350 Transactions, — Botany. 



Series A. — Floivers paniculate. 

 Leaves 1-1^ inch long, ovate or obloug ... 11. V. hulkeana, F.M. 

 Leaves ^-1 inch, obovate-spathulate ... 12. F. lavaudiana, Kaoul. 

 Leaves ^-1 inch, oblong-spathulate ... 13. V. raoulii, H.f. 



Series B. — Floivers racemose. 

 Leaves -^-l^ inch, obovate or sub-orbicular 14. V. benthamii, H.f. 

 Leaves |-1 inch, obovate-lanceolate ... 15. V. macrantha, H.f. 



Section 2. — Leaves entire ; flowers spicate or sub-spicate ; .leaves more or less 

 densely imbricate. 



Series A. — Leaves broad, obtuse, glaucous ; flowers spicate. 

 Leaves i-i^ inch long, broadly oblong ... 16. V. amplexicaulis, n.s. 

 Leaves \-\ inch, sub-orbicular ... ... 17. V. carnosula, H.f. 



Leaves ^-^ inch, oblong-obovate ... ... 18. V. pinguifolia H.i. 



Series B. — Leaves not glaucous ; floioers sub-spicate. 

 Leaves ^f inch, ovate-lanceolate... ... 19. V. decTimbens, n.s. 



Series C. — Leaves not glaucous ; floivers in sub-capitate spikes. 

 Leaves ^-J inch, orbicular, recurved ... 20. V. buchanani, H.i, 



Series D. — Leaves glaucous, narrow, spikes hairy. 

 Leaves J-i inch, obovate-oblong ... ... 21. V. glauco-cserulea, n.s. 



Leaves ^-^ inch, linear-obovate ... ... 22. V. pimeleoides,'H..i. 



Section 3. — Leaves densely imbricated ; flowers in terminal ovoid heads 

 formed of an aggregation of spikes. 

 Leaves J-^ inch, keeled, oblong or broadly 



obovate ... ... ... 23. F. epacridea, H.f. 



Leaves \-\ inch, obovate-oblong or round 24. V. macrocalyx, n.s. 

 Leaves ^-\ inch, oblong- orbicular ... 25. F. haastii, H.f. 



Section 4. — Leaves closely imbricated ; flowers in sub-terminal racemes, often 

 crowded. 

 Leaves \-\ inch, obovate-oblong ... ... 26. F. buxifolia, Benth. 



Leaves \-^ inch, obovate, shining ... 27. F. odora, H.f. 



Leaves J-| inch, broadly obovate-oblong... 28. F. lavis, Benth. 

 Leaves |-1 inch, narrowly obovate ... 29. F. obovata. Kirk, 

 Leaves f-1 inch, ovate-lanceolate ... 30. V. monticola, n.s. 



Leaves \ inch, ovate or obovate ... ... 31. V. grayii, n.s. 



Leaves \-\ inch, obovate, mucronate ... 32. V. canterbxiriensis, n.s. 



Section 5. — Leaves not more than one inch long, decussate, rarely loosely- 

 imbricated ; flowers in racemes, ivhich are subterminal, often croxvded, usually 

 short. 

 Series A. — Racemes crowded, becoming a panicle by the defoliation of the upper 



leaves. 

 Leaves |-1 inch, linear-oblong ... .. 33. V. anomala, n.s. 



Leaves |— f inch, linear- obovate ... ... 34, V. vernicosa, H,f. 



