510 SCROPHULARINE. [ Veronica.. 
mature specimens, is simply a state with more acute leaves and strict suberect 
racemes. Ii is frequently named V. Traversii in gardens, but is altogether 
unlike what I take to be the typical state of that species. 
18. V. gracillima, Cheesem. n. sp.—A much-branched glabrous 
shrub; branches spreading, terete. Leaves spreading, sessile or 
nearly so, 1-24in. long, tin. broad, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, 
gradually tapering to an acute or acuminate apex, flat, coriaceous, 
glabrous or puberulous on the midrib above. Racemes numerous 
towards the tips of the branches, exceeding the leaves, 3-5 in. long, 
slender ; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts puberulous; pedicels slender,. 
longer or shorter than the calyx. Flowers rather densely placed, 
large, tin. diam. by almost tin. long. Calyx 4-partite ; segments 
oblong-ovate, subacute or obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube funnel- 
shaped, shorter than the limb and often barely exceeding the calyx ; 
limb large, 4-lobed; dorsal and lateral lobes about equal, oblong, 
obtuse ; anterior lobe narrow, linear-oblong, acute. Capsule +in. 
long, broadly oblong, acute, compressed, glabrous, more than 
double the length of the calyx.—V. ligustrifolia var. gracillima, Kirk 
“an Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 527. 
SoutH IstanpD: Nelson—Abundant in the vicinity of Westport, Dr. Gaze ! 
W. Townson ! 
This differs from V. acwtiflora in the larger size, longer and more dense- 
flowered racemes, and especially in the short obtuse or subacute calyx-segments, 
which are altogether unlike the lanceolate acute or acuminate calyx-segments. 
of acwtiflora. It agrees with acuwtiflora in the short corolla-tube and large 
deeply divided limb. From V. parviflora it is at once separated by the larger 
flowers and differently shaped corolla. 
19. V. insularis, Cheesem. im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix. (1897) 
392.—A small erect or decumbent robust shrub 1-3ft. high; 
branches stout, spreading, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves, 
pubescent towards the tips. Leaves close-set, spreading or sub- 
erect, sessile or very shortly petiolate, }-1}in. long, +-4in. broad, 
elliptic-oblong or oblong-obovate, subacute or obtusely mucronate, 
quite entire, very coriaceous, flat or slightly keeled, often glaucous, 
midrib prominent beneath, margins thickened. Racemes corym- 
bosely branched, peduncled, 3-14in. long, many-flowered, in 
opposite pairs near the tips of the branches; rhachis and pedicels 
puberulous; bracts rather large. Flowers jin. diam., pale 
lavender-blue. Calyx short and broad, 4-partite ; segments. broadly 
ovate, acute, ciliolate. Corolla-tube broad, about half as long again 
as the calyx; limb 4-lobed. Capsule ovoid, turgid, acute, rather 
more than twice as long as the calyx. 
Norrtu Istanp: Three Kings Islands, rocky places on both the Great King 
and the Western King, but not common, 7. F. C. November—December. 
