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Baoulia printed in the " Bulletin of the Botanical Society of Geneva " 

 (vol. 4, 1912, pp. 41-55), and which contains much new matter of import- 

 ance respecting the classification of the species. The type of B. Cheese- 

 manii was collected by Mr. J. H. Macmahon in the Awatere Valley, and was 

 forwarded by myself to M. Beauverd under the name of B. Monroi. But 

 M. Beauverd considers that it is specifically distinct in the regularly 

 distichous arrangement of the cauline leaves, which in the true B. Monroi 

 are not distichous but are arranged in several ranks. He also remarks 

 that the leaves are smaller and not so spathulate as in B. Monroi, that 

 the venation is different, and the flower-heads narrower and more cylind- 

 rical. The distribution of the two forms will require to be worked out 

 anew in the liglat of M. Beauverd's views ; but judging from the speci- 

 mens in my herbarium it seems that B. Cheesevianii is the more plentiful 

 of the two, ranging from Marlborough to the south of Otago, and from 

 sea-level to 2,500 ft. altitude. Of the plant which M. Beauverd con- 

 siders to be typical B. Monroi I have no specimens from levels below 

 2,000 ft. It should be remarked that the drawing of B. Monroi in the 

 " Illustrations of the New Zealand Flora " (t. 102), now in the press, is 

 for the most part based on specimens of E. Cheesemaiiii. 



3. Veronica Townsoni Cheesem. sp. nov. 



Ad V. viacrocarpavi proxime accedit, sed differt foliis angustioribus et 

 maxime coriaceis, calycis lobis acutis ; corollae tubo multo breviore ; 

 capsula quam calycem vix 2-plo excedente. 



Frutex 1-2 metralis,' ramis rigidis. Folia subsessilia aut brevipetio- 

 lata, 5-7 cm. longa, 6-7 mm. lata, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, rigida, cori- 

 acea, supra plana, subtus cum costis eminentibus. Eacemi 6-10 cm. 

 longi, attenuati, acuminati, laxiflores. Flores 5 mm. diam. ; calycis 

 segmenti oblongo-lanceolati vel oblongo-ovati, acuti vel subacuti. 

 Corollae tubus brevis, calyce vix longior. Capsula 4-7 mm. longa, ovata, 

 quam calycem vix 2-plo excedente. 



Hab. South Island : Eocky hills between the Little Wanganui and 

 Mokihinui Elvers, north of Westport ; and on limestone rocks by Fox's 

 Eiver, near Brighton ; W. Toivnson ! 



A branching shrub, 3-6 ft. high or more, branchlets stout, rigid, 

 glabrous, ringed wMth the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves sessile or 

 very shortly petiolate, spreading, 2-3 in. long, |^-^in. broad, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, very thick and coriaceous, rigid when dry, glabrous, 

 flat and smooth above, midrib elevated beneath, veins obscure. Eacemes 

 usually longer than the leaves, 3-6 in. long, lax-flowered, often attenuated 

 towards the tip, glabrate or nearly so. Flowers about ^ in. diameter. 

 Calyx 4-partite, segments oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute or 

 subacute, margins ciliolate. Corolla-tube short and broad, hardly ex- 

 ceeding the calyx ; limb 4-lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse. Capsule ^-^ in. 

 long, ovate, acute, compressed, about twice as long as the calyx. 



This is one of the many discoveries made by my friend Mr. W. Town- 

 son while exploring the vegetation of the south-western portion of the 

 Nelson Provincial District. At the time of the publication of the Manual 

 I was only acquainted with fruiting specimens, and consequently referred 

 it, as var. crassifolia, to the closely allied V. macrocarpa. But since then 

 Mr. Townson has furnished me with good flowering specimens, which prove 

 that it is a perfectly distinct species, distinguished from all the forms of 

 F. macrocarpa by the smaller and narrower much more coriaceous and 



