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89217 to 89382— Continued. 



89238 to 89314. Hebe spp. Scrophularia- 

 ceae. 



A collection of evergreen woody species. 



89238. Hebe acutiflora (Benth.) Cock- 

 ayne (Veronica acutiflora Benth.). 



A small erect sparingly branched 

 shrub with slender branches and sessile 

 spreading linear-lanceolate leaves 2 to 

 3 inches long. The very small flowers 

 are in slender axillary racemes 2 to 4 

 inches long. 



89239. Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cock- 

 ayne (Veronica albicans Petrie). 



A low spreading much-branched 

 shrub 2 to 4 feet high, with dark- 

 brown bark. The spreading decussate 

 leaves, oblong-ovate to almost orbicular, 

 are up to an inch long, and the white 

 flowers are in dense racemes in the 

 axils of the upper leaves. 



. Hebe amabilis (Cheeseman) 

 Cockayne (Veronica amabilis Cheese- 

 man). 



A tall branching sbrub 6 to 15 feet 

 or more in height, with spreading 

 oblong-lanceolate flat leaves 2 to 4 

 inches long and relatively large white 

 flowtrs less than an inch across in 

 slender axillary racemes. 



89241. Hebe amplexicaulis (Arm- 

 strong) Cockayne and Allan (Veron- 

 ica amplexicaulis Armstrong). 



An erect or decumbent shrub 1 to 

 3 feet high, with stout spreading 

 branches and decussate, sessile, very 

 leathery, glaucous, broadly oblong 

 leaves up to an inch in length. The 

 small white flowers are in dense spikes 

 about an inch long, borne near the tips 

 of the branches. 



89242. Hebe angustifolia (A. Rich.) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica an- 

 gustifolia A. Rich.). 



An erect bushy shrub 5 to 18 feet 

 high, with purplish-brown bark and 

 sessile, narrowly linear, dark-green 

 leaves 1 to 3 inches long. The small 

 pale-lilac flowers are in numerous 

 axillary racemes near the ends of the 

 branches. 



89243. Hebe axxulata (Petrie) Cock- 

 ayne and Allan (Veronica annulata 

 Petrie). 



A small bushy shrub with short 

 stout branches and dark brown bark. 

 The leaves, in opposite pairs, are but 

 one-sixteenth of an inch long, forming 

 a sheath surrounding the branch. The 

 small white flowers are in small ter- 

 minal heads. 



89244. Hebe axomala (Armstrong) 

 Cockayne (Veronica anomala Arm- 

 strong). 



An erect bush, 3 to 5 feet high, 

 with spreading, sessile or nearly ses- 

 sile, shining dark-green leathery linear- 

 oblong leaves nearly an inch long. 

 The small white or pale-pink flowers 

 are in spikes crowded near the ends 

 of the branches. 



89245 and 89246. Hebe armstrongii 

 (Johnson) Cockayne and Allan 

 (Veronica armstrongii Johnson). 



89245. A low bush about 2 feet high, 

 with very numerous branchlets 

 clothed in imbricating hairs. In 



89217 to 89382— Continued. 



mature plants the closely imbri- 

 cated leathery leaves form sheaths 

 inclosing the branches. The white 

 flowers are in small terminal 

 heads. 



89246. Variety minor. A smaller 

 form. 



89247. Hebe balfouriaxa (Hook, f.) 

 Cockayne (Veronica balfouriana 

 Hook. f.). 



An erect shrub about 3 feet high, 

 with dark-brown bark and flexuose 

 purplish-brown branches. The bright 

 pale-green leathery leaves, margined 

 with red-brown, are in loose pairs, 

 and the pale violet-blue flowers are in 

 opposite axillary racemes. 



89248. Hebe barkeri Cockayne (Veron- 

 ica barkeri Cockayne). 



A stout branching shrub with erect 

 branches and spreading sessile thick 

 fleshy dull-green lanceolate leaves about 

 2 inches long. The small pale-lilac 

 flowers are in dense axillary racemes. 



89249. Hebe biggarii Cockayne (Veron- 

 ica biggarii Cockayne). 



A low decumbent shrub up to 3 feet 

 high, with slender spreading branches 

 and close-set leathery oblong some- 

 what distichous leaves about half an 

 inch long. The small white flowers 

 are in numerous dense axillary 

 racemes. 



89250. Hebe blanda (Cheeseman) Pen- 

 nell (Veronica amabilis blanda 

 Cheeseman). 



Closely related to H. amabilis, but 

 with shorter leaves and denser, short- 

 er flower clusters. 



89251. Hebe bolloxsii (Cockayne) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica bol- 

 lonsii Cockayne). 



A low erect bush 3 to 5 feet high, 

 with smooth shining thick-margined 

 oblong leaves 1 to 3 inches long and 

 pale-lilac flowers in many-flowered 

 racemes. 



89252 and 89253. Hebe buchanani 

 (Hook, f.) Cockayne and Allan 

 (Veronica buchanani Hook. f.). 



89252. A small bush a foot or less 

 high, with stout spreading 

 branches, sometimes tortuous, and 

 decussate closely imbricate leath- 

 ery broadly oblong leaves about 

 one-half inch in length. The 

 small white flowers are in short 

 spikes near the tips of the 

 branches. 



89253. Variety major. A taller and 

 stouter variety, with larger leaves 

 and flower spikes. 



89254 to 89265. Hebe bdxifolia 

 (Benth.) Cockayne and Allan (Ve- 

 ronica burifolia Benth.). 



89254. A stout erect shrub 1 to 5 feet 

 high, with densely leafy strict 

 branches and closely imbricate, 

 broadly oblong, rigid dark-green 

 leaves about one-fourth inch long. 

 The small white flowers are in 

 dense axillary spikes. 



89255. Variety compacta. A form of 

 more compact habit. 



