Var. suberecta, Kirk, l.c. 339.—Stems more slender, suberect, decumbent at the base, 6–18 in. high. Cauline leaves more remote. Flowers in rather lax corymbs, usually on long pedicels. Calyx-lobes broadly oblong.
Auckland Islands: Not uncommon from sea-level to nearly 1000 ft., Hooker! Kirk! Chapman!
A remarkably brilliant plant, well figured in the "Flora Antarctica."
14. G. concinna, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 53, t. 35.—Usually annual. Stems short, slender, much branched from the base, erect or ascending, 1–4 in. high; branches crowded, leafy. Leaves close-set, ⅓–1 in. long, oblong-spathulate or linear-oblong, obtuse, gradually narrowed into a broad flat petiole, spreading or recurved, coriaceous; cauline similar but smaller. Flowers in the axils of the upper leaves, often very numerous, sessile or shortly peduncled, about ⅓ in. long, white streaked with red or purple or altogether red. Calyx ⅓ shorter than the corolla, divided ¾-way down; lobes linear-oblong, obtuse. Corolla rotate-campanulate; lobes obovate-oblong, obtuse.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 190. G. cerina var. concinna. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 339.
Auckland Islands: Not uncommon. Hooker, Kirk! Chapman!
A charming little plant, very closely allied to G. cerina, from which it is mainly separated by being annual, by the more erect mode of growth, and by the smaller size of all its parts. According to Mr. Kirk, it is usually found growing on the surface of the huge masses of Trichocolea tomentella and other Hepaticæ which often carpet the ground in sheltered places in the Auckland Islands.
15. G. antarctica, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 339.—Annual; whole plant very minutely verrucose. Stems stout, erect, simple or branched, densely leafy throughout, 3–10 in. high. Radical leaves numerous, spreading all round, 1–2 in. long; blade oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, 3–5-nerved, membranous when dry, narrowed into a petiole of about equal length; cauline leaves rather smaller, with shorter petioles. Flowers small, about ⅓ in. long, crowded on short axillary leafy branchlets shorter than the subtending leaves, each flower in the axil of a floral leaf exceeding it in length; pedicels short, slender. Calyx equalling the corolla or nearly so, divided almost to the base; lobes linear or ligulate, obtuse. Corolla divided about ⅔-way down; lobes linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute. Ovary minutely verrucose.—G. concinna var. robusta. Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 53.
Var. imbricata, Kirk, l.c. 340.—Rigid, erect, 1–3 in. high. Leaves smaller, closely imbricating, ovate or ovate-spathulate, not verrucose, coriaceous, margins thickened. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; corolla longer than the calyx.
Campbell Island: Hooker, Kirk!
Apparently a very distinct species. Mr. Kirk remarks that it is easily recognised by the pale greenish colour, the minutely verrucose surface of all its
