536 SCROPHULARINES. [| Veronica. 
cylindrical, longer than the limb, which is 4-lobed, the lobes spread- 
ing or reflexed. Stamens included. Capsule small, oblong, turgid. 
—Mitrasacme Petriei, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 349, 
$i. HO Sands 
SoutH Isnanp: Otago—Mount Bonpland, Petrie ! Bold Peak, near Kinloch, 
B. C. Aston ! 
A most distinct little plant, not nearly allied to any other. The crowded 
linear bracts are a very remarkable character. 
61. V. dasyphylla, 7’. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 
519.—A prostrate rigidly coriaceous woody little plant. Stems 
much branched, 2-6in. long; branches short, 1-2in. high, ascend- 
ing or erect, pubescent, densely leafy, tetragonous, 4 in. diam. with 
the leaves on. Leaves closely quadrifariously imbricate, opposite 
pairs connate at the base and forming a short ring clasping the 
stem, spreading above, $-}in. long, oblong or oblong-obovate, ob- 
tuse, very coriaceous, concave in front, rounded or obscurely keeled 
at the back; margins ciliate towards the base, cartilaginous above. 
Flowers large, 1-4 in. diam., solitary at the tips of the branchlets, 
sessile. Calyx 5-partite; segments oblong, obtuse, hispid-pubes- 
cent towards the base, margins ciliate. Corolla-tube short, broad ; 
limb with 5 large rounded spreading lobes. Stamens 2; filaments 
short ; anthers large, included. Ovary seatedinacupular disc. Cap- 
sule altogether included in the calyx, oblong, turgid, coriaceous, 
4-valved.—Logania tetragona, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 188, 737; 
Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 347, t. 28, f. 2. 
Sour Isuanp: Otago—Lake district, Mount Alta, sounds of the West 
Coast, Buchanan! Old Man Range, Mount Pisa, Ben Lomond, Mount Bonp- 
land, Petrie! Mount Kyeburn, B. C. Aston! 3500-6000 ft. 
A very peculiar species, remarkable for the large terminal flower and 
5-lobed calyx and corolla. Sir J. D. Hooker gives the number of stamens as 5, 
but all the flowers that I have examined are diandrous, and Kirk and Buchanan 
make the same statement. 
62. V. uniflora, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 522. 
—A small rigid prostrate little plant, much and closely branched ; 
branches ascending or erect, $-14 in. long, tetragonous, 4in. diam. 
with the leaves on. Leaves densely quadrifariously imbricated, 
opposite pairs connate at the base, ovate-oblong, obtuse, very cori- 
aceous, concave, margins ciliate below. Flowers solitary, terminal, 
tin. diam. Calyx 5-partite; segments linear-oblong, obtuse, hispid- 
glandular throughout. Corolla 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, spreading. 
Stamens 2, included. Ovary villous at the top. Capsule included 
in the calyx.—Logania Armstrongii, Buch. im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. 
(1882) 347, t. 28, f. 3. 
SoutH Isnanp: Otago—Hector’s Col, Mount Aspiring, Buchanan and 
McKay! 5000 ft. 
