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22. Veronica spathulata, Benth. ; humilis, prostrata, czespitoso-ramosissima, foliis petiolatis obovato- 
spathulatis erenatis supra glabris subtus ramulisque hirto-puberulis, pedunculis folio paulo longioribus 
apice paucifloris, sepalis late oblongis obtusis hirtis capsulam latam truncatam «equantibus. Benth. l. c. 
Haz. Northern Island. Tongariro, Bidwill. 
Stems 2—4 inches long, prostrate, branching, tufted, leafy. Leaves very thick and coriaceous, + inch long, 
petioles as long, obovate-spathulate, with a few large blunt erenatures. — Peduncles very little longer than the leaves, 
stout, erect, with a few flowers at the top. Sepals oblong, blunt, as long as the broad truncate capsule. 
23. Veronica Anagallis, Linn.; glabra v. rarius puberula, decumbens, herbacea, flaccida, foliis sessili- 
bus semiamplexicaulibus rarius breve petiolatis ovali-ellipticis oblongisve obtusis crenato-serratis crassiusculis 
basi rotundatis, capsula. membranacea. subrotunda turgida emarginata. Linn. Sp. Pl. Engl. Bot. t. 781. 
Benth. 1. c. 
Has. Northern Island. Watery places on the east coast, etc., Colenso. 
A succulent plant, frequenting wet places; everywhere smooth, rarely pubescent. Stems rooting at the base, 
à span to a foot long. Leaves 1-2 inches long, membranous when dry, oblong, blunt, obtusely exenate, with con- 
tracted half-stem-clasping bases. Racemes numerous, axillary, opposite, longer than the leaves, many-flowered. 
Peduncles patent or reflexed, + inch long. Flowers pale blue or flesh-coloured. 
24. Veronica elongata, Benth. ; caulibus elongatis procumbentibus vel reptantibus glabris, foliis petio- 
latis late ovato-deltoideis inciso-serratis glabris v. utrinque hirtis, racemis brevibus 1—4-floris v. elongatis 
remote paucifloris depauperatis, bracteis oblongis, sepalis obovatis capsulam latam emarginatam superanti- 
bus. Benth. l. c. V. calycina, A. Cunn. Prodr. non Br. 
Has. Northern Island. Bay of Islands, Cunningham, ete. 
Stems very long and slender (2-3 feet), flexuose, glabrous or pubescent, prostrate, diffusely branched. Leaves 
broadly ovate-cordate or deltoid, 4-1 inch long, coarsely irregularly crenate or toothed, three-nerved, glabrous or 
slightly hairy, on petioles 3-3 inch long. Peduncles axillary, stout, bearing short or elongated racemes of four to 
ten flowers, 3-5 inches long.  Pedicels elongate, 4 inch long, with leafy bracts. ^ Sepals leafy, obovate, blunt, 24 
lines long, longer than the ripe capsule.—A very distinct species, closely allied to the Australian Y. calycina. 
Gen. VIII. OURISIA, Comm. 
Calyx 5-lobus v. -partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, incurva v. obliqua ; limbi 5-fidi laciniis obtusis 
planis. Stamina 4, didynama, inclusa ; antherse subreniformes, loculis divaricatis confluentibus. Stylus 
apice capitato-stigmatosus. Capsula loculicide bivalvis; valvulis medio septiferis, placentas auferentibus. 
Semina plurima ; testa laxa, reticulata. Benth. in DC. Prodr. 
Erect or creeping herbs, natives of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the mountains of South America. 
Leaves opposite, radical or cauline, or both, the latter sometimes whorled. Flowers axillary and solitary, or race- 
mose, or subumbellate. Calya five-lobed or -parted. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an oblique or incurved tube, and 
five blunt lobes. Stamens four, didynamous. Anthers reniform, two-celled ; cells divaricating, confluent at top. 
Style capitate. Capsule two-valved, loculicidal. (Named in honour of M. Ouris, Governor of the Falkland Islands, 
who procured the first species from Fuegia.) 
1. Ourisia maerophylla, Hook.; elata, caule brevi repente, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis ovato- 
cordatis v. basi obliquis crenatis floralibus verticillatis oblongis, racemo multifloro umbelliformi v. pedicellis 
verticillatis, corollee tubo limbi laciniis calyceque subeeguilongo. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 545, 546. Benth. l c. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Mount Egmont, Diefenbach. Ruahine mountains, Colenso. 
Chalky Bay, Lyall. 
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