Pktrie. — Neir Specie.'! and Varieties of Native PJianerotjanix. 273 



12. Veronica Armstrongii T. Kirk var. annulate var. nov. 



Folia opposita, connata, quam in typo breviora, annulos angustos cupali- 

 formes erectos ramis appressos formautia ; t'oliorum apicibus mere trun- 

 catis, parce ciliolatis ; calycis segmentis integerrimis. 



Planta valde depre sa, ramulis quam in typo paucioribus brevioribusque 

 instracta. 



Leaves opposite, connate, shorter than in the type, forming narrow 

 cup-liko erect rings appressed but not adnate to the branches, the tips 

 quite truncate, with a slight depression at the junction of the connate leaves. 



Calyx-segments entire. The whole plant depressed and with fewer 

 and shorter branchlets than in the type. 



Hah. — Rock face of northern slope of Takitimu Mountains, Southland, 

 at 2,950 ft. altitude. 



Collected by Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., F.L.S., 13th March, 1912, who 

 has supplied me with material for the above description. 



In V. Armstrongii the connate leaves form a slightly dilated cup round 

 the branchlets, while the leaves present a small median cusp. Its most 

 southerly known habitat is the north-east face of the Ku ow Mountains 

 (Waitaki County). Mr. Cheeseman's herbarium contains several speci- 

 mens collected there by myself. Dr. Cockayne would rather regard the 

 plant as a distinct sp..cies. 



13. Veronica Grahami sp. nov. 



Caules graciles, prostrati tandem erecti, parce ramosi, ramis erectis 

 15-20 cm. longis, cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum subdistantibus notati, 

 a parte foliacea pubescentes v. pilosiusculi, alibi glabri. 



Folia in paribus oppositis disposita, + conferta, plerumque imbricata, 

 basi lato sessilia, coriacea, ovato-cuneata, 7 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, apice 

 rotundata ac in lobos 5 breves obtusos crenatim secta, lobo medio peimulto 

 la'iore, nervis obscuris, passim parce albo-pubescentia, in siccitate brunnea. 



Flores solitarii, in axillis foliorum superiorum dispositi. 



Calyx 4-partitus, lobis erectis linearibus parce pubescentibus. 



Corolla et stamina hand visa. 



Capsula calycis lobis aequilonga, valde compressa, late obcordata, glabra, 

 5 mm. lata altaque. 



A depressed, tufted, sparingly branched herb. 



Stems slender, at first prostrate, then erect, as are the branches, 

 15-20 cm. long, when young more or less pubescent-pilose, in age 

 glabrous and marked by rather distant scars of fallen leaves. 



Leaves in opposite pairs, close-set and usually overlapping, sessile by 

 a broad base, coriaceous, ovate-cuneate, 7 mm. long by 5 mm. broad, at 

 the top rounded and cut in crenate fashion into 5 short obtuse lobes, the 

 middle one much the widest, everywhere sparsely pubescent with very 

 short stiff moderately appressed whitish hairs, reddish-brown when dried, 

 nerves obscure. 



Flowers solitary, in the axils of the upper leaves. 



Calyx 4-partite ; lobes erect, linear, thin, sparsely pubescent-pilose. 



Corolla and stamens not seen. 



Capsule as long as the calyx-lobes, 5 mm. broad and higli. much com- 

 pressed, broadly obcordate, glabroiis. 



