Veronica. | SCROPHULARINEX. 541 
1-3in. diam.; branches rather stout, 4-lin. high, rarely more, 
with the leaves on 4-4in. diam. Leaves densely imbricate, ¢ in. 
long, broadly obovate-spathulate, rounded at the tip, coriaceous, 
quite entire, both surfaces glabrous or nearly so, margins ciliate 
from below the middle with long stiff white hairs. Flowers 
solitary, terminal, sessile or nearly so, #,-}in. long, white. Calyx 
deeply 5-partite; segments linear-spathulate, ciliate. Corolla 
salver-shaped; tube cylindrical, rather longer than the calyx; 
limb flat, spreading, 5- or rarely 6-lobed; lobes oblong, obtuse. 
Stamens usually included; filaments short; anthers large. Ovary 
glabrous. Capsule not seen.—Pygmea ciliolata, Hook. f. Handb. 
N.4. Fl. 217; Ic. Plant. t. 1047; Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. 
(1882) 352, t. 32, f. 1. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Discovery Peaks, 7'’avers. Canterbury—Hopkins 
River, Haast. Otago—Mount Alta and Hector’s Col, Buchanan ! 5000- 
6500 ft. 
Distinguished from the two preceding by the stouter branches and more 
coriaceous broader leaves, ciliate on the margins only. When dry the margins 
of the eaves are incurved, the hairs all pointing inwards. 
72. V. loganioides, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 359, 
—A dwarf shrub 6-14 in. high; stems woody, decumbent at the 
base, erect above; branches numerous, slender, terete, leafy above, 
ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves below, pubescent or 
almost villous with lax soft greyish-white hairs. Leaves decussate, 
in rather close-set opposite pairs, erecto-patent, sessile, 1-1 in. 
long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire or sometimes with one or two 
small teeth on each side, dull-green, coriaceous, keeled. Racemes 
near the tips of the branches, forming a small corymb-like head, 
short, few-flowered, rhachis and pedicels pubescent or almost 
villous. Flowers tin. diam., white or white with pink veins. 
Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments ovate-oblong, acute, ciliolate. 
Corolla-tube broad and short, not equalling the calyx; limb 
4-lobed; dorsal and lateral lobes subequal, orbicular - oblong, 
obtuse ; anticous lobe narrower, oblong. Capsule elliptical-oblong, 
didymous, turgid, notched at the tip, rather shorter than the calyx. 
—AHook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 7404. 
Sourn Isnanp: Canterbury—Rangitata Valley, Armstrong! Clyde Valley, 
W. Gray. : 
A very remarkable plant, of dubious affinity, quite unlike any other. Mr. 
Kirk has pointed out that the capsule is didymous, with the septum across the 
narrowest diameter; and the short tube of the corolla and large rounded lobes 
also show a relationship to the herbaceous section of the genus. But the habit 
of the plant, with its woody stems and small close-set leaves, is nearer that of 
the section including V. lycopodioides and its allies. Mr. Armstrong’s original 
description is by no means characteristic of the specimens cultivated by him in 
the Christchurch Botanical Gardens. 
