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454 12. G. saxosa, ''Forst. in Act. Holm.'' (1777) 183, t. 5.—Perennial. Stems stout, usually much branched, prostrate or decumbent below, ascending or suberect at the tips, 3–6 in. long. Radical leaves numerous, crowded, spreading, ¾–1¾ in. long, spathulate or linear-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into slender petioles as long or longer than the blade, fleshy, nerveless; cauline similar but smaller and on shorter petioles, close together or distant. Flowers terminal, solitary or in 2–5-flowered cymes at the tips of the branches, large, white, ½–¾ in. long. Calyx small, broad, about ⅓ as long as the corolla, divided nearly ¾-way down; lobes linear or linear-ligulate, obtuse or subacute, recurved at the tips. Corolla often nearly ¾ in. diam., broadly campanulate or subrotate, divided rather more than ½-way down; lobes oblong, obtuse.—Prodr. n. 132; ''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 202; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 398; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 178, and Handb. N.Z. Fl. 190 (in part); Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii.'' (1895) 338. G. saxosa var. recurvata, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 224. G. Hookeri, ''Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 340, in part (not of Grisebach)''.

13. G. cerina, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 54, t. 36.—Perennial. Stems usually numerous, much branched, stout, prostrate or decumbent at the base, ascending or suberect at the tips, leafy throughout or naked below, 4–14 in. long. Leaves ½–1½ in. long, obovate-spathulate or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into a broad flat petiole, thick and coriaceous or fleshy, smooth and shining, 8-nerved; cauline similar but smaller and with shorter petioles. Flowers on slender pedicels or almost sessile, crowded towards the ends of the branches, sometimes corymbose, ⅓–⅔ in. long, white or white streaked with red and purple. Calyx about ⅓ shorter than the corolla or almost equalling it, divided ¾-way down; lobes oblong or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, sometimes slightly recurved at the tip. Corolla broadly rotate-campanulate; lobes oblong, obtuse.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 191; Kirk in'' Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxvii. (1895) 338. G. Campbellii, ''Homb. et Jacq. Voy. an Pole Sud'', 22, t. 31c.