546 SCROPHULARINES. [ Veronica 
pedicels spreading, 4-4in. long; bracts linear-obovate. Flowers 
small, tin. diam. Calyx 4- partite; segments obovate - oblong, 
obtuse or subacute, enlarging in fruit. Corolla-tube very short; 
limb with 4 rounded lobes. Stamens shorter than the corolla- 
lobes. Capsule transversly oblong or orbicular, compressed, slightly 
emarginate, altogether included in the enlarged calyx.—Benth. Fl. 
Austral. iv. 510. V. elongata, Benth. in D.C. Prodr. x. 478; Hook. 
f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 197; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 216. V. calycina, A. 
Cunn. Precur. n. 382 (not of fh. Br.). 
Norrs Istanp.—In lowland situations from the North Cape to the Thames 
River, rare and local, 
81. V. Anagallis, Linn. Sp. Plant. 12.—Stems stout, succulent, 
glabrous, decumbent at the base, then erect, simple or sparingly 
branched, 6-18in. high. Leaves sessile and semiamplexicaul, 
1-3 in. long, oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, subacute or obtuse, 
often cordate at the base, more or less serrate or almost entire, 
membranous when dry. Racemes numerous towards the ends of 
the branches, axillary, suberect, 4-10in. long, many- flowered ; 
bracts small, linear or lanceolate. Flowers small, + in. diam., 
pale- blue or almost white. Calyx 4-partite; segments ovate- 
oblong, obtuse or subacute. Corolla-tube very short; limb 4-lobed, 
spreading. Capsule broadly oblong, notched, shorter than the 
calyx.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 197; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 216. 
Nortu Istanp: Hawke’s Bay, watery places, Colenso ! 
This has not been observed since its original discovery by Mr. Colenso, more 
than fifty years ago. Although a widely distributed plant in the Northern 
Hemisphere it is unknown in the southern, except in South Africa, where it is 
supposed to be an introduction, and in New Zealand. Possibly Mr. Colenso’s 
specimens were introduced as well; but if so, it is remarkable that the plant 
should have apparently disappeared. 
82. V. Muelleri, Buch. im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 351, 
t. 32.—Stems prostrate or rooting, branched, 6-18 in. long, putting 
up numerous short suberect branchlets 4-2in. long. Leaves 
crowded towards the tips of the branchlets, spreading, petioled, 
411in. long, linear-obovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire or with 
1 or 2 coarse notches on each side, coriaceous, glabrous or the 
petioles ciliate on the margins. Flowers solitary and axillary at 
the tips of the branches, almost hidden by the leaves, sessile or 
shortly pedicelled, $in. diam. Calyx 4-partite ; segments linear- 
obovate, obtuse. Corolla-tube rather long, exceeding the calyx; 
limb spreading, 4-lobed. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes. 
Capsule equalling the calyx or rather shorter than it, transversely 
oblong, didymous. 
SourH Istanp: Otago —Hector’s Col, Mount Aspiring Range, alt. 5000ft., 
Buchanan and McKay ! 
