290 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Scrophtdarinea. 
rius patens, 3-lobum; fauce ssepius bigibbosa, laciniis rotunclatis planis. Stamina fertilia 1, antherarum 
loculis demum confluentibus. Stigma subsequaliter 2-lamellatum. Capsula 2-valvis, loculicide dehiscens ; 
valvis integris raro bifidis, medio septiferis, columnam centralem placentiferam nudantibus. — Herbae ple- 
rumque humiles, deeumbenles v. ascendentes ; foliis oppositis ; pedunculis axillaribus, solitariis, \-jtoris, 
superioribus interdum versus apices ramorum subracemosis. 
The majority of the species of Mimulus are American, but there are a few Indian, and about six Australian. 
The latter are all small, creeping or suberect herbs, with four-angled stems, opposite leaves, and axillary, solitary 
flowers. — Calyx tubular, five-angled and five-toothed. Corolla two-lipped; upper erect or reflexed ; lower three- 
lobed. Stamens four, all fertile. Style terminated by two nearly equal, stigmatiferous plates. Capsule two-valved ; 
valves entire or bi a central, placentiferous column. (Name, mimulus, a little mask; in allusion 
to tin appearance of the flowers.) 
ens (Br. Prodr. 439) ; pusillus, repens, glaberrimus, foliis amplexicaulibus sessili- 
busve ovatis oblongisve obtusis integerrimis crassiusculis subenerviis, pedunculis folio brevioribus longiori- 
busve, calycibus ovatis truncatis brevissime dentatis.— Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 373; PI. N. Zeal. i. 188. 
(Gunn, 77.) 
Hab. Common in saline situations, muddy banks of rivers, etc. — (M. Dec.) 
Disteib. New South Wales and Victoria; New Zealand. 
A small, perfectly glabrous, creeping, succulent herb.— Stems 2-4 inches long, sending spreading branches 
over marshy ground. Leaves 2-6 lines long, orbicular or oblong, sessile, quite entire. Peduncle of variable length. 
Calyx truncate. Corolla large, beautiful bright blue, sometimes \ inch across the lobes. 
Gen. III. MAZUS, Lour. 
Calyx late campanulatus, 5-fidus. Corolla labium superius erectum, ovatum, breviter bifidum, infe- 
multo majus patens, trifidum; fauce bigibbosa. Stamina fertilia 4; antherarum loculis contiguis, 
iricatis. Stigma subsequaliter bilamellatum, laciniis ovatis. Capsula globosa v. compressa, obtusa, locu- 
licide bivalvis, valvis integris. Placenta crass*, subcarnosa3.-Herba3 sapius surculosa ; foliis inferioribus 
oppositis, ramorum floralmm vulgo altemis; racemis terminal lib )h U t, n fa , mUi ; eh dicellis alternis, 
vnifioris. {Benth. in DC. Prodr.) 
A small genus, containing but one Australian species, whose congeners inhabit the mountains of India, the 
Malay Pemnsula and Islands, and New Zealand * The M. Purnilio forms a small glabrous or pilose herb, 2-6 
laches bigh, v,n variable in size of leaf and flower, and length of peduncle.— Stems very short, rising from a long, 
onderground, creeping rhizome. Leaves radical, £-4 inches long, linear, obovate-oblong or spathulate, blunt, entire 
or sinuate and toothed. Scapes shorter or longer than the leaves, sometimes 5 inches long, one- to five-flowered, 
racemose or pamculately branched ; pedicels slender, i-li inch long, erect, patent or recurved, each with a subulate 
>ract beneath the flower. Calyx campanulate, five-toothed, much shorter than the corolla. Corolla *-f inch long, 
pale blue ; upper lip curved back, a little bifid ; lower very large, three-lobed ; mouth with two swellings. Stamens 
tour ; anther-lobes spreading. Style with two flat plates at the top. Capsule globose, compressed, blunt, loculi- 
'•irtal. (Name from ^o S , a breast; from the swellings on the throat of the corolla.) 
1. Mazus Purnilio (Br. Prodr. 439) ; glaberrimus v. pilosiusculus, caule brevissimo, foliis radica- 
ls hneari-oblongis obovatis subspathulatisve obtusis integerrimis sinuato-dentatisve, scapis 1-5-floris, 
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