200 Transactions. 



12. Veronica Poppelwellii Cockayne sp. no v. 



Frutex parvus ramulis ultimis densis, erectis, cum foliis tetragonis, 

 circ. 3^ cm. longis, vix 2 mm. diametro, pilosis pilis albis ad foliorum con- 

 nexum. Folia arete quadrifariam imbricata, paribus oppositis basi con- 

 natis, latissime triangularia, 11 -nervosa medio nervo breve carinato, 1 mm. 

 longa, 2-25 mm. lata, crassa, coriacea, apice subacuta vel obtusa, margine 

 pilis albis brevibus ciliata, supra concava, infra convexa. Flores + 15, 

 in densas spicas circ. 1-2 cm. longas ad apices ramulorum dispositi ; 

 bracteolae foliis similes sed 2 mm. longae. Calyx usque ad basin 4-fid ; 

 lobi corollae-tubum aequantes, interdum inaequales, obovati, obtusi, 2 mm. 

 longi, coriacei, ciliati. Corollae-tubus vix 2 mm. longus ; lobi 4, dorsalis 

 et laterales fere aequantes, obovati, obtusi, 2 mm. longi, lobus anterior 

 angustior. Capsulam maturam non visi. 



Soutb Island : Otago — Mount Tennyson, Garvie Mountains ; fairly 

 plentiful. D. L. Poppelwell ! 



Mr. Poppelwell informs me that tbis species is tbe F. Hectori Hook. f. 

 var. gracilior Petrie of Poppelwell's list of Garvie Mountain plants in Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst., vol. 47 (1915), p. 140. It is at once to be recognized by its 

 small stature, sbort slender tetragonous branclilets, small leaves marked with 

 parallel nerves, dense 15-flowered spikes 1*2 cm. or more long, leaf -like 

 coriaceous, bracteoles, small ciliated obovate obtuse calyx-segments, and 

 short corolla-tube. It does not seeem at all close to any other species of 

 the section to which it belongs. 



The species is named in honour of my friend Mr. D. L. Poppelwell, who is 

 doing so much to throw light upon the flora near Lake Wakatipu, and the 

 arrangement of the vegetation. 



13. (a.) Veronica salicifolia Forst. f. var. Atkinsonii Cockayne var. nov. 



Ab omnibus varietatibus specei discriminanda foliis pallide viridibus, 



oblongis, ovato-obiongis raro lanceolatis, breve sed manifeste petiolatis, 



prope apicem ± abrupte breve angustatis sed hand attenuatis, crassis ; 



•racemis 'siiogisnap cylindricis, obtusis ; floribus albis parvis ; bracteolis 



et calycis-lobis brevissimis ; coroUae-lobis obovatis, apice rotundatis. 



North and South Islands : Wellington — Vicinity of Cook Strait. Marl- 

 borough — From the Sounds to the mouth of the River Awatere. L. C. 



Either a much-branched shrub attaining at times a height of 2 m. or of 

 spreading habit when growing as a rock-plant, and sometimes almost pro- 

 strate. The leaves are rather pale green, fairly thick, distinctly petiolate 

 with a short broad concavo-convex pale horny petiole 2-2-5 mm. long, more 

 or less oblong, but occasionally lanceolate, 4-8 cm. long by 1-5-2 cm. or 

 even more broad, narrowed near the apex to a short triangular point 

 with an obtuse or subacute apex but not tapering. The racemes are 

 2-4 near the ends of the branchlets, dense-flowered, cylindrical, short- 

 peduncled, frequently obtuse, 3-8 cm. long, and the peduncle 8 mm. to 

 2*5 cm. long. The rhachis is rather stiff, extremely pale green and 

 finely pubescent. The flowers are very numerous, white or very rarely 

 stained with lilac, and sweet-scented ; the pedicels are slender, very 

 pale gi-een, minutely pubescent, and almost the length of the calyx ; the 

 bracteoles are linear, obtuse, and equalling or rather shorter than the 

 pedicels ; the calyx is 4-partite for about three-quarters of its length, about 

 3 mm. long, very pale green, slightly pubescent, and the segments are ovate 

 or oblong, obtuse or subacute, and possess scarious margins ; the corolla- 



