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).
South Island: Nelson—Coast near Charleston, Townson! Westland—Near Hokitika, Helms! Otago—Dusky Sound, on rocks washed by the sea, Forster, Menzies; Bluff Hill, Capt. F. W. Hutton! Kirk! Cockayne! Colac Bay and Fortrose, B. C. Aston! Catlin's River, Petrie! islands in Foveaux Strait, Kirk! Stewart Island: The Neck, Petrie! various stations on the coast, Kirk! Sea-level to 800 ft. January–April.
Purely littoral, and confined to rocky shores or sand-hills exposed to salt spray. Its distinguishing characters lie in the usually prostrate or decumbent habit, rather fleshy long-petioled leaves, short and broad deeply divided calyx, with the lobes recurved at the tips. In the Handbook it is merged with G. bellidifolia and other mountain species, with which it does not seem to have any very close affinity, its nearest ally, as Mr. Kirk has pointed out, being undoubtedly G. cerina.
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.
