458 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). — 177."}, ('•. Forster. Shores of Astrolabe 

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

 humid forests near Ilokianga River.— 1826, A. Cunningham. — 1 S3 i, It. Cun- 

 ningham. 



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

 rami clongati, graciles, glabri. Folia opposita, decussata, palmaria, lincari- 

 lanceolata, acutissimn, Integra ; petioli vix ulli basi dilatati semi-amplexi- 

 caules. Florcs albido-cocrulcscentcs, spicati. Sj)ica? elongatse, axillares, 

 folio longiores. Corolla' tubus longitudinc calycis. Stamina exserta. Cap- 

 sula bilocularis, hevis, calyce duplo longior. 



37.">. /'. ligust r /folia ; racemis pedunculatis terminalibus pubigeris folium 

 suba?quantibus, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis pedicello duplo brevioribus, la- 

 ciniis calycinis ovato-lanceolatis acutiuseulis longitudinc tubi corolla?, foliis 

 (oppositis) ovali-oblongis angusto-lanceolatisve obtusiusculis intcgerrimis 

 glabris, caule fruticoso. All. Cunn. 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. 

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

 rolla? lacinia? acutiusculae. 



376. V. macrocarpa. Void. Symb. 3. p. 4. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 1. 

 p. 103. 



New Zealand, Fa hi. 



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

 Racemi erecti, laterales, longitudine foliorum. Calyx parvus. Corolla? 

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

 calyce triplo longior. 



377. V. angustifolia (Rich.) spicis gracilibus pedunculatis axillaribus 

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

 tusis tubo corollas 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. Corolla? la- 

 ciniis obtusis. 



378. V. parvifiora. Void. Symb. 1. p. 67. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Vcget. 1. 

 p. 103. 



New Zealand. 



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

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

 erecti. Bractea? minutse. Corolla? laciniis obtusis. Capsida ovata, calyce 

 tetraphyllo duplo longior. 



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

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



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



