514 SCROPHULARINEZ,. [ Veronica. 
The V. Colensoz of the Handbook, as already stated, was based upon a mixture 
consisting of specimens collected on the Ruahine Mountains by Colenso, on 
V. Menziesi, and two or three other species. If the name is to be retained at 
all, it should clearly be restricted to Colenso’s plant, which Mr. N. E. Brown 
informs me is identical with that subsequently described by Colenso under the 
name of V. Hillii. It can be distinguished by the small size, glaucous leaves, 
slender simple or sparingly branched racemes, narrow acute calyx-segments, and 
short corolla-tube. The V. Colensoi of the Botanical Magazine (t. 7296) is quite 
a different plant, but I have seen no specimens, and it does not seem to be 
known except in cultivation in England. 
24. V. rigidula, Cheesem. n. sp.— A small much-branched 
erect perfectly glabrous shrub 6-24 in. high, rarely more; branches 
stout, erect, scarred, almost black, leafy at the tips. Leaves close- 
set, almost imbricating, suberect or rarely spreading, petiolate, 
4-3 in. long, 1+ in. broad, linear-oblong or narrow obovate-oblong, 
acute or subacute, very thick and coriaceous, rigid, dark-green and 
concave above, glaucous and keeled by the thick and prominent 
midrib beneath; margins thickened, entire. Racemes or spikes 
2—4 near the tips of the branches, about equalling the leaves, usually 
branched, dense-flowered; rhachis stout, pubescent; pedicels 
wanting or the lower flowers very shortly stalked; bracts ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, almost as long as the calyx. Flowers small, white, 
tin. diam. Calyx 4-partite; segments oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. 
Corolla-tube tubular, nearly twice as long as the calyx ; limb rather 
short, not equalling the tube; lobes subequal, oblong, obtuse. 
Stamens slightly exceeding the corolla. Capsule small, 3—tin. 
long, ovoid-oblong, acute or subacute, barely twice as long as the 
calyx. 
SoutH Is~tanp: Marlborough—Pelorus and Rai Valleys (on rocks by the 
side of streams), Mount Duppa, Maungatapu, J. H. Macmahon! Nelson— 
Wairau Gorge, 7. F. C. Sea-level to 4000 ft. December—February. 
Apparently a very distinct little plant. It has somewhat of the habit and 
general appearance of the V. Colensoi of this work (V. Hiuilliz, Colenso), but in 
reality differs altogether in the smaller and closer-set petiolate suberect keeled 
leaves, shorter and stouter dense-flowered racemes, smaller flowers, obtuse 
calyx-segments, and longer corolla-tube with a shorter limb. 
25. V. rupicola, Cheesem. n. sp.Au erect sparingly branched 
shrub 1-4 ft. high; branches stout, erect or spreading, glabrous or 
the younger ones faintly bifariously pubescent. Leaves not very 
close-set, spreading, petiolate, 4-lin. long, ++4in. broad, linear- 
oblong or elliptic-oblong or linear-obovate, obtuse or subacute, 
gradually narrowed into the rather long petiole, flat or slightly 
concave, coriaceous, glaucous when fresh, quite entire, midrib 
prominent beneath. Racemes or spikes lateral or towards the tips 
of the branches, much exceeding the leaves, 1-2 in. long, peduncled, 
usually trichotomous, very rarely simple; rhachis stout, strict, 
