Veronica. | SCROPHULARINEZ. 537 
Probably only a small state of V. dasyphylla, but I retain it until further 
specimens can be examined. Buchanan’s drawing of it is by no means good, 
the branches not being nearly so acutely tetragonous as shown by him. I have 
only seen one indifferent specimen. : 
63. V. macrantha, Hook. 7. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 213.—A short 
stout sparingly branched erect shrub 1-2 ft. high; branches erect 
or spreading, rigid, terete or obscurely tetragonous, glabrous or 
faintly puberulous above. Leaves 4~-1in. long, obovate-lanceolate 
to obovate or broadly oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute, narrowed into 
a short stout petiole, obtusely serrate, very thick and corfaceous, 
smooth, flat, glossy, margins thickened. Racemes few or many, 
axillary, 3—-8-flowered; peduncle slender, usually longer than the 
leaves; bracts narrow-lanceolate. Flowers large, 2in. diam., pure 
white; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx deeply 4-partite ; 
segments lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, }—-in. long. Corolla- 
tube short; lobes 4, broad, rounded. Capsule broadly ovoid, acute, 
equalling or slightly exceeding the calyx-segments.—Armstr. wm 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 350. 
SoutH Istanp: Alpine grassy slopes from Mount Arthur (Nelson) to Lake 
Te Anau (Otago), chiefly in the central chain of mountains. 2500-5000 ft. 
December—February. 
One of the most distinct species of the genus, easily recognised by the 
sparingly branched rigid habit, very coriaceous toothed leaves, and large pure- 
white flowers. Specimens from Mount Arthur and other parts of the Nelson 
District have shorter broader leaves, more numerous racemes, and smaller 
flowers than is usual in Canterbury and Otago, and may be distinguished as 
yar. brachyphylia. 
64. V. Benthami, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 60, t. 39, 40.—An 
erect branching shrub 2-4 ft. high; branches stout, ringed with 
the scars of the fallen leaves, naked below, leafy above, younger 
ones bifariously pubescent. Leaves crowded towards the ends of 
the branches, sessile, opposite pairs connate at the very base, 
4-14 in. long, linear-oblong to obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed 
to the base, flat, coriaceous, veinless, entire or with a few coarse 
serratures above the middle, margins with a line of white down. 
Racemes terminating the branches, elongated, 14-3 in. long, many- 
flowered, clothed with numerous leafy imbricating bracts 1+ in. 
long. Flowers pedicelled, not exceeding the bracts, 14+ in. diam., 
bright-blue. Calyx deeply 5-partite; segments unequal, oblong- 
spathulate, margined with white down. Corolla-tube shorter than 
the calyx; limb 5-lobed, more rarely 3-6-lobed; lobes obovate, 
obtuse. Stamens 2, rarely 3, short, included. Capsule broadly 
ovoid, acute, about as long as the calyx.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 214; 
Armstr. wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii. (1881) 350. V. finaustrina, 
Homb. and Jacq. Voy. aw Pole Sud, Dicot. t. 9, fig. y. 
AUCKLAND AND CaMpBELL IsLANDS: Rocky places, abundant, Sir J. De 
Hooker, Kirk! Chapman! H. J. Matthews ! December—F'ebruary. 
