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Corolla white ; tube J inch long, much flattened on the inner side ; limb \ inch 

 across ; lobes ovate, obtuse. Stamens longer than the style. Anthers red. 

 Capsules ovate, much compressed, surmounted by the remains of the style. 



Hab. — Provincial Districts of Canterbury and Nelson, J.B.A. A very 

 beautiful little plant with the habit of V. pinguifolia, but the leaves are 

 green, glabrous, larger than in that plant, not keeled, and the flowers dis- 

 tinctly pedicellate ; a most distinct species. 



21. F. glauco-ccerulea, Armstrong, "New Zealand Country Journal," Vol. 

 III. A small, stout, decumbent, or sub-erect shrub, much-branched, in- 

 tensely glaucous throughout, with slightly hairy branches. Leaves closely 

 imbricated, ^ inch long, obovate-oblong, on short broad petioles, acute, 

 rather concave, not keeled, coriaceous (but not rigid). Veins obsolete 

 above ; midrib evident below. Floivers in short few-flowered spikes crowded 

 together near the tips of the branchlets. Peduncles covered with soft, white 

 hairs. Bracts ovate, acuminate, keeled, hairy and ciliated, shorter than 

 the calyx-lobes. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, hairy and ciliated on the margins, 

 ■^ inch long. Corolla deep blue changing to purple ; tube -J^ inch long ; 

 Hmb J-J inch diameter ; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse. Staviens as long as 

 the style. Anthers blue. Capsules ovoid-compressed, acute, twice as long 

 as the calyx. 



Hab. — Nelson, Canterbury, and North Otago, 2,000-5,000 feet. 

 The intensely glaucous, closely set leaves, and dark blue or purple flowers, 

 distinguish this from all but V. pimeleoides, from which it is best dis- 

 tinguished by the stouter branches, longer petioles, and much darker flowers. 

 It is a most beautiful and ornamental plant, a great favourite in gardens. 



24. V. macrocalyx, n.s. 

 A short-branched, straggling, decumbent or prostrate shrub, 4-8 in. long. 

 Branches stout, leafy above, below densely clothed with the broad sheathing 

 bases of old leaves, which are generally hairy and ciliated. Leaves bright 

 green when fresh, brown when dry, densely quadrifariously imbricated, often 

 much reflexed, broadly obovate-oblong, -J- f inch long, J- ^ inch broad, obtuse, 

 sessile by a membranous amplexicaul base, concave above, slightly keeled 

 below, slightly revolute, glabrous above, except a few scattered white hairs, 

 puberulous below, coriaceous, rigid when dry, thinned on the margin, 

 minutely lacerated, particularly towards the base, often minutely ciliated ; 

 midrib sunken above, keeled below ; other veins very indistinct. Floivers very 

 shortly pedicelled in 8-10-flowered racemes, collected into shortly-stalked ter- 

 minal or sessile sub-terminal heads. Heads ovoidiOx oblong, l-l|-inch long, 

 f-1 inch broad, very dense. Pedicels extremely short, stout, rarely absent. 

 Bracts ^ inch long, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile or very shortly- 



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