Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand, 459 



Caules fruticosi, ramosi, biorgyales. Folia elliptica (Daphnis) subpeti- 

 olata, opposita, decussata, glabra, avenia, apice obtusa, integerrima, polli- 

 caria. Racemi (spicse) axillares, laxe pauciflori. LacinicB calycis subulatse, 

 tubo corollas duplo breviores. Filamenta staminum corolla? longitudine. 



380. V. Catarractce. Forst.Prodr. n. 9. Rcem. etSch. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 104. 

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



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



Caulis suffruticosus, bipedalis, simplex, prostrato-adscendens, laevis. Folia 

 lanceolata, serrata, petioiata, serraturis apice callosis. Racemus terminalis, 

 flexuosus. Calycis lacinice lanceolatae, acuta?. Lacinice corollce subrotundse, 

 lateralibus majoribus. Stam. corolla breviora. Capsula inflata subrotundo- 

 compressiuscula, calyce cincta. Ex Forst. 



381. V. diosmifolia, (R. Cunn. Mss.), corymbis axillaribus terminalibusve 

 multifloris bracteis ovatis pedicello duplo brevioribus, laciniis calycis ovali- 

 bus obtusis dimidium tubi corollas aequantibus, foliis decussatis petiolatis 

 lanceolatis acutis integerrimis serrulatisve serraturis simpliciter incisis re- 

 motis supra concavis leevibus subtus discoloribus, caule fruticoso erecto. 

 A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. sub fol. 3461. Piriti, Incolis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In dense thickets at the head of the 

 Wyceldy River, and at the fall of the Keri-Keri River, Bay of Islands. — 

 1834, R. Cunningham. 



Frutex gracilis, virgatus, 3— 12-pedalis, cum habitu omnino Trachy- 

 menes. Rami stricti, erecti, foliosi. Folia 9 lineas longa, avenia, subtus 

 carinata. Flores albi. Capsula elliptica, acuta, compressa, bipartibilis, 

 calyce ciliato triplo longior. 



382. V. calycina, racemis lateralibus pedunculatis paucifloris strictis folio 

 multoties longioribus, foliis late ovatis subcordatis rugosis inaequaliter ser- 

 rato-crenatis petiolatis cauleque hirsutis, calycibus pilosis ciliatis capsula 

 longioribus. A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag sub t. 3461. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 

 1. p. 435. Rcem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 1 19. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Banks of the Keri-Keri River, in 

 grassy places. — 1834, jR. Cunningham. 



Caulis herbaceus, elongatus (ssepe 5 — 6-pedalis), in locis graminosis late 

 repens vel decumbens. Folia opposita grosse dentata, subtus discoloria, his- 

 pida. Calyx quadripartitus, capsula longior, laciniis obovatis obtusiusculis 

 nervosis. Capsula rotundata, compressa, emarginata, seu obcordata, poly- 

 sperma, dissepimento contrario. 



2. Gratiola, L. 



383. G. sexdentata, {R. Cunn. Mss.), caule glabro procumbente ramoso, 

 foliis ovato-lanceolatis sessilibus extra medium paucidentatis pedunculum 

 sequantibus, laciniis calycinis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis capsula subemargi- 

 nata longioribus. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In bogs at Manga-muka on the Ho- 



kianga River; also between the Waimate and Keri-Keri Rivers. — 1834, 



R. Cunningham. 



3. Euphrasia, L. 



384. E. cuneata; corollas laciniis inferioribus truncatis, calycibus obtusi- 



