102 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



axils. Calyx-tn.be narrow-oblong. Lobes narrow, shorter than the tube. 

 Corolla yellow, about | inch long. Capsule ovoid. Seeds oval, flat, numerous. 

 Nile River. It occurs also in Victoria and South Australia. Fl. Nov.-Jan. 



3. G. BAEBATA, R. Br. An erect perennial or under-shrub. Leaves lanceolate, 

 blunt, margins entire or slightly toothed, revolute, mostly under 1 inch long. 

 Flowers stalked, solitary in the upper axils. Calyx-tube short. Lobes linear, 

 about J inch long. Corolla blue, f inch long, pubescent outside, and 5 lines of 

 cilia descending from the margins on the inside of the tube. Ovary imperfectly 

 2-celled, with a single erect ovule in each. Capsule ovate. Seeds 2, oblong. 



Recorded from district of River Tamar, but doubtful. It occurs in New 

 South Wales. Fl. 



4. G. GENICULATA, R. Br. Perennial, in the typical form of a tufted habit. 

 Leaves chiefly radical, linear to oblong, narrowed below into a stalk, margin 

 remotely and obtusely toothed or entire, from 1-.3 inches long ; stem-leaves 

 broader, shorter, and less stalked. Flowers solitary, on long slender stems, with 

 a pair of linear bracts about half-way. Calx-tube short, adnate to the ovary 

 throughout its length, lobes longer, broadly lanceolate. Corolla yellow, lobes 

 broadly winged, about f inch long. Capsule ovoid, about j inch long, imperfectly 

 2-celled. Seeds broad, flat, about 8 in each cell. 



Found throughout temperate .Australia. Fl. spring and summer. 



The Tasmanian form is almost invariably a creeping, spreading form. 



Var. lanata. Stems creeping, spreading, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 

 obovate and deeply toothed. O. hederacea, Hook. 



5. G. BLONGATA, Lab. A perennial, with a tufted or creeping stock and slender 

 sub-erect stems. Radical leaves, obovate to spathulate, narrowed below into 

 long stalks, rnargin entire or obscurely toothed, mostly 1-2 inches long ; stem- 

 leaves narrower and sessile. Flowers solitary, on long slender stalks, but without 

 the bracts of the last species. Calyx-tube about 2 lines long, the lobes lanceolate, 

 and about as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, about | inch long. Capsule ovoid, 

 J inch long, imperfectly 2-celled, with 4-6 seeds in each. Seeds 's^ithout the 

 prominent border, and with more convex sides than in the other species. 



Common in marshy places ; also in Victoria. Fl. Nov.-Jan. 



6. G. HUMiLis, R. Br. A small tufted perennial. Leaves all radical, 

 linear-lanceolate, entire, somewhat acute above and narrowed into a stalk 

 below, from ^-2 inches long. Flowers in an irregular panicle, seldom longer* 

 than the leaves, the stem bearing a few leaf-like bracts. Calyx-tube about 2 

 lines long, the lobes same length, lanceolate. Corolla yellow, about ^ inch 

 long. Capsule about 2 lines long, the ■ dissepiment between the two cells nearly 

 complete. Seeds small, flat, and numerous. 



In marshy places in the northern, north-eastern, central, and western parts of 

 the Island ; also in Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales. Fl. 

 Jan. -Mar. 



3. 8ELLIERA. 



Calyx-tube connate with the wall of the ovary, Iknb of 5 free lobes. Corolla 

 tube slit above to the base, limb of 5 nearly equal lobes and oblique. Stamens 

 free. Fruit a succulent indehiscent capsule. Seeds numerous, somewhat flat. 



The genus contains but 2 species. The Tasmanian plant extends to New 

 Zealand and South America. 



S. EADiCANS, Cav. A prostrate creeping perennial, rooting at the nodes, 

 quite glabrous. Leaves thick, fleshy, ovate to lanceolate, entire, blunt, and 

 narrowed into a stalk below, 1-4 inches long. Flowers stalked, solitary, axillary. 

 Corolla digitate, about 4 lines long. The lobes not winged, white on the upper 



