J ovellana. | SCROPHULARIACEAE, : 771 
2. J. repenssKranzl. in Pflanzenr. Heft 28 (1907) 20.—A slender much- 
branched creeping and rooting pubescent herb, stems 4-12in. long; 
branches very slender, prostrate or ascending, sparingly leafy. Leaves 
opposite, on long slender petioles; blade }-14in. long, broadly oblong or 
ovate to orbicular, coarsely and irregularly doubly toothed or crenate, very 
thin and membranous, sparingly pubescent on both surfaces. Panicles 
terminal, small, 1—5-flowered; pedicels almost filiform. Flowers about 
din. diam., white spotted with purple. Calyx adherent to the ovary at 
the base ; lobes ovate, acute. Corolla divided about half-way down into 
two nearly equal concave entire lips, upper lip slightly smaller. Capsule | 
ovoid-conic, membranous.—Calceolaria repens Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 
(1853) 187; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 202; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
A484. 
ox Gos Sow. | 
NortH IstAnD: East Cape and Poverty Bay, bishop Williams! Mount, Egmont, 
Buchanan ! sources of the Patea River, 7. /. C.; Makatote Gorge, 7’, F. C.; ravines 
at the base of the Ruahine Mountains, Colenso / Mount Holdsworth, Cockayne ; Mount 
Hector, Petrie; Maungatariri and Hutt Gorge, 6. C. Aston; Rimutaka Range, 
T, Kirk! Wainuiomata, 7. P. Arnold. SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Cedar Creek and 
valley of the Lyell, W. Townson ! Westland—Lake Brunner, H. J. Matthews ! 
Otira and Teremakau Valleys, Petrie / Cockayne! Jackson, Diels. 250-2500 ft. 
December—February. 
9. MIMULUS, Linn. |} 7% / 
Erect or prostate herbs. Leaves opposite, entire or toothed. Flowers 
solitary and axillary, or the upper ones sometimes forming a terminal 
raceme. Calyx tubular or campanulate, 5-angled, 5-toothed. Corolla 
tubular at the base, 2-lipped above ; upper lip erect or spreading, 2-lobed ; 
Jower spreading, 3-lobed; throat usually with 2 protuberances. Stamens 
4, didynamous ; anthers all perfect, 2-celled ; cells divergent, often confluent 
at the top. Style slender; stigma of 2 flat laminae. Capsule loculicidally 
dehiscent, valves usually splitting away from a central column which bears 
the placentas. Seeds small, numerous. 
A genus of about 75 species, most numerous in western America, found more 
sparingly in eastern and tropical Asia, South Africa, and Australia; not known in 
Europe in the wild state. The single New Zealand species extends to Australia and 
Tasmania. 
1. M. repens R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 439.—Pertectly glabrous. Stems stout, 
succulent, creeping and rooting at the joints; branches prostrate or ascend~ 
ing or erect, 15 in. long. Leaves opposite, sessile, often stem-clasping, 
4-1in. long, broadly ovate to oblong, obtuse, quite entire, thick and 
succulent, pitted when dry. Flowers few, axillary and solitary ; peduncles 
stout, usually shorter than the leaves. Calyx broadly funnel-shaped or 
almost obconic, truncate at the mouth, minutely toothed. Corolla variable 
in size, +-4in. diam., white with a yellow throat; tube dilated upwards, 
much longer than the calyx; lobes broad, rounded. Capsule broadly 
oblong, obtuse, enclosed in the calyx, about jin. long.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov, 
Zel. i (1853) 188; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 202; Bot. Mag. (1864) t. 5423 ; 
Benth. Fl. Austral. iv (1869) 482; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 484. 
M. Colensoi 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 11 (1871) 179. 
Nortu anp Soutn Istanps: Salt marshes from the North Cape to the south of 
Otago, not uncommon. November—January. 
Mr. Kirk’s M. Colensoi is a form with erect sparingly divided branches, but it does 
not otherwise differ from the type. The species is common in many parts of Australia 
and Tasmania. 
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