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774. SCROPHULARIACEAR. [Gratiola, 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 487. G, pubescens Hook, f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 
i (1853) 189 (not of R. Br.). G. concinna Col, in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix 
(1887) 264, 
Nortu Istanp: Auckland—Bay of Islands, Rk. Cunningham (Handbook) ; swamps 
between the Manukau Harbour and Waikato River, H. Carse/ Hawke’s Bay—Norse- 
wood, Colenso/ Taranaki—Ngaire Swamp, 7. Kirk / Souru Istanp: From Nelson 
to Southland, but not common. Sea-level to 2500 ft. November—February. 
Apparently a variable little plant. South Island specimens are stouter and more 
densely leafy, and have larger flowers than those from the North Island. Also found 
in Victoria and Tasmania. 
5. GLOSSOSTIGMA Arn. ]Z36 
Very small pertectly glabrous creeping and rooting herbs. Leaves 
opposite or fascicled at the nodes, quite entire. Flowers minute, axillary, 
solitary, ebracteolate. Calyx campanulate, shortly and obtusely 3-4- 
lobed. Corolla-tube short ; lobes 5, nearly equal. Stamens 2 or 4, affixed 
to the corolla-tube ; filaments filiform; anther-cells diverging at the base, 
confluent at the top. Ovary perfectly or imperfectly 2-celled; style 
short, dilated upwards into a broad and thin spoon-shaped stigmatic lamina 
which usually curves over the stamens. Capsule globular or ovoid, included 
in the persistent calyx, loculicidally 2-valved ; valves entire, separating 
from a central placentiferous axis. Seeds small, ovoid. 
In addition to the 2 species found in New Zealand, 1 of which extends to Australia, 
there are 2 others in Australia, 1 of them found also in tropical Asia and Africa. 
Forming broad matted patches. Leaves 4—Lin., linear-obovate. 
Flowers ;4,-4 in. diam. Stamens 4 1. G. elatinoides. 
Minute, very slender, matted. Leaves zi; in., linear or narrow 
linear-spathulate. Flowers very minute, in. diam. Stamens2 2. G. submersum. 
1. G, elatinoides Benth. in Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 189. —A small 
creeping intricately branched moss-like plant, forming dense matted patches 
2-6 in. across or more ; stems slender, rooting at the nodes, rarely suberect 
at the tips. Leaves opposite, 1+ in. long, linear-spathulate or linear-obovate, 
obtuse, gradually narrowed into a petiole equalling the blade. Peduncle 
at first shorter than the leaves, but. often elongating after flowering. 
Flowers minute, ;5-}in. diam., white» Calyx with 4 short obtuse lobes. 
Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx; lobes rounded, obtuse, fringed with 
minute cilia. Stamens 4, included, Style short; stigma very large, 
spoon-shaped, irritable. Capsule small, ovoid-globose——Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 203; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv (1869) 502. Tricholoma 
elatinoides Benth. in DO Prodr. x (1846) 426. Lobelia submersa A. Cunn. 
Precur, (1838) n, 424. 7 
Nort and Sourz Istanps, Srrwarr [stand :; Abundant in lakes and marshes 
from the North Cape southwards, often entirely submerged. Sea-level to 2500 it. 
November—February. 
_Also found in south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. For an account of the 
fertilization, see a paper by myself in Trans. N.Z. Inst. x (1878) 383. 
