Flora of New Zealand Series

G. verecunda Simpson in T.R.S.N.Z. 79, 1952, 425.

Type locality: "Hollows on the crest of the Longwood Range, Southland". Type: W, 4708, T. Kirk, Jan. 13, 1887, "No. 970 to Kew".

Perennial, up to 10cm. tall, forming dense tufts or compact swards c. 15 cm. diam. Stems much-branched from stock, wiry. Basal lvs ± (8)-10-15-(20) × 0·8-1-(2) mm., narrowly linear- to oblong-lanceolate, thin, acute to subacute, narrowed into flat petiole up to 5 mm. long. Cauline lvs 2-3 pairs, sessile, linear to filiform or reduced to bracts. Fls solitary, terminal, (6)-10-15 mm. long. Calyx cut at least 4/5 way into linear-subulate, acute to acuminate, sts apiculate lobes 7-10 × 0·5-1·5 mm., with midrib evident. Corolla cut fully ⅔ way into ovate, acute, apiculate lobes 10-12 × 2-3 mm.

DIST.: S., St. Longwood Range, Blue Mountains, Princess Range, Mount Anglem, Paterson Inlet.

G. verecunda is recorded from "Moist places and growing on cushions of Oreobolus and Donatia". Plants on the type sheet (BD 75699, Mt. Wilmott, Lake Manapouri, 1200 m. altitude, Jan. 4, 1948) match Kirk's type of G. lineata.