194 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Scrophularinee. 
Has. Middle and Southern Islands. Dusky Bay, Forster. Otago, Port Preservation, and Ruapuke 
Island, Lyall. 
A small tree or large shrub, branching from the base, with often long branches, covered with uniform bright 
green decussate leaves, and corymbs of large white, or pale blue, or purplish flowers. Branches pubescent, or hoary 
with two white lines. Leaves 3-1 inch long, 2-5 lines broad, shining, oblong or lanceolate, acute or blunt, with a 
mucro. Racemes hardly longer than the leaves, axillary or terminal, few-flowered, rarely corymbose, with four to six 
(rarely eight to ten) pedicellate large flowers. Sepals four, sharp, shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla 3 
inch across. Capsule broadly ovate, about 6 lines long.—This handsome plant is also a native of Lord Auckland’s 
Group, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands. 
19. Veronica Levis, Benth. ; fruticosa, glabra, foliis basi in petiolum brevem angustatis petiolatis ovali- 
oblongis v. late obovatis mucronatis crassis rigidis integerrimis costa carinatis, racemis brevibus ad apices 
ramorum subcorymbosis pauci- v. multifloris leviter glanduloso-puberulis, sepalis 4 oblongis obtusis corollze 
tubum sequantibus v. brevioribus, corolla laciniis majoribus ovatis vix tubum zequantibus. Benth. l. c. 
Var. B. carnosula; foliis late obovatis obtusis subcarnosis cartilagineo-marginatis costa dorso valido v. 
evanido. 
Haz. Northern and Middle Islands. Tongariro, Bidwill. Ruahine range, Colenso. Nelson, moun- 
tains 2-6000 feet, Bidwill. 
A small shrub, 2—4 feet high, guite smooth, except the raceme, which is pubescent. Stems and branches thick, 
woody, scarred, black. Leaves small, 3-4 inch long, numerous, decussate, very thick and coriaceous, oblong-lan- 
ceolate or obovate, acute, concave, mucronate, sessile or narrowed into a very short thick petiole. Racemes in the 
upper axils, short, many- or few-flowered, 4-2 inches long. Sepals four, oblong, blunt, as long as the tube of the 
corolla, or much shorter. Corolla very variable in length. Stamens included or exserted. The var. 8 has much 
broader and almost fleshy leaves.—This species is too nearly allied to 7. buxifolia. 
13. Veronica Jumifolia, Benth. ; fruticosa, glaberrima, foliis breviter petiolatis ovali-ellipticis vix mu- 
cronatis integerrimis crassis rigidis concavis basi truncatis, racemis brevissimis paucifloris ad apices ramu- 
lorum congestis, floribus subsessilibus, sepalis 4 obtusissimis corolla tubum zeguantibus, corollie laciniis ma- 
joribus ovatis tubo eeguilongis, staminibus corolla vix brevioribus. Benth. [. c. 
Haz. Northern and Middle Islands, Dieffendach. Ruahine mountains, Colenso. Nelson, altitude 6000 
feet, Bidwilt. 
A glabrous shrub, 2-3 feet high, very like Y. levis in most characters, but smaller, with the leaves more 
densely imbricated, and truncated above the petiole. Racemes shorter, fewer-flowered. Leaves 4-3 inch long, very 
thick, coriaceous, sharp, keeled, concave, suddenly truncate, with a short thick petiole and slender midrib. Zacemes 
scarcely longer than the leaves, few-flowered. lowers large, white with purple veins.—Very nearly allied to 7. 
levis, and perhaps not distinct; the P. odora of Lord Auckland's Group (Fl. Antarct. p. 62. t. 41) is probably a 
variety of this. 
14. Veronica tetragona, Hook.; fruticulosa, humilis, ramosissima, foliis arcte quadrifariam imbricatis 
ovatis obtusiusculis carinatis crassis nitidis basi latis lanosis ceeterum glabris, floribus paucis in apicibus ra- 
mulorum subsessilibus, sepalis oblongis obtusis rigidis corolle tubum «quantibus. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 580. 
Benth. l.c. Podocarpus Dieffenbachii, Je. Plant. 
Has. Northern Island. Tongariro, Bidwill Mount Hikurangi, Colenso. 
A most remarkable species, quite like Dacrydium tavifolium in young foliage. Shrubby, 8-10 inches high. 
Stems and branches very woody, denscly covered with imbricated decussate leaves. Leaves connate, very thick and 
coriaceous, ovate, blunt, keeled, shining, woolly inside at the base. Flowers few, nearly sessile. 
