368 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



6. Stigma flattened, large. Glossostigma, p. 368. 

 Stigma club-shaped. tLimosella. 



7. Stamens, 2. Veronica, p. 369. 

 Stamens, 4. 8 



8. Stigma with a rounded head. Ourisia, p. 384. 

 Stigma dilated. Euphrasia, p. 386. 



+Not further described. 



Genus Calceolaria. 



Soft-leaved herbs. Flowers in short racemes. Calyx 4-cleft ; corolla 2- 

 lipped. In the American species, the lower lip only is inflated, but in the New 

 Zealand species both lips are swollen. Capsule 2-valved. A large South 

 American genus. (Name from the Latin for n slipper). 2 sp. 



Calceolaria Sinclairii {Sinclair's Calceolaria). 



An erect, slender herb, with coarsely-toothed leaves, and branched panicles 

 of small white flowers, spotted with purple. Corolla g in. across. Capsule J in. 

 long. North Island : East Cape, Hawke's Bay. Fl. Dec. -Feb. A charming 

 plant, well worthy of frequent cultivation. 



Genus Mazus. 



Herbs. Flov?ers usually racemose, terminal. Calyx campanulate. Corolla 

 2-hpped, upper hp 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4. Capsule 2-valved. 

 (Name from the Greek signifying a breast, erroneously given in allusion to the 

 supposed swollen corolla). 2 sp. 



Mazus pumilio {The Divarf Mazus). 



Scape 1 - 6-flowered. Leaves fascicled. Corolla blue, J in. -^ in. across. 

 Both islands, as far south as Canterbury. 



Genus Glossostigma. 



Tufted, prostrate herbs. Leaves spathulate. Flowers solitary. Calyx 

 3-5-lobed. Corolla 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Stamens 2-4. Stigma large, dilated. 

 Capsule 2-valved. (Name from the Greek in allusion to the tongue-shaped 

 stigma). 2 sp. 



Glossostigma elatinoides {The Elatine-like Glossostigma). 



A minute plant, 1 in. -2 in. long. Stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves J in.- 

 5 in. long, entire. Flowers ^ in. long. Stamens 4. Both islands: damp 

 places. 



This is an interesting, moss-like, swamp-plant, differing 

 from a Mimulus in the minute corolla, and in the large 

 tongue-shaped stigma. As in Mimulus, the stigma is 



