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lobes subequal, oblong, obtuse. Capsule elliptic-ovate, acute, com- 
pressed, twice as long as the calyx.—Bot. Mag. t. 6390, and t. 7296, 
{.5; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 1046; Armstr. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 351. 
Var. fallax, Cheesem.—Not so closely branched, often reddish-brown when 
fresh. Leaves more laxly placed, sessile, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
acute or obtuse, flat or nearly so. Racemes lax-flowered; pedicels very short. 
Corolla-tube short, only slightly exceeding the calyx. 
Var. elegans, Cheesem.—Branches slender. Leaves more laxly placed 
spreading, narrow linear-oblong, flat. Racemes oblong, obtuse ; pedicels long, 
slender. Calyx small. Corolla-tube long, narrow, two or three times the length 
of the calyx. 
SourH Istanp: Abundant in mountain districts from Nelson to Otago. 
500-3500 ft. December—February. 
There is much confusion as to the limits of this species. The description 
given in the Handbook evidently includes more species than one; but without 
an examination of the material which Hooker had before him it is not easy 
to decide which should be taken as the type. 1 have selected the plant 
figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 6390), which is also identical with 
that described by Dr. Masters in the Gardeners’ Chronicle. It appears to 
have been included in the original description, has a wide distribution 
in the South Island, and is the form usually cultivated under the name of 
V. Traversii; but I am unable to say whether it was actually collected 
by Travers. On the other hand, Mr. N. E. Brown, who has lately ex- 
amined the whole of the New Zealand Veronice in the Kew Herbarium, is of 
Opinion that my var. elegans should be regarded as the type. It was collected 
by both Travers and Haast, but seems to be a local plant, all the specimens I 
have seen having come from the Canterbury Provincial District. It differs con- 
spicuously from the Botanical Magazine plant in the long and slender corolla- 
tube, in that and other respects approaching V. leiophylla. Probably the two 
plants are distinct, but I hesitate to describe them as such until more con- 
clusive evidence has been obtained. 
32. V. subalpina, Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi. (1899) 
420.—A much-branched erect shrub 5-6 ft. high; branches suberect 
or spreading, terete, glabrous or the younger ones minutely puberu- 
lous, leafy above, below ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. 
Leaves spreading, sessile, #-14 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, broadest below the middle, acute or subacute, 
subcoriaceous, pale glistening green, slightly concave above when 
fresh, flat when dry, margins entire. Racemes 2-4 near the tips 
of the branches, equalling the leaves or longer than them, 1—2 in. 
long, simple, dense- or lax-flowered; rhachis slender, puberulous ; 
lower pedicels slender, usually exceeding the calyx; bracts small. 
Calyx deeply 4-partite ; segments ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 
acute, margins ciliolate. Corolla-tube short and broad, hardly 
exceeding the calyx; limb longer than the tube, 4-lobed; lobes 
oblong, obtuse. Capsule }in. long, ovate, acute, compressed, about 
twice as long as the calyx. 
SoutH Isnanp: Nelson—Clarence Valley, Kirk! T. ¥.C.; Lake Tennyson, 
T. F..C. Canterbury—Arthur’s Pass and Upper Waimakariri, Hnys! Kirk! 
