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^Veronica hnxifoJia Bentli (forma). 



One plant only seen, on Sununit Track in Greenland Bush, Mount 

 Herbert. 



(-)F. pimeleoides, reported by Lyall from Port Cooper, may possibly, 

 though not probably, be V. Lavaudiana. At any rate, nothing resembling 

 V. pimeleoides occurs near Lyttelton. 



Veronica Lavaudiana Raoul. [R. ; J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Everywhere abundant on rocky faces above 800 ft. or 900 ft. I have 

 never seen it on the plains. Travers's record of it from there is probably 

 an error. (Akaroa is the type-locality.) 



''^{^)Veronica Raoulii Hook. f. [R. ; J. B. A.] 



I cannot help thinking that there must be some error in the record 

 of a Banks Peninsula habitat for this species. It is said by Hooker 

 to have been received by him from Raoul with specimens of V. 

 Lavaudiana : but it seems improbable that such a careful botanist as 

 Raoul should have confused two such different species. J. B. A., no 

 doubt following Hooker, records it as from the peninsula. It is not, 

 however, a plant which is likeh' to have become extinct. Growing in 

 similar situations to V. Lavaudiana, one might have exjiected it to 

 have been found in conjunction with it ; but I have hunted assiduously 

 for it in all likely places and have been unable to find it. The nearest 

 ])oint to the ])eninsula where I have found it is at White Rock, behind 

 Rangiora, where a reduced form occurs. 



^Veronica Li/allii Hook. f. (forma). f 



Mount Fitzgerald, on the southern face of the big cliff near the 

 summit. 



*°Veronica canescens Kirk. 

 Lake Forsyth : Kirk. 



(-)F. cupressoides, {')V. lanceolata, (^)F. vernicosa, and (^)F. stricta 

 (a variety of F. salicifolia) are also recorded by J. B. A. V. ciipressoides 

 probably does not occur on the peninsula. F. lanceolala is a variety 

 of the well-known F. catarractae, and is also quite unlikely to occur. 

 Both J. F. A. and J. B. A. list (-)F. Colensoi, a very unUkely species. 



*Onrisia ynacrophylla Hook. f. (forma). "f [J. B. A.] 



Abundant, often covering the ground with matted patches, from 

 about 2,300 ft. upwards. It occasionally extends into the upper edge 

 of the forest, when it becomes more erect. 



^Euphrasia zelandica Wettst. 



Southern side and top of Mount Herbert and Castle Rock, 2,500 ft. 

 and upward. Also found by A. W. 



J. B. A. records {^)E. Monroi, but it is quite unlikely that it occurs. 



Family Lentibulariaceae. 



*Utricidana monanthos Hook. f. [J. B. A.] 



Lake Ellesmere : J. B. A. There are specimens from this locality 

 in the herbarium of the Canterbury Museum. At one time it occurred 

 in a bog in the neighbourhood of Christchurch. 



■f Trans., vol. 46, p. 59. 



