540 SCROPHULARINEX, [ Veronica. 
SourH Isntanp: Nelson—Upper Wairau, Travers, Monro; Upper Clarence, 
Jollies’ Pass, Jack’s Pass, &c., 7. F. C.; Waiau Valley, Kirk! Canterbury— 
Banks Peninsula, Raoul, Armstrong! Kowai River, Haast, Petrie! Broken 
River basin, Hnys! Kirk! Cockayne! T. F. C. 500-3500 ft. October- 
November. 
69. V. pulvinaris, Hook. f. and Benth. Gen. Plant. ii. 964.—A 
small densely tufted hoary moss-like plant, forming soft rounded 
cushions 1-3in. diam.; branches closely compacted, fin. diam. 
Leaves very densely imbricate, =, in. long, linear-oblong or linear- 
spathulate, obtuse or subacute, not coriaceous, quite entire, the mar- 
gins and both surfaces above the middle hispid with copious long 
white hairs. Flowers terminal, solitary, very shortly pedicelled, about 
xin. long, white. Calyx deeply 5-partite; segments linear, ciliate. 
Corolla salver-shaped ; tube narrow, slightly longer than the calyx ; 
limb flat, spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens included; filaments very 
short. Ovary pilose at the tip. Capsule not seen.—Pygmea 
pulvinaris, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 217; Ic. Plant. t. 1047; Buch. 
im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 352, t. 32, f. 2. 
SourH IstanD: Mountains of Nelson, Marlborough, and Canterbury, abund- 
ant. 3500-6500 ft. 
This and the two following species differ from Veronica in the 5- or 6-partite 
corolla and in the leaves not being quadrifariously arranged, and constituted 
the genus Pygmea of the Handbook. In the ‘‘Genera Plantarum ”’ the 
genus was reduced to a section of Veronica, and this view has also been followed 
by Wettstein in ‘‘ Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien.” 
70. V. Thomsoni, Cheesem.—Very similar in most respects to 
V. pulvinaris, but rather larger and stouter. Leaves very densely 
imbricate, ,in. long, rhomboid-obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse 
or subacute, somewhat thick and fleshy towards the tip, mem- 
branous towards the base, quite entire, usually copiously hispid on 
the margins and back above the middle, upper surface often 
glabrous. Flowers solitary, terminal, rather larger than in V. pul- 
vinarts. Calyx deeply 5-partite; segments linear, obtuse, ciliate. 
Corolla-tube much longer than the calyx ; limb spreading, 5-lobed. 
Stamens included; filaments very short. Ovary pilose at the tip. 
Capsule narrowly obcordate, turgid, about as long as the calyx.— 
Pygmea Thomsoni, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 353, 
#, 32, f.3. 
Var. glabra.—Glabrous, or with a few scattered hairs on the margins of the 
leaves. 
SoutH Istanp: Otago—Mount Alta, Buchanan and McKay! Kurow 
Mountains, Mount St, Bathan’s, Mount Pisa, Petrie ! 4500-6500 ft. 
Very near to V. pulvinaris, but the leaves are broader and the corolla 
larger, with a much longer tube. It is easily confounded with Myosotis 
pulvinaris. 
71. V. ciliolata, Hook. 7. and Benth. Gen. Plant. 11. 964.— 
A small densely tufted moss-like plant, forming rounded cushions 
