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PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED 



89217 to 89382— Continued. 



arranged in two rows on the branches. 

 The bright-red fruits, the size of small 

 plums, have the taste and odor ofi 

 turpentine but are eagerly eaten by 

 native pigeons. 



For previous introduction see 67893. 



89341, Nageia hallii (T. Kirk) Kuntze 

 (Podocarpus hallU T. Kirk). 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree 25 

 to 60 feet high, which has thin papery 

 bark and linear rigid leathery close- 

 set distichous leaves about an inch 

 long. This species is very closely re- 

 lated to Podocarpus totara. 



89342 and 89343. Nageia nivalis 

 (Hook.) Kuntze (Podocarpus nivalis 

 Hook.). 



89342. A much-branched evergreen 

 shrub erect or prostrate in habit, 

 with widespreading branches, oft- 

 en rooting at the base. The ses- 

 sile closely set stiff leathery very 

 narrow leaves are about half an 

 inch long and not distichous. 

 The fruit is a small oblong-ovoid 

 nut and the enlarged fleshy fruit- 

 ing stems are bright red. 



89343. Variety erectus. An erect 

 form, 



89344 and 89345. Nageia totara (D. 

 Don) Kuntze (Podocarpus totara D. 

 Don). 



89344. A lofty evergreen tree, some- 

 times 100 feet high, with thick 

 stringy bark and rigid linear dull 

 brownish-green leaves up to an 

 inch in length. The red fruiting 

 stems are usually much enlarged. 



89345. A variety which appears to 

 be quite a distinct form from the 

 usual totara. 



89346 to 89355. Veronica spp. Scrophu- 

 lariaceae. 



89346. Veronica bidwillii Hook. 



A much-branched shrub with slender 

 prostrate branches rooting and often 

 densely matted. The thick leathery 

 rather distant leaves are minute, and 

 the white flowers are in small long- 

 stemmed axillary clusters. 



89347. Veronica birleyi N. E. Brown 

 (V. grahami Petrie). 



A sparingly branched bush, with 

 somewhat fleshy decumbent stems, 

 forming patches 6 to 8 inches across. 

 The thick fleshy crowded leaves are 

 obovate, more or less tinged with red, 

 and about half an inch long. The few 

 rather large white flowers are in the 

 axils of the upper leaves. 



89348 to 89350. Veronica catarractae 

 Forst. f. 



89348. A sparingly branched suberect 

 shrub with rather distant spread- 

 ing ovate-lanceolate coarsely ser- 

 rate leaves 1 to 4 inches long and 

 white or pale-rose flowers in slen- 

 der racemes 3 to 9 inches long. 



89349. Variety diffusa. A decumbent 

 form, diffusely branched. 



89350. Variety irrigans. A f o r m 

 with leaves about 3 inches long. 



89217 to 89382— Continued. 



89351. Veronica hookeriana Walp. (V. 

 nivalis Benth.). 



A small stout prostrate plant, with 

 short stout ascending leafy branches 

 and crowded spreading broadly ovate 

 coarsely crenate rigid leaves half an 

 inch long. The small flowers, varying 

 in color from bluish to violet purple, 

 are in small branched cymes. 



89352. Veronica loganioides Arm- 

 strong. 



A dwarf shrub a foot high, with 

 ovate-lanceolate dull-green leathery 

 leaves in opposite pairs and white or 

 pink-veined flowers in short few-flow- 

 ered racemes. 



89353. Veronica lyallii sdberecta 

 Cheeseman. 



A prostrate plant with slender wiry 

 suberect stems, rooting at the base, 

 and thick narrowly oblong deeply ser- 

 rate leaves and white pink-veined 

 flowers in numerous racemes. 



89354. Veronica martini Leveille. 



An erect shrub with ovate serrate 

 leaves and dark-purple flowers with 

 exserted stamens in elongated spikes. 

 Related to V. spicata and V. sioirica. 

 Native to China. 



89355. Veronica muelleri J. Buchanan. 



A prostrate veronica with stems up 

 to 18 inches long, from which rise 

 numerous suberect branchlets 1 or 2 

 inches long. The leaves, crowded to- 

 ward the tips of the branchlets, are 

 oblong-ovate, stiff, and about one- 

 fourth inch long. The small solitary 

 flowers are almost hidden in the axils 

 of the leaves near the tips of the 

 branches. 



89356. Veronica olsenii Colenso. 



A small prostrate plant with short 

 densely hairy branches rooting at the 

 nodes. The rather close-set thick dark- 

 green broadly oval leaves are up to half 

 an inch in length, and the flowers, white 

 with pink veins, are in many-flowered 

 racemes. 



89357 to 89382. The following were re- 

 ceived under names for which places 

 of publication and descriptions have 

 not been found. 



89357. Veronica anetida. 



89358. Veronica banksii. 



89359. Veronica barnetti. 



89360. Veronica bryanti. 



89361. Veronica burrowsii. 



89362. Veronica campbelliensis. 



89363. Veronica christensenensis. 



89364. Veronica christica. 



89365. Veronica cobbii. 



89366. Veronica daviesii. 



89367. Veronica dodglasi. 



89368. Veronica elliottii. 



89369. Veronica fenwickii. 



89370. Veronica garveii. 



89371. Veronica hdnteri. 



89372. Veronica lindsayi. 



