Citation: Lout., Fl. Cochinch. 385 (1790).

Derivation: Greek mazos, papilla; referring to the clavate hairs or 'stalked papillae' blocking the corolla throat.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial stoloniferous or rhizomatous herbs; leaves opposite but (in Australia) forming rosettes by condensation of internodes, minutely glandular-punctate at least on the lower side.

Flowers 1 to several, alternate, in scapes or (extra-Aust.) terminal racemes; bracts and bracteoles small, sometimes absent, the bracteoles alternate on the pedicel well below the calyx; sepals 5, fused to varying extents from the base, finely ribbed; corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip forward-directed, emarginate, the lower longer, broad, spreading, 3-lobed, with a palate of 2 raised ridges covered with clavate hairs; stamens 4, in pairs of unequal length, the anthers of each pair joined under the upper lip, with 2 confluent but widely divergent cells; stigma of 2 broad flaps, irritable.

Capsule dehiscing loculicidally into 2 valves; seeds numerous.

Distribution:  About 10-15 species centred in south-east Asia and extending to New Guinea, with 3 species in Australasia; 1 species in south-eastern Australia. (H.-L Li (1954) The genus Mazus (Scrophulariaceae), Brittonia 8:29-38.)

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