522 SCROPHULARINE. [ Veronica. 
respects from Armstrong’s original description. Kirk’s V. obovata only differs 
in the more truly obovate leaves, and I have little doubt that it will ulti- 
mately be merged with that species. 
36. V. Cockayniana, Cheesem. n. sp.— A small densely 
branched shrub 2-4 ft. high; branches rather stout, densely leafy 
above, conspicuously marked with the scars of the fallen leaves 
below; younger ones more or less bifariously pubescent. Leaves 
close-set, decussate, suberect or spreading, shortly petiolate, uni- 
form in size and shape, 4—2in. long, 1+in. broad, oblong or 
elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, flat or slightly concave, 
thick and coriaceous, often black on the upper surface when dry, 
glaucous beneath; midrib puberulous above, thick and prominent 
beneath; margins entire. Racemes 2-4 near the tips of the 
branches, rather longer than the leaves, 4—-lin. long, simple, 
usually lax - flowered; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent. 
Flowers white, +-tin. diam. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments 
ovate-oblong, obtuse ; margins pale, membranous, ciliolate. Corolla- 
tube short and broad, equalling the calyx or slightly longer ; limb. 
4-lobed ; lobes longer than the tube, broad, rounded, veined. Cap- 
sule tin. long, ovate, acute, twice as long as the calyx. 
SoutH Isuanp: Nelson—Mount Lyell and Mount Murchison, Townson ! 
near Reefton, R. W. Raithby! Otago—Humboldt Mountains, Cockayne ! 
Clinton Valley, Petrie ! 2000-4500 ft. December—February. 
I look upon this as a perfectly distinct species, perhaps nearest to V. levis, 
but easily distinguished by the pubescent branchlets, flatter and more spreading 
leaves glaucous beneath, by the simple lax-flowered racemes, and larger flowers 
with very short broad tube and broad rounded lobes. The blackish colour of 
the leaves when dried is very peculiar. 
37. V. buxifolia, Benth. in D.C. Prodr. x. 462.—A stout erect 
much or sparingly branched perfectly glabrous shrub 1-5 ft. high; 
branches strict, densely leafy, below closely ringed with the scars 
of the fallen leaves. Leaves closely imbricate, 4-4 in. long, 44 in. 
broad, broadly oblong-obovate, obtuse or subacute, suddenly trun- 
cate or cordate above the very short thick petiole, concave, keeled 
by the prominent midrib, rigid, very coriaceous, dark-green and 
polished above, paler and usually minutely dotted beneath, quite 
glabrous, entire. Spikes in the axils of the upper leaves, }-lin. 
long, dense-flowered, often very numerous and crowded, forming 
a corymbose head to the branches; rhachis puberulous; bracts 
large, ovate, concave, coriaceous, equalling the calyx or sometimes 
exceeding it. Flowers sessile, white, }+in. diam. Calyx 4-partite ; 
segments coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube equal- 
ling the calyx or rather longer than it; limb 4-lobed; dorsal and 
lateral lobes broad, rounded; anticous narrower and subacute. 
Capsule broadly oblong, obtuse, compressed, almost twice as long 
as the calyx.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 194; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 210; 
Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 350; Kirk in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xxviii. (1896) 528. 
