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1. Mazus Pumilio, Br.; glaberrimus v. pilosiusculus, caule brevissimo, foliis radicalibus lineari- 
oblongis obovatis subspathulatisve obtusis integerrimis sinuato-dentatisve, scapis 1—5-floris, pedicellis 
elongatis, corolla calyce subtriplo longiore. Br. Prodr. Benth. in DC. Prodr. Endl. Iconograph. t. 102. 
Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 567. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Manawata river, East coast, etc., Colenso. Canterbury, Lyall. 
Gen. IV. GRATIOLA, Z. 
Calyx 5-partitus ; segmentis angustis. Corol/e labium superius integrum v. breviter bifidum, infe- 
rius trifidum, palato non prominente. Stamina 2, postica fertilia, inclusa, antherarum loculis parallelis ; 
2 antica sterilia, filiformia v. nulla. Stylus apice deflexus, dilatatus v. 2-lamellatus. Capsula 4-valvis. 
Benth. in DC. *Prodr. 
Generally extratropical herbs, and natives of North America; a few are found in South America, Australia, 
Tasmania, Asia, and one in Europe. Leaves opposite, entire, crenate or toothed. Flowers axillary, solitary, 
sessile or pedunculate, generally two-bracteate below the five-partite calyx. Corolla with the upper lip bifid, 
lower trifid. Stamens two, included (the other two reduced to subulate filaments or absent). Style dilated or two- 
lobed at the apex. Capsule four-valved. (Name from gratia, grace ; from the medicinal properties of G. officinalis.) 
1. Gratiola serdentata, A. Cunn.; procumbens, glabra, foliis oblongis v. ovato-sublanceolatis sessilibus 
paucidentatis sub-3-nerviis, floribus sessilibus v. pedunculo folio breviore, filamentis sterilibus elongatis. 
A. Cunn. Prodr. Benth. in DC. Prodr. G. Peruviana, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, Banks and Solander, ete. 
A rather fleshy herb, 6-8 inches long, quite glabrous, sparingly branched. Leaves opposite, ovate or oblong, 
sessile, blunt; with a few teeth towards the point, ž inch long. Flowers 4 inch long, yellow, nearly sessile ; pedun- 
cles sometimes elongated in fruit. Anihers two-celled, one cell sometimes empty. 
2. Gratiola pubescens, Br.; procumbens, viscido-puberula, foliis sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis acu- 
tiusculis dentatis 3-nerviis, floribus breviter pedunculatis. Br. Prodr. Benth. l. c. 
Haz. Northern Island. Bay of Islands, R. Cunningham. 
A smaller plant than G. sexdentata, and puberulous, but not uniformly or constantly so: I find no other 
difference between these two. Mr. Bentham observes that this entirely resembles G. Peruviana, except in the long 
sterile filaments. G. pubescens is an Australian and Tasmanian plant, 
Gen. V. GLOSSOSTIGMA, Arn. 
Calyx campanulatus, obtuse 3-4-lobus. Corolla minima ; labio superiore bilobo, inferiore paulo majore, 
8-lobo. Stamina 2-4; anthere uniloculares. Stylus apice dilatatus, spathulatus. Capsula subglobosa, 
loculicide 2-valvis ; valvulis medio septiferis, columnam placentiferam integram nudantibus. Glossostigma 
et Tricholoma, Benth. in DC. Prodr. 
Very minute, tufted, creeping, moss-like herbs, natives of tropical India and Asia, also of Australia, the Cape of 
Good Hope, and New Zealand. G. elatinoides has stems 1-2 inches long, smooth or slightly hairy. Leaves opposite, 
petiolate, spathulate, quite entire, blunt, 2—4 lines long. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, erect, shorter than 
the leaves. Flowers very small, erect, 13, line long. Calyx bell-shaped, with 5 short blunt lobes. Corolla com- 
panulate, two-lipped, rather compressed vertically; lips spreading, upper two-, lower three-lobed ; lobes rounded, 
blunt. Stamens four. Anthers peltate, exserted ; cells didymous, confluent. Ovary ovate, with a slender style, and 
spathulate, flat, fimbriated stigma. (Name from yAwooa, a tongue, and stigma.) 
1. Glossostigma elatinoides, Benth. ; minima, glabra, ad nodos radicans, foliis geminis petiolatis 
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