Veronica. | SCROPHULARINES. 501 
long, 4-2 in. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or sub- 
acute, narrowed towards the base, thick and fleshy, pale dull-green, 
midrib scarcely prominent beneath. Racemes opposite near the 
ends of the branches, about as long as the leaves, dense-flowered ; 
rhachis and pedicels pubescent; bracts subulate, half as long as the 
pedicels. Flowers 4-4in. diam., pale-lilac. Calyx small, deeply 
4-partite; segments ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube slightly 
longer than the calyx; limb spreading, 4-lobed; dorsal and lateral 
lobes subequal, broadly oblong, obtuse, anterior lobe smaller.. Cap- 
sule 4in. long, ovate, acute, about twice as long as the calyx. 
CuarHam Isuanps: Barker, Cockayne ! 
I fear that this is much too close to V. Dieffenbachi, but my specimens are 
very indifferent. According to Mr. Cockayne, it differs ‘‘in its erect not spread- 
ing habit, smaller leaves, shorter racemes, in its extremely pubescent style, and 
in the midrib not conspicuously raised.’’ 
4. V. macroura, Hook. f. ex Benth. in D.C. Prodr. x. 549.— 
A much-branched glabrous shrub 1-5 ft. high ; branches rather stout, 
spreading, terete. Leaves spreading, sessile or very shortly petio- 
late, 1-3 in. long, 4-1} in. broad, obovate-oblong to obovate-lanceo- 
late or linear-oblong, obtuse or acute, hardly coriaceous, flat, 
glabrous or the margins minutely pubescent. Racemes longer than 
the leaves, 2-4 in. long, 4—$in. diam., often curved, very densely 
many-flowered; rhachis and pedicels finely pubescent, the latter 
slender, spreading or subsecund, often pendulous in fruit. Flowers 
small, densely compacted, 4-4in. diam., white or pale bluish- 
white. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments narrow-oblong, acute, 
finely pubescent, margins ciliolate. Corolla-tube slender, exceeding 
the calyx ; limb small, with narrow-oblong obtuse lobes. Capsules 
densely crowded, usually pendulous, small, ovate, compressed, 
4-1 in. long, scarcely twice as long as the calyx.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Gel. i. 191; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 207; Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. 
(1881) 351; Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 531. 
Var. Cookiana, Cheesem.—Stouter and more robust. Leaves larger, 
2-34in. long, 1}-1#in. broad, oblong or oblong-ovate, broad at the base, 
pubescent on the margins and sometimes on the midrib beneath. Racemes 
3-6 in. long, conspicuously curved. Calyx more pubescent.—V. Cookiana, Col. 
in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. (1888) 201. 
Var. dubia, Cheesem.—Smaller; branches very diffuse, often procumbent. 
Leaves smaller and broader, 1-2in. long, 3-lin. broad, broadly obovate to 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse or acute, subcoriaceous, glabrous except the margins, 
which are edged with a white pubescent line. Racemes smaller, 14-2} in. long, 
not so dense. Flowers rather larger, in. diam. Calyx conspicuously ciliate. 
Capsules 2 in. long. 
Norrtu Istanp: Whangarei, Colenso (Handbook); Hast Cape district, from 
Hicks Bay to Mahia Peninsula, Colenso! Bishop Williams! H. Hill! Cook 
Strait, Colenso (Handbook). Var. Cookiana: Table Cape, H. Hill! Var. 
dubia: Coast north of the Manukau Harbour, 7’. F’. C. 
