Veronica. | SCROPHULARINE. 527 
Var. maior, C/eesem.—Taller and stouter. Leaves larger, spreading, +-} in. 
long, obovate or obovate-oblong, narrowed to the base, midrib often distinct 
beneath. Spikes larger, lin. long; peduncle and rhachis densely villous. Style 
conspicuously villous. 
Var. exigua, Cheesem.—Branches numerous, twiggy. Leaves narrower, 
$+tin., oblong-ovate, subacute, obscurely keeled. Spikes small, 4 in. long, few- 
flowered. 
Sours Isxtanp: Canterbury—Mount Cook district (var. major and exigua), 
T. F.C. Otago—Mount Alta, Buchanan! Mount Arnould, Petrie! Mount Kye- 
burn (var. major), Petrie! H. J. Matthews! 3000-6000 ft. December- 
February. 
Also a very variable plant. The extreme state, represented by Buchanan’s 
Mount Alta specimens, is easily recognised by the small uniform close-set almost 
orbicular spreading leaves and capitate spikes; but larger forms approach 
V. pingwifolia so closely that it is difficult to draw a line of demarcation between 
the two species. My var. major might be referred to either. 
45. V. pimeleoides, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1. 195.—A small 
much-branched prostrate or suberect shrubby plant 3-18 in. high; 
branches rather slender, straggling, pubescent or almost villous, 
rarely glabrous. Leaves usually rather laxly placed, rarely close- 
set, spreading or suberect, sessile, 1-4 in. long, obovate-oblong or 
ovate-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, 
glaucous, obtusely keeled. Spikes near the tips of the branches, 
peduncled, exceeding the leaves, $-lin. long; rhachis villous- 
pubescent; bracts large, almost or quite equalling the calyx, 
ciliate. Flowers +in. diam., dark purplish-blue, sessile. Calyx 
4-partite ; segments ovate, acute, ciliate. Corolla-tube very short, 
not equalling the calyx; limb broad, spreading, 4-lobed; lobes 
broad, obtuse, the anterior one narrower than the others. Capsule 
din. long, ovate, acute, turgid, glabrous or slightly pubescent, twice 
as long as the calyx.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 211; Armstr. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 350. 
Var. glauco-czrulea, Cheesem. — Larger and stouter, more intensely 
glaucous. Leaves 4-3in. long, obovate or obovate-oblong, shortly petiolate. 
Flowers dark-blue or purple. V. glauco-cerulea, Armstr. l.c. 353. 
Var. minor, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 738.—Smaller, 1-4in. high, spar- 
ingly branched. Leaves smaller and narrower, }-} in. long, lanceolate to oblong- 
ovate, usually acute. Spikes small, few-flowered. 
Soura Isnanp: Mountains of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago, not un- 
common in dry places. 1000-3500 ft. November—January. 
Well marked by the small size, prostrate or straggling habit, small glaucous 
leaves, villous spikes, and purplish-blue flowers. 
46. V. Gilliesiana, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 
519.—Stems prostrate or decumbent, much branched, 3-12 in. 
long; branches spreading or suberect, densely leafy, tetragonous, 
with the leaves on }-4in. diam., bright-green when fresh, black 
when dry. Leaves densely imbricating, opposite pairs connate by 
