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LXXXVII. SCROPHULARINE^E. 
[Microcarpcea. 
staminodia ?) in the throat opposite the sinus of the lower lobes, which are 
entirely wanting in P. humifusum. Filaments scarcely curved. Capsule ovoid, 
acute, readily opening in 2 or 4 valves, although not quite ripe in our specimens. 
Hab.: In company with the above. 
Several specimens of this are in the Hookerian herbarium, sent by F. v. Mueller as a large- 
leaved variety of P. humifusum ; but, besides the foliage, the pedicellate and longer flowers, the 
shape of the corolla, the stamens and the fruit appear to me to be quite different from those of 
P. humifusum , which is remarkably constant in its character throughout its very extended 
range. — Benth. 
19. GLOSSOSTIGMA, Arn. 
(Stigma tongue-like.) 
(Tricholoma, Benth.) 
Calyx campanulate, obtusely 3 or 4-lobed, the upper lobes sometimes slightly 
notched. Corolla very small, with a short tube and 5 nearly equal lobes (the 2 
upper more united, the lowest rather larger). Stamens 2 or 4 ; filaments 
filiform ; anthers 1-celled (by the confluence of 2 diverging or divaricate cells). 
Style short, dilated upwards into a broad spathulate lamina curved over the 
stamens in the bud. Capsule globular or ovoid, included in the calyx, opening 
loculicidally in 2 entire valves, leaving the placental column free. — Small 
creeping herbs. Leaves opposite but often clustered at the nodes. Flowers very 
small, on axillary pedicels, without bracteoles. 
The genus is apparently limited to 3 species, of which one extends to tropical Asia and Africa, 
another to New Zealand (not as yet found in Queensland), and the third is endemic. It differs 
from Microcarpcea in the calyx, from Limoseila in the opposite leaves, in the calyx, style, ovary 
and capsule. 
Stamens 2 iG-lossostig ma) 1. G. spathulatum. 
Stamens 4 (Tricholoma). Calyx usually 3-lobed. Stamens as long 
as or exceeding the very short corolla-lobes 2. G. Drummondii 
1. Gr. spathulatum (spathulate), Am.; Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 426, and 
FI. Austr. iv. 501. Avery slender and minute intricately-branched glabrous 
plant, creeping and rooting at the nodes. Leaves linear-spathulate, obtuse, 
entire, 1 to 2 lines long, but usually tapering into a much longer petiole. 
Pedicels slender, scarcely exceeding the leaves. Calyx scarcely above i line long, 
3-lobed. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, with very small blue entire lobes. 
Stamens 2, nearly as long as the corolla. Capsule not exceeding the calyx, 
opening loculicidally in 2 valves. — Microcarpaa spathuiala, Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 
101. t. suppl. 4. 
Hab.: Rockhampton, O'Shanesy, who observes that the numerous little blue flowers look like 
tiny drops of dew. 
The species is dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa. 
2. Gr. Drummondii (after .James Drummond), Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 426 
FI. Austr. 502. A minute glabrous plant, creeping and rooting at the nodes like 
G. spathulatum. Leaves linear-spathulate or oblong, entire, 1 to 2 lines long, 
but narrowed into a slender petiole sometimes much longer than the lamina. 
Pedicels usually longer than the leaves. Calyx scarcely above |line long, 3-lobed 
as in G. spathulatum, one lobe often broader than the others. Corolla slightly 
exceeding the calyx, with short rounded lobes not fringed. Stamens 4, as long 
as or sometimes longer than the corolla. Capsule nearly globular, not exceeding 
the calyx, opening loculicidally in 2 valves. 
Hab.: Recorded for Queensland (without locality) by F. v. Mueller. 
