Veronica. | SCROPHULARINES. 547 
Of this I have only seen two very indifferent specimens in Mr. Buchanan's 
herbarium, both long past flower. It is clearly a very distinct species, and, if 
Mr. Buchanan’s plate is correct, differs widely from all the New Zealand species 
belonging to the section with didymous capsules in the elongated tube of the 
corolla. 
83. V. Cheesemanii, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 1366a.— 
Small, greyish-green, densely tufted, forming rounded cushions 
2-5in. diam., pubescent in all its parts; branches slender, closely 
compacted. Leaves spreading, 4-4in. long, narrow - obovate, 
obtuse, coarsely and obtusely toothed or lobed, puberulous on 
both surfaces, narrowed into a long or short broad petiole. 
Flowers solitary and axillary, subsessile, small, white, } in. diam. 
Calyx deeply 4-partite, segments linear-spathulate, spreading, 
coarsely toothed towards the tip. “Corolla slightly longer than 
the calyx; tube very short; limb with 4 obovate emarginate 
lobes. Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes. Ovary broadly 
ovoid, hispid. Capsule shorter than the calyx, broadly didymous, 
slightly compressed, hispid, 4-valved to the base.—Cheesem. in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 299. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Summit of Gordon’s Nob and the Raglan Moun- 
tains, 7. #. C.; Mount Starveall, #. G. Gibbs! Canterbury—Shingle-slopes 
near the source of the Otira River, T. F’. C., Cockayne ! 3500-5500 ft. 
A peculiar little plant, with much of the aspect of a small Huphrasia. 
84. V. canescens, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix. (1877) 
503, t. 19.—A small creeping and rooting herb with intricately 
branched stems 1-4 in. long, often forming broad matted patches, 
everywhere hispid with greyish-white hairs. Leaves minute, 
spreading, shortly petioled or subsessile, 4-4, in. long, obtuse, 
entire, more or less densely clothed on both surfaces with curved 
hispid hairs. Flowers solitary and axillary, large for the size of 
the plant, ++ in. diam., pale-blue; peduncles short, slender, + in. 
long, with two hispid bracts below the middle. Calyx 4—5-partite ; 
segments linear-oblong, hispid. Corolla-tube very short; limb 
spreading, 4-lobed ; lobes unequal, oblong, often emarginate. Cap- 
sule small, broadly oblong, slightly compressed, retuse, altogether 
included in the calyx.—Tvans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 516. 
SoutH Is~tanp: Canterbury—Lake Forsyth, Kirk! Lake Ellesmere, Arm- 
strong; Lake Lyndon, Hnys! Kirk! T. F. C.; Mackenzie Plains, Lakes 
Tekapo and Pukaki, 7. F. C. Otago—Near Oamaru, Buchanan! central 
Otago, plentiful, Petrie! Wycliffe Bay, near Dunedin, B. C. Aston! Sea- 
level to 3000 ft. December—March. 
Usually found on the dried-up margins of lakes and pools. It is probably 
not uncommon in suitable localities on the eastern side of the South Island, but 
is easily overlooked, except when in flower. 
8. OURISIA, Comm. 
Perennial herbs, erect or decumbent or more or less prostrate. 
Leaves opposite, mostly radical, entire or more usually crenate. 
