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Ourisia (Governor Ouris, of the Falkland Islands). Scrophulariaceae. Small herbs, used in alpine gardening and for borders.

Perennial, rarely somewhat woody at the base, usually dwarf, decumbent or creeping a short distance, glabrous or sparsely hairy: Lvs. opposite, nearly all radical, crenate or entire: fls. either axillary and solitary, or in a raceme at the apex of a scape, usually scarlet or rose- colored; corolla-tube cylindrical or slightly bell - shaped at the throat, mostly somewhat curved, lobes nearly equal; stamens 4, didynamous; style entire: caps. 2- celled. —About 20 species in Tasmania, New Zeal., S. Amer.

O. Cockaynidna, Petric. A New Zeal, species forming large matted patches, reported in England: sta. 3-6 in. or more long, creeping and rooting: Lvs. ovate or ovate-apatulate, obtuse, crenate, with sheathing petioles: peduncles few-fld. and 3-6 in. high, bearing large white fls.
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