Flora of New Zealand Series

G. antipoda var. depressa Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 1, 1854, 161.

Type locality: Mount Ben Lomond, Tasmania. Type: K, Gunn.

Stems much-branched, ± interlacing, creeping and rooting, forming low mats seldom > 1 dm. tall; branchlets ± setose. Lvs on very short petioles; lamina coriac., elliptic to elliptic-oblong to suborbicular (the different forms sts all present on the same plant), ± 5-10-(12) × 4-6 mm., crenulate, setose on margins when young. Fls subsessile, solitary in the axils of the uppermost lvs; bracteoles 2, rounded, very small. Calyx deeply cut; lobes ovate-triangular, acute or subacute. Corolla c. 1·5 mm. long, lobes very small, obtuse, spreading to recurved. Capsule 3-4mm. diam., surrounded by enlarged, fleshy, white or red calyx.

DIST.: N., S., St. Montane to subalpine grassland, herbfield, open places, boggy ground from lat. 39º southwards.

FL. 11-2. FT. 1-4.