27'2 Transactions. 



Sepals 5, the outer 3 larger, broadly obovate and more or less crenate, 

 5 mm. long. 



Corolla white, 2 cm. in diameter. 



Hah. — Inland Kaikouras, Awatere Basin, on shingle-slip. 

 Collected by Dr. L. Cockayne, F.E.S., F.L.S., who has supplied the 

 material for this description. The species is no doubt closely related to 



C. erubescens Sims, but the remarkable form and constant general character 

 of the ordinary leaves, and the conspicuous grey pubescence, mark it of? 

 clearly enough. 



11. Veronica Willcoxii sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, ramosus, glaber, ad 8 dcm. altus ; ramis strictis. 



Folia decussata, imbricata, basi counata, anguste obovata, 10-12 mm. 

 longa, 4-6 mm. lata, subacuta, in basim sessilem latiusculum gradatim 

 angustata, rigida, coriacea ; supra concava, valde vemicosa nitidaque ; 

 subtus glaucescentia ac puncticulata, carinata, costa media fere excurrente. 



Racemi 2-4, in axillis foliorum superiorum dispositi, 2-3 cm. longi, 

 densiflori ; floribus breviter pedvmculatis. 



Bracteae tenues, lanceolatae, ad basim calycis pertiuentes. 



Capsula late elliptica, obtusa, calycis lobis duplo longior, 5 mm. longa, 

 3^ mm. lata. 



A compact erect much branched shrub, 8 dcm. high or less. 



Branches rather stout, strict, leafy, glabrous or sparsely bifariously 

 pilose towards the tips, below closely ringed by the scars of fallen leaves, 

 dark brown. 



Leaves decussate, imbricating, connate at the base except in age, narrow, 

 obovate, 10-12 mm. long, 4-6 mm. broad, subacute, rigid, coriaceous, 

 entire, glabrous ; above dark green, concave, shining, and strongly var- 

 nished ; below glaucescent and finely and closely puncticulate, keeled by 

 the prominent almost excurrent midrib, otherwise veinless ; edges slightly 

 recurved when dried. 



Racemes 2-4 in the axils of the uppermost leaves, 2-3 cm. long, dense- 

 flowered ; rhachis glabrous or slightly p.iborulous, dark brown, the lower 

 part naked. 



Bracts thin, lanceolate or lanceolate-subulate, reaching to the base 

 of the calyx. 



Flowers shortly peduncled, apparently white. Calyx deeply cut into 

 4 thin obovate scarious lobes ciliate at the margin, about half as long as 

 the corolla-tube. Tube of corolla rather short and wide, limb broadly 

 4-lobed. 



Stamens and style long exserted. 



Capsule broadly elliptic, twice as long as the calyx or more, compressed 

 above, less so below, 5 mm. long. 3J mm. broad. 



^a6.— Routeburn Valley, near Lake Harris, 3,000 ft. W. Willcox ! and 



D. P. 



I take this to be a very distinct species, more closely related to 

 F. decumbens Cheesm. than to any other. It has been in cultivation for 

 a number of years, but its wild habitat was unknown till early in 1911. 

 I have not seen wild specimens in flower, but the cultivated plant is 

 certainly identical with that found sparingly in the Upper Routebum 

 Valley. 



