4-4 in. diam. Stamens 4 -. 1. G. elatinoides. 
Minute, very slender, matted. Leaves ;,-Zin., linear or 
narrow linear-spathulate. Flowers very minute, Ho in. 
diam. Stamens 2 aa a we .. 2. G. submersum. 
1. G. elatinoides, Benth. in Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 189.— 
A small creeping intricately branched moss- like plant, forming 
dense matted patches 2-6in. across or more; stems slender, 
ee at the nodes, rarely suberect at the tips. Leaves oppo- 
site, 1-1 in. long, linear- spathulate or linear-obovate, obtuse, gradu- 
ally narrowed into a petiole equalling the blade. Peduncle at 
first shorter a “8 leaves, but often elongating after flowering. 
Flowers minute, ;4,-4 in. diam., white. Calyx with 4 short obtuse 
lobes. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx ; lobes rounded, obtuse, 
fringed with minute cilia. Stamens 4, included. Style short ; 
stigma very large, spoon-shaped, irritable. Capsule small, ovoid- 
globose.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 203; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 
502. Tricholoma elatinoides, Benth. in D.C. Prodr. x. 426. Lobelia 
submersa, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 424. 
NortH aNnD SoutH Is~anps, STEWART Is~LAND: Abundant in lakes and 
marshes from the North Cape southwards, often entirely submerged. Sea- 
level to 2500 ft. November-February. 
Also found in south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. For an account of 
the fertilisation, see a paper by myself in Trans. N.Z. Inst. x. 353. 
2. G. submersum, Petrie mm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii. (1891) 
401.— A minute very slender intricately branched plant, forming 
small but dense matted patches ; a os and rooting at the 
nodes. Leaves opposite or fascicled, 4,-4 in. long, linear or narrow 
linear-spathulate, quite entire, gradually narrowed into a petiole 
equalling the blade or rather shorter than it. Peduncles ee 
axillary, about as long as the leaves. Flowers very minute, 5, in. 
diam. Calyx obtusely 3-lobed. Corolla small, not much eee 
than the calyx; lobes short, rounded. Stamens 2, included. 
Capsule not exceeding the calyx, globose, #4; in. diam. 
SourH Istanp : Otago—Tidal shores of Lake Waihola, usually submerged at 
high water, Petrie ! 
A very curious little plant, apparently closely allied to the Queensland 
G. spathulatum, Arn., but my flowering specimens are insufficient for a proper 
comparison. 
