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89217 to 89382— Continued. 



leaves half an inch long. The white 

 flowers are in short dense racemes with 

 tapering tips. 



89275. Hebe hectori (Hook, f.) Cock- 

 ayne and Allan (Veronica hectori 

 Hook. f.). 



A low robust hush 6 to 30 inches 

 high, with rigid erect branches and 

 thick densely imbricated leaves forming 

 closely appressed rings around the 

 branches. The small white flowers 

 are in small terminal heads crowded 

 near the tips of the branches. 



89276. Hebe hulkeana (F. Muell.) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica hul- 

 keana F. Muell.). 



A form with shining dark-green 

 coarsely toothed leaves about 2 inches 

 long and long sprays of lilac-colored 

 flowers in panicles sometimes a foot 

 long. 



89277. Hebe imbricata (Petrie) Cock- 

 ayne and Allan (Veronica imoricata 

 Petrie). 



An erect compact shrub 1 to 2 feet 

 high, w T ith thick coriaceous scalelike 

 leaves in opposite decussately arranged 

 pairs and compact heads of small 

 flowers. 



89278. Hebe kirkii (Armstrong) Cock- 

 ayne and Allan (Veronica kirkii 

 Armstrong). 



A variety with dark-brown branches, 

 small oblong-lanceolate leathery leaves, 

 and white flowers in racemes 4 to 8 

 inches long. 



89279. Hebe laevis (Benth.) Cockayne 

 and Allan (Veronica laevis Benth.). 



A low densely branched bush 1 to 5 

 feet high, with erect branches densely 

 leafy above and black bark. The thick 

 rigid decussate close-set leaves, half 

 an inch long, are ovate-oblong, and the 

 small white flowers are in dense 

 racemes. 



89280. Hebe laingii (Cockayne) Cock- 

 ayne and Allan (Veronica laingii 

 Cockayne). 



A small shrub 6 to 10 inches high, 

 the erect branches freely branching 

 toward the top. The ovoid deltoid 

 leaves are densely imbricate in oppo- 

 site pairs, and the white flowers are 

 in little heads at the tips of the 

 branchlets. 



89281. Hebe leiophylla (Cheeseman) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica 

 leiophylla Cheeseman). 



A large spreading shrub 4 to 12 feet 

 high, with spreading sessile leathery 

 linear-oblong leaves an inch long and 

 dense racemes of small white flowers. 



89282. Hebe lewisii (Armstrong) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica 

 lewisii Armstrong) . 



A handsome erect compact bush 3 

 to 6 feet high, with spreading pale- 

 green elliptic-oblong leathery leaves 

 about 2 inches long and pale-blue 

 flowers in dense racemes an inch in 

 diameter and nearly 3 inches long. 



89283. Hebe ligustrifolia (A. Cunn.) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica 

 ligustrifolia A. Cunn.). 



A small laxly branched shrub 1 to 

 3 feet high, with oblong or linear- 



89217 to 89382— Continued. 



oblong flat leaves 1 or 2 inches long. 

 The small white flowers are in long 

 slender racemes near the tips of the 

 branches. 



89284. Hebe macrantha (Hook, f.) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Verojiica ma- 

 crantha Hook. f.). 



A dwarf shrub 1 or 2 feet high, with 

 rigid spreading branches and obovate- 

 lanceolate very thick glossy leaves an 

 inch long. The pure white flowers, 

 less than an inch in diameter, are in 

 few-flowered racemes. 



89285. Hebe macrocarpa affinis 

 (Cheeseman) Cockayne and Allan 

 (Veronica macrocarpa affinis Cheese- 

 man). 



An erect spreading shrub 4 to 8 

 feet high, with oblong-lanceolate smooth 

 dark-green stiff leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long and small white flowers in short 

 racemes 3 to 5 inches long. 



Hebe macrocarpa latisepala 

 (Kirk) Cockayne and Allan (Veroni- 

 ca macrocarpa latisepala Kirk). 



A variety similar to the type in 

 habit and foliage, but with deep-violet 

 flowers in racemes usually shorter than 

 the leaves. 



89287. Hebe macroura (Hook, f.) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica mac- 

 roura Hook. f.). 



A bushy shrub 1 to 5 feet high, with 

 spreading obovate-lanceolate flat leaves 



1 to 3 inches long and white or pale- 

 bluish flowers in very dense racemes 



2 to 4 inches long. 



89288. Hebe matthewsii (Cheeseman) 

 Cockayne (Veronica matthewsii 

 Cheeseman). 



A spreading bush 2 to 4 feet high. 

 The oblong-elliptic leaves, an inch long, 

 are sessile, closely set on the branches, 

 and thick and leathery. The racemes 

 of white or purplish-white flowers, 2 

 to 4 inches long, grow from the axils 

 of the leaves, the individual flowers 

 being about one-third of an inch in 

 diameter. 



89289. Hebe mbnzibsii (Benth.) Cock- 

 ayne and Allan (Veronica menziesii 

 Benth.). 



A compact shrub 3 to 12 feet high, 

 with leafy branches and rigid flat 

 linear-oblong leaves about an inch long. 

 The white or pale-lilac flowers are in 

 short racemes, crowded near the ends 

 of the branches. 



89290. Hebe Montana (Armstrong) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica mon- 

 tana Armstrong). 



A much-branched shrub 2 to 5 feet 

 high, densely leafy above, with brown 

 bark. The close-set, more or less im- 

 bricate, elliptic-oblong leathery leaves 

 are about an inch long, and the small 

 white flowers are in short compact 

 racemes near the tips of the branches. 



89291. Hebe obovata (Kirk) Cockayne 

 (Veronica ooovata Kirk). 



An erect shrub about 4 feet high, 

 with stout branches and thick-leathery 

 narrow-obovate erect leaves an inch 

 long. The small white flowers are in 

 slender erect lax-flowered racemes. 



