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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89217 to 89382— Continued. 



89292. Hebe obtusata (Cheeseman) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica ob- 

 tusata Cheeseman). 



A low shrub 2 or 3 feet high, with 

 flat oblong-elliptic stiff leaves 1 or 2 

 inches long and pale bluish-white 

 flowers in dense racemes a little long- 

 er than the leaves. 



89293. Hebe odora (Hook, f.) Cockayne 

 (Veronica odora Hook. f.). 



A slender sparingly branched shrub 

 2 to 4 feet high, with erect strict 

 branches leafy above and closely im- 

 bricate horizontally spreading dull- 

 green ovate-elliptic leaves half an inch 

 long. The spikes of small white flow- 

 ers form a corymblike head in the axils 

 of the upper leaves. 



89294. Hebe pimelioides (Hook, f.) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica pime- 

 Uoides Hook. f.). 



A small more or less prostrate shrub 

 up to 8 inches high, with sessile leath- 

 ery oblong-ovate glaucous leaves less 

 than one-third inch long and dark 

 purplish-blue flowers in spikes an inch 

 long. 



89295. Hebe pinguifolia (Hook, f.) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica pin- 

 guifolia Hook. f.). 



An erect or decumbent glaucous 

 shrub up to 4 feet high, with very 

 leathery, almost fleshy, broadly oblong 

 leaves half an inch long and often 

 red margined. The white flowers are 

 in short compact spikes an inch long, 

 crowded near the tips of the branches. 



89296 and 89297. Hebe propinqua 

 (Cheeseman) Cockayne and Allan 

 (Veronica propinqua Cheeseman). 



A low bush 1 to 3 feet high, with 

 spreading, sometimes tortuous 

 branches, and densely imbricated leaves 

 in opposite pairs, connate for the 

 greater part of their length, forming 

 a closed sheath around the branch. 

 The white flowers are in small termi- 

 nal heads. 



Variety major. Taller, more 

 erect, and stouter than the type. 



89297. Variety minor. A smaller 

 form. 



89298. Hebe pdbescens (Banks and 

 Sol.) Cockayne and Allan (Veronica 

 pubescens Banks and Sol.). 



A slender diffusely branched shrub 4 

 to 6 feet high, with the young shoots 

 covered with white hairs. The oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves, white-hairy beneath, 

 are 1 to 3 inches long, and the small 

 white flowers are in rather slender 

 many-flowered racemes 2 to 4 inches 

 long. 



Hebe rakaiensis (Armstrong) 

 Cockayne (Veronica rakaiensis Arm- 

 strong) . 



A small rounded bush of compact 

 habit, 2 to 5 feet high, with linear- 

 oblong flat leaves about an inch long 

 and white flowers in oblong dense 

 clusters. 



89300. Hebe raodlii (Hook, f.) Cock- 

 ayne and Allan (Veronica raouUi 

 Hook. f.). 



A stout, much-branched dwarf shrub 

 a foot or less high, leafy above, with 



89217 to 89382— Continued. 



oblong-spatulate very thick yellow- 

 green leaves half an inch long. The 

 flowers are in very small spikes or 

 heads 1 to 2 inches across. 



89301 and 89302. Hebe rigidula 

 (Cheeseman) Cockayne and Allan 

 (Veronica rigidula Cheeseman). 



89301. A low shrub of erect habit up 

 to 2 feet high, with erect stout 

 almost black branches, leafy at 

 the tips. The close-set linear-ob- 

 long very thick and rigid dark- 

 green leaves are less than an inch 

 in length, and the small white 

 flowers are in small dense racemes. 



89302. A form about 8 inches high. 



. Hebe rupicola (Cheeseman) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica rupi- 

 cola Cheeseman). 



An erect shrub 1 to 4 feet high, with 

 a few stout branches and glaucous 

 leathery elliptic oblong leaves less than 

 an inch long. The flower spikes are 

 1 to 2 inches long, much exceeding the 

 leaves. 



89304. Hebe salicifolia angdstissima 

 (Cockayne) Cockayne and Allan 

 (Veronica salicifolia angustissima 

 Cockayne). 



An erect, much-branched shrub 5 to 

 12 feet high, with pale-green linear- 

 lanceolate leaves. The small flowers, 

 white with a pale-lilac tinge, are in 

 dense slender racemes 3 to 6 inches 

 in length. 



89305. Hebe salicifolia atkinsonii 

 (Cockayne) Cockayne and Allan 

 (Veronica salicifolia atkinsonii 

 Cockayne). 



A variety sometimes prostrate in 

 habit, with pale-green rather thick 

 ovate-oblong leaves over an inch long 

 and white flowers in short dense 

 racemes. 



89306. Hebe salicifolia paludosa 

 (Cockayne) Cockayne and Allan 

 (Veronica salicifolia paludosa Cock- 

 ayne). 



A variety with narrow-lanceolate 

 long pointed leaves. 



89307. Hebe salicifolia stricta 

 (Banks and Sol.) Cockayne and 

 Allan (Veronica stricta Banks and 

 Sol.). 



A variety in which the racemes are 

 much more hairy than in the type. 



89308. Hebe salicornioides (Hook, f.) 

 Cockayne and Allan (Veronica sali- 

 cornioides Hook. f.). 



A low shrub 1 to 3 feet high, with 

 stout branches and densely imbricated, 

 very small leaves, appressed to the 

 branches in opposite pairs, connate to 

 above the middle and forming a ring 

 surrounding the branch. The white 

 flowers are in small terminal heads 

 near the tips of the branchlets. 



89309 to 89311. Hebe speciosa (R. 

 Cunn.) Cockayne and Allan (Ve- 

 ronica speoiosa R'. Cunn.). 



A rare and beautiful stout 

 shrub with crimson flowers in 

 large dense racemes. The leaves 

 are oblong, thick, shining, 1 to 4 

 inches long and an inch broad 



