528 SCROPHULARINEZ. [ Verontea. 
the dilated bases, spreading above, 4—1+in. long, linear or lineayr- 
oblong, obtuse and tumid at the tip, deeply concave in front, convex 
on the back, rather fleshy ; margins ciliate-denticulate along their 
whole length. Leaves of young plants linear, irregularly lobulate 
or pinnatifid, glabrous. Flowers small, white, 4+in. diam., 
usually arranged in axillary 2-4-flowered spikes near the tips of the 
branches, the spikes often forming a subcapitate head, more 
rarely the flowers are solitary and axillary. Calyx deeply 4-partite ; 
segments linear-oblong, obtuse, margins ciliolate. Corolla-tube 
short; lobes 4, spreading, orbicular-oblong, obtuse, almost equal, 
but the dorsal one slightly broader and the anticous one slightly 
narrower than the others. Stamens 2 or very rarely 4; filaments 
very short, altogether included. Style included. Capsule exceeding 
the calyx, ovoid-oblong, subcompressed, seated within a cupular 
dise.—Logania ciliolata, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 737. Mitrasacme 
Hookeri, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 348, t. 29, f. 1. 
SourH Istanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur and Mount Owen, TZ. F. C.; 
Mount Mantell, Mount Buckland, W. Townson! Mount Franklin, F'. G. Gibbs! 
Mount Percival, 7. F. C.; Amuri, Kirk! Canterbury—Arthur’s Pass and 
Waimakariri Glacier, Kirk! T. F.C., Cockayne ! Browning’s Pass and Rangitata 
Valley, Haast ! Mount Cook district, 7. F. C. Westland—Kelly’s Hill, Petrie! 
Mount Alexander, Cockayne! Otago—Mount Alta, Buchanan ! 3000-5500 ft. 
December—March. 
A very remarkable and distinct species, quite unlike any other. 
47. V. tetrasticha, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 212.—A small 
much-branched shrub forming depressed patches 4-12in. diam. ; 
branches very numerous, decumbent below, erect or spreading 
above; branchlets acutely tetragonous with the faces more or 
less concave, with the leaves on ;4,-4,in. diam., black when dry. 
Leaves most densely quadrifariously imbricated, opposite pairs 
connate at the base and forming a short ring clasping the branch, 
spreading above, ;,—-;,1in. long, ovate-deltoid, narrowed into a 
short subacute tip, thick and coriaceous, concave in front, rounded 
or flat on the back, not keeled; margins ciliolate. Leaves of young 
plants linear-spathulate, flat, spreading, ciliolate and sparsely 
hispid. Flowers in short 2—4-flowered spikes near the ends of the 
branchlets, small, 4-tin. diam., white; rhachis and peduncle 
villous. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments linear-oblong, obtuse. 
Corolla-tube short ; limb with four equal spreading rounded lobes. 
Stamens 2, at first included, but the filaments lengthen before the 
flower withers. Ovary seated in a cupular disc. Capsule twice as 
iong as the calyx, obovoid, compressed, obtuse.—Armstr. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 351; Kirk, l.c. xxviii. (1896) 521; Cockayne, 
l.c. xxxi. (1899) 377 (development of seedling). 
SoutH Isxtanp: Nelson—Wairau Mountains, Travers, T. F. C.; Mount 
Captain, Kirk! Canterbury—Mount Torlesse, Cockayne! Black Range, Enys ! 
Kirk! T. F. C., Petrie! Cockayne! Hopkins River, Haast. 3000-6000 ft. 
December—March. 
