542 SCROPHULARINE. [ Veronica. 
73. V. linifolia, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 214.—A small much 
and diffusely branched procumbent herb; branches slender, often 
rooting below, ascending at the tips, terete, glabrous, 2-9 in. long or 
more. Leaves numerous, closely placed, spreading, 4-1 in. long, 
75-3 in. broad, linear, obtuse at the tip, narrowed into a rather long 
broad petiole, flat, subcoriaceous, quite entire; margins of petiole 
ciliate. Racemes 1-3 towards the ends of the branches, 1—2in. 
long, slender, naked below, 2-5-flowered ; bracts $-4 in. long, linear, 
obtuse ; pedicels long, +-lin., slender, curved. Flowers large, 
4-4 in. diam., white or pale-rose. Calyx din. long, deeply 4-partite ; 
segments linear- oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube very short; limb 
broad, spreading, 4-lobed; lobes broad, rounded, veined. Stamens 
equalling the corolla-lobes. Capsule broadly obcordate, rather 
shorter than the calyx.—drmstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 
349. 
SoutH Isuanp: Nelson—Mount Owen, W. Townson! Mount Franklin, 
Park; Lake Tennyson, 7. #. C. Canterbury—-Broken River, Petrie! Craigie- 
burn Mountains, Cockayne; Upper Waimakariri, Hnys! T. #. C.; Ashburton 
Mountains, Potts! Clyde Glacier and Mount Darwin, Haast. Westland— 
Otira Valley, T. F. C.; Okarito, A. Hamilton. Otago—Lake Wanaka, 
Buchanan! mountains near Arrowtown, Petrie ! 1500-4500 ft. December- 
January. 
A very distinct and well-marked plant. 
74. V. catarractee, Yorst. Prodr. n. 9.—Stems slender, terete, 
sparingly branched, suberect, or prostrate below and then ascend- 
ing, 6-24 in. Jong, glabrous or bifariously pubescent, woody at the 
base. Leaves rather distant, shortly petiolate, spreading, 1—4 in. 
long, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely and 
sharply serrate, coriaceous or submembranous, flat, 1-nerved, paler 
beneath. Racemes few or many towards the tips of the branches, 
solitary and axillary, slender, curved or erect, 3-9 in. long, many- 
flowered ; pedicels slender, puberulous, 4-1 in. long; bracts linear- 
subulate. Flowers 4-3 in. diam., white or pale-rose. Calyx deeply 
4-partite; segments ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, acute or 
acuminate. Corolla with a very short tube and 4 rounded spread- 
ing lobes. Capsule broadly oblong, turgid, emarginate or almost 
2-lobed, usually about 4 longer than the calyx.—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. 
Zel. 189; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 380; Raoul, Choix, 48; Hook. f. 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 195; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 216. V. irrigans, Kirk in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. (1870) 94. 
Var. lanceolata, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 195.—Stems shorter and more 
slender. Leaves 4-1}in. long, ,-4in. broad, linear or narrow linear-lanceolate. 
—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 216. YV. lanceolata, Benth. in. D.C. Prodr. x. 462. 
Var. diffusa, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 216.—Procumbent, diffusely 
branched. Leaves 3$-14in. long, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute. Calyx-segments 
ovate, acute.—V. diffusa, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 645; Fl. Nov. Zel.i.195. 
NortH anp SourH Isnanps: From the Thames goldfields to the south of 
Otago, but often local. Most plentiful on the west coast of the South Island. 
Sea-level to 3000 ft. November-January. 
