458 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand* 



New Zealand (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. Shores of Astrolabe 

 Harbour. — 1827, D'Urville. (Northern Island.) On the skirts of dense 

 humid forests near Hokianga River. — 1826, A. Cunningham. — 1 834, R. Cun- 

 ningham. 



Arbuscula 10 — 15-pedalis, A. C. (2 — 3-orgyalis ex Forstero), ramosa, 

 rami elongati, graciles, glabri. Folia opposita, decussata, palmaria, lineari- 

 lanceolata, acutissima, integra ; petioli vix ulli basi dilatati semi-amplexi- 

 caules. Flores albido-ccerulescentes, spicati. Spicce elongatae, axillares, 

 folio longiores. Corolla tubus longitudine calycis. Stamina exserta. Cap- 

 sula bilocularis, lsevis, calyce duplo longior. 



375. V. ligustrifolia ; racemis pedunculatis terminalibus pubigeris folium 

 subaequantibus, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis pedicello duplo brevioribus, la- 

 ciniis calycinis ovato-lanceolatis acutiusculis longitudine tubi corollas, foliis 

 (oppositis) ovali-oblongis angusto-lanceolatisve obtusiusculis integerrimis 

 glabris, caule fruticoso. All. Cnnn. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3461. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In close woods on the hills in the vi- 

 cinity of the Bay of Islands. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Frutex gracilis, bipedalis. Folia ovalia, vel attenuato-lanceolata, sessilia. 

 Flores albidi, spicato-racemosi. Calyx persistens, laciniis aequalibus. Co- 

 rollce lacinice acutiusculse. 



376. V. macrocarpa. Vahl. Symb. 3. p. 4. Rcem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 1. 

 p. 103. 



New Zealand, Vahl. 



Frutex glaber. Folia quadripollicaria, lanceolata, integerrima, enervia. 

 Racemi erecti, laterales, longitudine foliorum. Calyx parvus. Corollce 

 tubus calyce duplo longiore, limbi laciniis obtusis. Capsula ovata, acuta, 

 calyce triplo longior. 



377. V. angustifolia {Rich.) spieis gracilibus pedunculatis axillaribus 

 folio duplo et ultra longioribus, pedunculo puberulo, laciniis calycinis ob- 

 tusis tubo corollse duplo brevioribus, foliis (oppositis) lineari-angustis acutis 

 integris glabris glaucescentibus, caule ramoso fruticoso. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. 

 Zel. p. 187- 



New Zealand (Middle Island). North Coast, " Bassin des Courans, Passe 

 des Francais," &c. on the sea-coast. —1827, D'Urville. 



Suffrutex bi-tri-pedalis, ramosus. Folia vix biuncialia. Flores coerules- 

 centes, spicati. Calyx persistens, laciniis insequalibus ciliatis. Corollce la- 

 ciniis obtusis. 



378. V. parviflora. Vahl. Symb. 1. p. 67. Rcem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. 1. 

 p. 103. 



New Zealand. 



Obs. Caulis fruticosus. Folia sessilia, approximata, lineari-lanceolata, 

 rigida, mucronata, glabra, integerrima, pollicaria. Racemi sesquipollicares, 

 erecti. Bractece minutse. Corollce laciniis obtusis. Capsula ovata, calyce 

 tetraphyllo duplo longior. 



379. V. elliptica. Forst. Prodr. n. 10. Rcem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 104. 

 A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 189. 



New Zealand (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 



