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Selliera.] winged.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 173; Fl. Tasm. i. 281; Benth. Fl. Austral.'' iv. 82. S. fasciculata, ''Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' iii. (1871) 211. S. microphylla, Col. l.c. xxii. (1890) 473. Goodenia repens, ''Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 53, t. 76; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 228; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 428; Raoul, Choix, 45; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 156.

Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, entire or toothed. Flowers axillary, solitary or in small cymes. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; limb short, 5-partite or cupular, sometimes obsolete. Corolla oblique, split to the base at the back; lobes 5, nearly equal, at length digitately spreading. Stamens 5; anthers free. Ovary inferior or the summit free, 2-celled; ovules solitary in each cell, erect. Style undivided; stigma truncate or 2-lobed, enclosed in the cup-shaped indusium. Fruit indehiscent, exocarp succulent or thin and membranous, endocarp woody or bony or rarely crustaceous. Seeds solitary in each cell.

1. S. gracilis, ''Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc.'' i. (1857) 129.—A procumbent undershrub 2–4 ft. high; branches long, spreading, and with the leaves clothed with silky hairs; axils of the leaves densely villous. Leaves alternate, 1–3 in. long, obovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate-dentate, narrowed into a rather long petiole. Flowers ¾ in. long, axillary, solitary, sessile or shortly peduncled, white with a yellow eye, sweet-scented; bracts 2, rarely 4, linear-lanceolate. Calyx cupular. indistinctly lobed. Corolla with a short villous tube and 5 narrow segments, mucronate at the tips. Stamens equal, shorter than the corolla-tube. Style pilose; indusium deeply cup-shaped, margins fringed. Fruit not seen.— ''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 173.