CoLENSo. — Oil neio Phcenogamic Plcnits. 97 



lobed, li lines diameter, nearly twice as large as calyx ; lobes 

 large, oblong, obtuse, hairy within and ciliate on the lower 

 half of margins. Stamens exserted ; anthers orbicular, bluish. 

 Style long; stigma large, orbicular, much papillose. Capsule 

 sub-globose. 



Hab. On mud-flats, margins of streams, Hawke's Bay, 

 forming large patches; 1846-52: TF. C. 1888: 2Ir. A. 

 Hamilton. 



Obs. A species pretty near to L. aquatica, Linn, (and its 

 varieties), but differing in several particulars : as, in its 

 smaller size ; its linear filiform semi-terete leaves, which are 

 truly connate in young plants ; its larger flowers, the corolla 

 being twice as large as the calyx, with obtuse hairy and ciliate 

 lobes, long style, and large globular stigma. 



Genus 7. Veronica, Linn. 

 1. V. parkiiisoniana, s^. nov. 



A tall slender erect shrub, 9ft.-12ft. high, with long 

 slightly-drooping branches, that are bare below and sparingly 

 leafy at tops. Leaves rather distant, lanceolate, 4in.-5in. 

 long, fin. broad, glabrous, smooth, sessile, midrib prominent 

 and keeled below towards base ; margins entire ; tip obtuse. 

 Flowers axillary, racemed ; racemes slender, 6in.-7in. long, 

 XDubescent — as also pedicels, bracteoles, and calyces ; pedicels 

 2 lines long, slender, curved ; bracteole at base long, half the 

 length of pedicel, linear, acuminate, 1-nerved. Calyx small,' 

 about 1 line long, lobes not cut to base, narrow ovate- 

 acuminate, 1-nerved, finely ciliate. Corolla white, with pale- 

 lilac tinge, Jin. diameter, sometimes 5-lobed, and then the 

 middle lower lobe is the smallest ; tube longer than lobes, 2 

 lines long. Stamens long, much exserted, longer than corolla, 

 broad, compressed, curved, spreading. Style persistent, 

 slender, very long, more than twice the length of capsule, 

 much curved, pubescent. Capsule twice the length of calyx, 

 broadly ovoid, laterally compressed, glabrous but finely 

 puberulous at tip. 



Hab. Edges of thickets, country south of Dauuevirke, 

 County of Waipawa ; 1888 : W. G. 



Obs. A fine species, near to V. salicifolia, Forst., but 

 differing largely in capsule, calyx, &c. 



Genus 9. Ourisia. 

 1. 0. calyclna, sp. nov. 



Plant erect, stout, glabrous. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 (?) 4in.-5in. long, dark-green, largely crenate. Petioles nearly 

 as long as lamina. Scape llin. long (not fully extended), 

 stout, angled, deeply sulcated below, with a line of weak 



