Veronica. | SCROPHULARINEZ. 507 
oblong, acute, ciliolate. Corolla with a short and broad funnel- 
shaped tube and large spreading 4-lobed limb; dorsal and lateral 
lobes subequal, anterior rather smaller. Capsule +in. long, ovate, 
acute, compressed, about twice as long as the calyx. 
SournH Istanp: Canterbury—Downs near the sea in the south of the 
province, Armstrong! near Timaru, Buchanan! 
Easily distinguished by the softly pubescent branches, pale-green leaves with 
a pubescent margin, and short broad racemes with very large flowers. 
13. V. chathamica, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. vii. (1875) 
338, t. 13, f. 1.—A prostrate or trailing shrub, with much-branched 
stems 6-18in. long; branches numerous, terete, sparingly softly 
pubescent or almost glabrous. Leaves usually close-set, spread- 
ing, sessile or very shortly petiolate, 4-1 in. long, elliptic or elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse or subacute, flat, subcoriaceous, glabrous or nearly 
so. Racemes several towards the tips of the branches, peduncled ; 
flowering portion 4-1 in. long and almost as broad, broadly oblong, 
obtuse. dense-flowered ; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent, the 
latter equalling or exceeding the pedicels. Flowers 4-4 in. diamn., 
purple. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments ovate-lanceolate, acute. 
Corolla-tube short, not much longer than the calyx; limb 4-lobed ; 
dorsal and lateral lobes nearly equal, anterior smaller. Capsule 
about tin. long, ovate, subacute, compressed, about twice as long as 
the calyx.—Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 351; Kirk in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 528. 
Var. Coxiana, Cheesem.—Branches stouter, suberect. Leaves rather larger 
and more distant, 1-1}in. long, obovate-oblong or elliptical, rounded at the 
apex, almost membranous, softly pubescent on both surfaces. Corolla-tube 
rather longer.—V. Coxiana, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 529. 
CHATHAM Isnanps: Not uncommon on rocks near the sea, H. H. Travers ! 
F. A.D. Cox! L. Cockayne ! 
A well-marked species, easily recognised by the trailing or prostrate habit 
and short broad very obtuse racemes. Mr. Kirk distinguished his V. Coxiana 
mainly by the softer and more herbaceous habit and more pubescent leaves and 
branches, characters which entirely break down when a large suite of specimens 
is examined. 
14. V. acutiflora, Benth. in D.C. Prodr. x. 460.—A small erect 
sparingly branched shrub; branches slender, terete, glabrous or 
the ultimate ones very minutely puberulous. Leaves sessile, 
spreading, 2-3 in. long, 4-+in. broad, linear-lanceolate, narrowed 
to an obtuse tip, flat or nearly so, quite smooth and glabrous or 
the midrib puberulous above, margins entire. Racemes opposite 
and axillary near the tips of the branches, 2-4 in. long, slender, 
lax-flowered ; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent or glabrate ; 
pedicels slender, the lowest in. long. Flowers 4-1in. diam. 
Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
