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LIII. SCROFHULARlNEiE. 
[ Veronica. 
Northern Island: Tongariro, Bidivill ; Rnahine range, Colenso. Middle Island: 
Nelson mountains, Bidwill, alt. 2-6000 ft. In its normal state well marked by the small, 
concave, acute, very coriaceous, keeled leaves, not truncate at the base ; but it passes into 
V. buxifolia , which has truncate bases, and into V. carnosula. 
15. V. buxifolia, JBenth. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 194. A small stout glabrous 
shrub, 2-3 ft. high, very closely allied to V. Icevis, but the leaves are closely 
imbricated and cordate at the base. Leaves | in. long, -!■-£ broad, broadly 
oblong-obovate, obtuse, suddenly truncate or cordate at the very short thick 
petiole, excessively thick and coriaceous, concave, keeled by the prominent 
midrib, usually polished. Racemes very short, dense-flowered, crowded at 
the ends of the branches and subcapitate, puberulous or glabrous ; pedicels 
short ; bracts as large as the sepals. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube 
short; limb | in. across. Capsule -§■ in. long, twice as long as the calyx. 
— V. odora, FI. Antarct. 62, t. 41. 
Northern Island : Tongariro?, Bieffenbach ; Ruahine range, Colenso. Middle Island : 
abuudaut on the alps, Nelson, Bidwill ; Wairau mountains, alt. 4-5500 ft., Travers ; 
Southern Alps, ascending to 4000 ft., Sinclair aud Haast ; Hopkins river, alt. 3000 ft., 
Haast (with spreading leaves) ; Otago, subalpine, in the lake district, Hector and Bu- 
chanan. Lord Auckland’s Island, /. 1). H. Usually a very distinct form, best dis- 
tinguished by the closely imbricate, small, concave, keeled leaves, truncate or cordate at the 
base, and the crowded terminal inflorescence. 
16. V. carnosula, HooJc.f., n. sp. A small, often prostrate, glaucous, 
stout shrub ; branches covered with transverse scars, pubescent towards the 
tips. Leaves closely imbricate, suberect, -§-f in. long, broadly obovate or ob- 
long or orbicular, round at the tip, entire, concave, extremely thick and coria- 
ceous, almost sessile or suddenly contracted to the extremely broad thick pe- 
tiole, not keeled, midrib very obscure or 0. Spikes short, pilose and pubes- 
cent, crowded together and forming heads at the ends of the branches, very 
dense-flowered ; pedicels 0 ; bracts coriaceous, as long as the calyx. Sepals 
ovate, obtuse, scarcely ciliate. Corolla-tube very short ; limb I in- diam. 
Capsules ~ in., ovate, acute, glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. — V. Icevis, 
ft. carnosula , FI. N. Z. i. 194. 
Middle Island: Nelson, Morse’s Mountain, 5000 ft., Bidwill ; upper Wairau, Munro. 
The glaucous habit, broader, obtuse, excessively thick, concave leaves, without keel, dis- 
tinguish this at once from V. Icevis ; from V. pinguifolia the ovary and capsules alone 
distinguish it. 
17. V. pinguifolia, IBooJc. /., n. sp. A small, erect or decumbent, 
glaucous, robust shrub, 4 in. to 4 ft. high ; branches pubescent above, 
covered with close-set transverse scars. Leaves sessile, erecto-patent, imbri- 
cate, \ in. long, |~ §• broad, obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, excessively thick 
and coriaceous, concave, not keeled; midrib very obscure. Spikes very short, 
longer than the leaves, pilose and pubescent, crowded into heads at the tops 
of the branches, very dense-flowered ; pedicels 0 ; bracts coriaceous, as large 
as the sepals, ciliated. Sepals oblong, obtuse, ciliate and puberulous. Cap- 
sule obovate-oblong, obtuse, rounded or emarginate, pubescent, not much 
longer than the calyx. 
Middle Island : common on the mountains of Nelson and Canterbury, Wairau gorge, 
alt. 3-5000 ft., Travers ; Southern Alps, common, ascending to 5000 ft., Haast. The small 
size, robust habit, glaucous obtuse imbricate excessively thick small leaves without midrib, 
