Veronica.] 
LIII. SCROPHULARIKEA:. 
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lanceolate, acute. Corolla £ in. diam. Stamens and style slender. Cap- 
sule } in. long, broadly ovate, thrice as long as the calyx. 
Chatham Island, Dieffenbach. I have seen but one specimen. 
3. V. macroura, Hook.f. FI. N. Z. i. 191. A glabrous shrub, 1-6 ft. 
high ; branches terete, as stout as a crow-quill. Leaves narrowed into 
very short petioles, 1-2 in. long, |-1 broad, linear-oblong or slightly obovate, 
acute, glabrous. Racemes rather longer than the leaves, stout, slightly 
curved, dense-flowered, |-1 in. diam., puberulous or pubescent ; pedicels 
slender. Sepals small, ovate, acute. Corolla i— §- in. diam. ; tube rather 
long. Stamens and style slender. Capsules small, i in. long, most densely 
crowded, recurved, very little longer than the sepals. 
Northern Island : East Cape, Wangarei, Cook’s Straits, etc., Colenso. Middle Island : 
Tarndale, Sinclair (flowers i in. diam.). 
4. V. salicifolia, Forst. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 191. A large glabrous shrub ; 
branches terete, as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves sessile, 2-6 in. long, linear- 
or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, glabrous. Racemes much longer 
than the leaves, simple, very many-flowered, pubescent or glabrate ; pedicels 
slender. Flowers extremely variable in size and length of tube of corolla, 
bluish-purple or white. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, rarely acute, gla- 
brous or pubescent. Corolla g- in. diam. Capsule in. long, ovate, acute, 
not twice as long as the calyx. — V. Lindleyana , Paxt. Mag. Bot. ; V. stricta, 
Banks and Solander. 
Abundant throughout the islands, Banks and Solander , etc. The V. Foukii, Philippi, of 
Chili, is (no doubt) founded on cultivated specimens of the New Zealand plant, erroneously 
supposed to have been sent from Guaytieas Archipelago. This species passes into V. parviflora 
by becoming smaller-leaved, and into macrocarpa by the fruit. Many varieties of this, and 
hybrids between it and V. speciosa, macrocarpa, and others, are extensively cultivated in 
England under various names ( Kermesina , Lindleyana, and Andersoni of gardens, versicolor 
and linariafolia , Visiaui, etc. etc.). 
5. V. macrocarpa, Vahl; — FI. N. Z. i. 192. Characters of V. salici- 
folia, but flowers usually larger, and capsule nearly i in. long, three times 
as long as the calyx. — V. myrtifolia, Banks and Solander; V. salicifolia , 
A. Cunn. Herb. 
Northern and Middle Islands : not uncommon, Bay of Islands, A. Cunningham, etc.; 
Mount Egmont, Dieffenbach; Cook’s Straits, D’Urville; Bay of Islands, Logan; Port 
William, Lyall. I have specimens of this from Lyail, gathered at Otago and Port William, 
with oblong-lanceolate leaves, 1 in. long, and short broad racemes 1-2 in. long, with very 
large flowers upwards of l in. diam. This species is too closely allied to V. salicifolia, and 
indeed differs materially in the capsule only. 
6. V. parviflora, Vahl ; — FI. N. Z. i. 192. A glabrous shrub, usually 
4-6 ft. high. Leaves erect or spreading, 1-3 in. long, lanceolate oblong- 
lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, flat or concave and keeled, quite entire, acute 
or acuminate. Racemes generally strict, about twice as long as the leaves, 
dense-flowered, pubescent ; pedicels short. Flowers small. Sepals small, 
ovate, obtuse, puberulous. Corolla h in. diam. Capsule ■§- in., a little 
longer than the calyx. — V. angustifolia, A. Rich. ; V. stenopliylla, Steud. 
Northern and Middle Islands: abundant. This seems to be a small-leaved form of 
V. salicifolia. Specimens with more oblong obtuser leaves almost pass into V. macroura. 
