544 SCROPHULARINES. | Veronica. 
long, broadly oblong or obovate, obtuse, with 1 or 2 deep notches 
on each side or entire, thick and coriaceous, black when dry. 
Peduncles axillary, remote from the ends of the branches, very 
long, 3-9 in., slender, strict, erect, glabrous or puberulous, few- or 
many-flowered ; pedicels slender, erect, ++4in. long; bracts small, 
oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse. Flowers about in. diam. 
Calyx 4-partite ; segments ovate or oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube 
very short; limb with four spreading rounded lobes. Stamens 
shorter than the corolla-lobes. Capsule broadly oblong, retuse, 
exceeding the calyx.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 196; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. 215; Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 349. 
SoutH Isuanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts as far south as 
central Otago, usually on shingle-beds by the sides of streams, ascending to 
4000 ft. November—February. 
A much more prostrate plant than V. Lyallii, with smaller leaves which 
usually have only one or two serratures on each side, and with very long strict 
peduncles. 
77. V. Hookeriana, Walp. Rep. iii. 341.—A small stout much 
or sparingly branched prostrate herb 3-10in. long; branches short, 
stout, ascending, leafy, glandular-pubescent. Leaves crowded, very 
shortly petiolate, spreading, }-4in. long, broadly ovate or oblong- 
ovate, obtuse, coarsely and obtuselv crenate, thick and coriaceous, 
rigid, often black when dry, pubescent on both surfaces or glabrous 
above. Peduncles usually several, lateral or near the tips of the 
branches, 1-2in. long, stout, erect, densely pubescent, bearing a 
4-8-flowered corymbose raceme at the top; bracts, pedicels, and 
calyces densely glandular-pubescent. Flowers }-+in. diam., white 
or white streaked with pink. Calyx 4-partite; segments ovate, 
obtuse. Corolla-tube very short; limb broad, spreading, 4-lobed ; 
lobes rounded. Stamens rather shorter than the lobes. Cap- 
sule broadly oblong, about one-third longer than the calyx when 
mature.—V. nivea, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 640 (not of Lindl.). V.niva- 
lis, Benth. in D.C. Prodr. x. 477; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 196; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 215. V. compacta, Col. mm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. 
(1888) 202. 
Norro Is~tanp: Tongariro and Ngauruhoe, Bidwill, Hill! Ruapehu, 
Kirk! Rev. F. H. Spencer! Petrie! 3000-5000 ft. 
The usual state of this plant is excellently figured in the ‘‘ Icones Plan- 
tarum.”’ Its distinguishing characters are the stout habit, rather large closely 
placed almost sessile rigid and coriaceous leaves, stout glandular-pubescent 
peduncles, and short corymbose racemes of rather large flowers. 
78. V. Olseni, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 607.— 
Stems prostrate, sparingly branched; branches short, rooting at 
the nodes, densely pubescent with short spreading hairs. Leaves 
shortly petioled, rather close-set, spreading, +4in. long, broadly 
ovate or almost orbicular, obtuse, deeply and coarsely serrate, 
