368 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



6. Stigma flattened, lai'ge. Glossostiguia, v- 368. 

 Stigraa club-shaped. ILiuiosella. 



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

 Stamens, 4. R 



.S. Stigma witli a rounded head. Ourisia, p. 384. 



Stigma dilated. Euphrasia, p. 386. 



- INot further described. 



Geinis ('alceoJaria. 



Soft-leaved lierbs. 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 

 .\mericaif genus. (Name from the Latin for a 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 J 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 MazuH. 



Herbs. Flowers usually racemose, terminal. Calyx campanulate. Corolla 

 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4. Capsule 2-valved. 

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

 supposed sw^ollen corolla). 2 sp. 



Mazus pumllio (The Dwarf Mazus). 



Scape 1 - 6-flo\vered. Leaves fascicled. Corolla blue, J; i'l--! ih, across. 

 Both islands, as far south as Canterljury. 



GenuH G lossostirpiia . 



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

 S-.'j-lobed. Corolla 2-lipped, .5-lobed. Stamens 2-4. Stigma large, dilated. 

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

 stigma). 2 sp. 



Glossostigma elatinoides (Tlie Elatine-Uke Glossostigma). 



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

 -l in. long, entire. Flowers i in. long. Stamens 4. Both islands: damp 

 places. 



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

 from a Mivmlus m the minute corolla, and in the large 

 tongne-shaped stigma. As in Mimuluf;, the stigma is 



