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Var. a. Stems numerous, short, ascending, 1-2-flowered. Leaves rosulate, spathulate. 
Calyx divided f way down ; lobes ovate-oblong, acute. (Like G. montana, but perennial.) — - 
G. bel/idifolia, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 635. 
Var. y8. Steins stout, branched, erect, leafy, many-flowered. Calyx divided | way down, 
lobes linear-oblong. (Like G. pleurogynoides , but perennial.) 
Var. y. Stems erect, very stout, simple, sparingly leafy. Leaves often large, thick, and 
fleshy. Flowers very numerous, large, corymbose. Calyx short, divided to the middle ; 
lobes ovate-acute or acuminate. (Like G. pleurogynoides, but perennial, and calyx very peculiar, 
unlike any except some forms of var. a.) 
Northern and Middle Islauds. Var.a. Abundant in the mountains, Forster, etc., ascend- 
ing to 6000ft. Var. /3. Sinclair range and elsewhere; Southern Alps, ascending to 6000 ft., 
Sinclair and Saast. Var. y. Nelson mountains, Bidwill (with G. pleurogynoides ) ; Port 
Cooper, Lyall (very large state) ; Upper Wairau, Sinclair (root leaves 3 in. long, linear- 
oblong) ; Mount Darwin and mountains near Lake Tekapo, alt. 3-5000 ft., Haast (very 
stout forms with veiy broad and fleshy leaves). The calyx of var. y, in conjunction with 
its habit, would indicate a different species, were it not that the same calyx occurs in ge- 
nuine G. saxosa, var. o. 
5. G. cerina, Hook.f. FI. Antarct. i. 55. t. 36. Eoot perennial, stems 
very numerous, branched, stout, trailing, very leafy, 8-16 in. long, as thick 
as a quill. Leaves very thick, coriaceous, obovate- or spathulate-oblong, 
f-li in. long ; radical and eauline similar, 3-nerved. Flowers several together, 
crowded towards the ends of the branches, sunk amongst the leaves, £ in. 
long. Calyx deeply divided ; lobes large, oblong-spathulate, often recurved, 
longer than the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes broad, white, with red-purple 
nerves. 
Lord Auckland’s group : on rocky islets, etc., near the sea, abundant, J. I). H. 
A most beautiful plant ; remarkable for the thick, trailing leafy stems, bright-green, shining, 
succulent foliage, and large calyx-lobes. 
2. SEBiEA, Solander. 
Erect, glabrous, annual herbs, with simple or divided, sparingly leafy stems. 
Flowers cymose, small. — Calyx 4- or 5-parted; lobes keeled or winged. Corolla 
4- or 5-fid, persistent in fruit; tube straight; lobes twisted after flowering. 
Stamens 5, at the mouth of the corolla; anthers finally twisted a little. 
Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, straight, stigmas capitate. Capsule of 2 linear- 
pointed valves, separating from a seed-bearing axis. 
A small, tropical, and Southern African genus, also found in Australia and Tasmania. 
1. S. ovata, Br ; — FI. N. Z. i. 179. Stem slender, 4-10 in. high, 
4-angled. Leaves 2 or 3 pairs, i in. long, sessile, obtuse, very broadly ovate. 
Flowers i in. long, yellow, 5-fid. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, keeled. — 
S. gracilis, A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Northern and Middle Islands: bogs at Hokianga, A. Cunningham; grassy places, 
Ahuriri, Colenso ; Port Cooper, Lyall. Also found in Australia and Tasmania, and very 
nearly related to a Madagascar species. 
Order L. BORAGINE^. 
Herbs, often hispid with stiff hairs. Leaves alternate, simple, quite entire, 
exstipulate. Flowers rarely solitary, usually in 1-sided, scorpioid racemes or 
spikes, often variable in colour. — Calyx 5-lobed or -partite. Corolla regular, 
