Scrophularinea?.] VLORk OF TASMANIA. SW 
pedicellis elongatis, corolla calyce subtriplo longiore. — Benth. m DC. Prodr. \. •">?■">: / 
t. 102; Hook. Ic. PL t. 567 ; *7. 2V. 2«iJ.'i. 189. (Gunn, 528.) 
Hab. Common in wet places. — (11 Nov.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. New South Wales and Victoria; New Zealand. 
Gen. IV. GRATIOLA, L. 
Calyx 5-{fertitus, segmentis angustis. Corolla labium superius integrum v. breviter bilidum ; mlYnu 
trifidum, palato non prominente. Stamina 2 postica fertilia, inclusa ; antherarum loculis parallels ; 
antica sterilia, filiformia v. nulla. Stylus apice deflexus, dilatatus v. 2-lamellatus. G^sufa l-valv -is, <ai 
pellorum marginibus inflexis, columnam placentiferam nudantibus.— Herbir parva . foliis <-, , 
rimis v. dentatis ; pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus ; calyce sapissime l-bracteato. 
Principally an American genus, of wl cl tl ei r a few Asiatic and about four AuMralian spern>. all a 
herbs, with generally prostrate, creeping stems, having the habit and most of the essential ehann -i 
but the calyx is short and quinquepartite ; only two of the stamens are fertile, and the capsule is four-valve 
(Name from gratia, grace ; in allusion to the medicinal properties of G. officinalis.) 
1. Gratiola pubescens (Br. Prodr. 435) ; procumbens, viscido-puberula, foliis obtongo-knoeold 
acutiusculis dentatis trinervibus amplexicaulibus, floribus subsessilibus, filamentis stenhbus dongatis.- 
BentL in DC. Prodr. x. 405 ; Fl. N. Zeal. i. 189. 
Hab. Tasmania, Brown. 
Distkib. New South Wales and Victoria; New Zealand. 
I have seen no Tasmanian specimens of this plant (it it be not toe G. nana deacn >e< » Oil ), fl n< i. 
Bentl i lemarks, seems to be extremely nearly allied to L. Prruriana. 1 have < mti >«•< ^ . eu .. .i .m. 
the Flora of that country. They form small, creeping, minutely pul.rscent plains 2-1 inches Ion-, wit ! > nm 
stems and branches, and sessile, oblong-obovate or oblong-lanceolate, obscurely toothed leaves, 8-8 lino n 
Peduncles about half as long as the leaves, slender. Calyx campanulate. Sterile fikmenU elongated. 
2. Gratiola latifolia (Br. Prodr. 435); procumbens, glabra, foliis ovatis oblongisvc obtusi, ob* 
lete crenatis integerrimisve 3-5-nervibus semiamplexicaulibus, floribus sessilibus, corolte labio supenc 
breviter bifido, filamentis sterilibus brenhns.-Bentfi. in DC. Prodr. x. 404. G. glabra, Jhdp. Rep. i 
287. {Gunn, 264.) 
Hab. Common in wet, gravelly, etc. places, everywhere.— (Fl. Dec.-Feb.) 
Distrib. New South Wales and Victoria. 
Glabrous. Stems stout, prostrate, with ascending tips and branches, 6-lu inches long /,-,/m ;-l i..H. U 
sessile, semiamplexicaul, oblong or ovate, obtuse, obscurely crenate, or quite entire. /' 
about A- inch long, yeUow. Corolla, with its tube, twice as long as the o 
3. Gratiola nana (Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 404); pusilla, procumbens, , 
rula, foliis cuneato-oblongis subdentatis basi angustatis, floribus subsessilibus, filamentis atenfabua elong. 
An G. pubescens, Br. ? {Gunn, 724.) 
Hab. Sandy and marshy banks of rivers, etc., in alpine situations; Marlborough, Hampshire Hil 
and Arthur's Lakes, Milligan, Gunn.—{Fl Jan.) 
Ca3spitose, forming matted tufts, perfectly glabrous or paberokraa. Stem 1-4 inch* > to « 
stout. Leaves 2-4 hues long, cuneate or linear-oblong, blunt, obscurely toothed or 
short, stout. Calyx deeply divided, lobes linear. Corolla 4-J inch lon ?> P ale P Ulk a ™ 1 " ™ 
Brown's G. pubescens. 
