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12. Veronica Laingii Cockayne, 1. c., p. 44. 
Fruticulus humilis 15—25 cm altus. Caules pauci primum procum- 
bentes deinde erecti ramosissimique. Rami ultimi stricti, teretes circ. 
5 cm longi, 2 mm in diam. Folia 4 seriata, dense adpressa imbricata 
paribus oppositis basi connatis tumida ovato-deltoidea, 3—3,5 mm longa: 
2,5 mm lata marginis ciliatis apicibus obtusis. Flores circ. 8 in apicibus 
ramulorum in parvis capitulis 10 mm longis, calycis lobis obtusis ciliatis 
circ. 2 mm longis corollae tubum aequantibus, ovariis glabris. 
Stewart Island: Near summit of Mount Anglem; flowers in January, 
seed ripe end of February. 
A smaller plant than V. Hectori, with the ultimate branchlets more 
slender, and not arranged round the main stem on all sides vertically, 
but mostly on one side, giving a dorsi-ventral appearance to the shoot 
system, as in V. Armstrongii. The leaves of V. Hectori have more rounded 
apex than those of V. Laingü; they are connate for more than half 
their length, and the apex of the leaf-lamina next below does not nearly 
extend to the angle of division of the leaves above, as in V. Hectori. 
It is more closely related to V. salicornioides, differing in the shorter 
branchlets and less acute leaves. 
13. Veronica buxifolia Benth. var. prostrata Cockayne, |. c., p. 44. 
Caulibus prostratis; foliis imbricatis; spicis typo brevioribus. 
New Zealand, South Island: Longwood Range, in wet subalpine 
meadow. Stewart Island: Subalpine meadows of highest mountains. 
14. Celmisia rigida (T. Kirk) Cockayne, l. c., p. 44. 
C. petiolata Hook. f. var. rigida T. Kirk in „Students Flora“, p. 286, 
1899. 
Stewart Island: On cliffs to south of Mason Bay; not subalpine. 
Closely related to C. petiolata, but stouter in all its parts, with 
leaves broader, usually longer and much thicker, those of C. petiolata 
being membraneous; midrib green, not purple; tomentum more or less 
ferruginous, not white; scape stout, and flower-head larger than in C. 
petiolata. 
The plant is quite different in its general. appearance to C. petiolata, 
but the differences are hard to define. It is much more amenable to 
cultivation, and keeps its characters unchanged. Living plants of the 
two species growing side by side can be distinguished at a glance. 
15. Olearia divaricata Cockayne, l. c., p. 44. E 
Frutex erectus ramosissimus 1 m altus v. altior, ramis rigidis vir- 
gatis tenuibus oppositis divaricatis, foliis parvis anguste obovatis 7 mm 
longis 3 mm latis subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis, capitulis 6 mm longis 
saepe solitariis v. 2— 4 ramulis abreviatis. 
An erect shrub 1 m or more in height, with stiff, slender, twiggy, 
divaricating branches. Bark pale, smooth except for two or three long 
ridges, sligthly hairy on young twigs. Under-surfaces of leaves, pedicels, 
and involucral leaves more or less densely covered with rusty short 
hairs. Leaves rather dark-green, narrow, obovate, with cuneate base 
