212 Liu. SCR0PHULARINE7E. [Veronica. 
3- 5000 ft., Sinclair and Haast ; Wairau gorge, alt. 4-5000 ft., Travers; Otago, Lindis 
Pass, subalpine, Hector and Buchanan. 
22. V. tetrasticha. Hook. /., n. sp. A small, mucli branched, decum- 
bent plant, 3-6 in. high ; branches (with the leaves on) acutely 4-farious, 
-jL in. diam., black when dry. Leaves spreading, most densely imbricate, coria- 
ceous, broadly ovate, subacute, opposite pairs connate at the base, not keeled, 
ciliate, not shining. Flowers in very small, short, terminal, 2- or 3-flowered 
spikes, distinct from the branches ; rachis tomentose ; bracts and sepals ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, ciliated. Corolla-tube very short ; limb yL in. broad. Cap- 
sule not seen. 
diddle Island: Southern Alps, fissures of rocks on Big Ben, and Hopkins river, alt. 
4- 5000 ft., Haast ; Wairau mountains, alt. 4-5000 ft., Travers. Very different from V. 
lycopodioides, though not easily defined. Whole plant much smaller, black when dry. 
Leaves more spreading, though as densely imbricate ; spikes not forming a sessile head to 
the branch ; and flowers very small. 
23. V. Hectori, Hook.f., n. sp. A robust, small, much-branched shrub, 
6-24 in. high ; branches (with the leaves on) terete or obscurely 4-gonous, 
Yo— J in diam. Leaves closely but not densely imbricate, extremely thick 
and coriaceous, tumid, broader than long, very broadly ovate or orbicular, 
very obtuse, nearly i in. across, opposite pairs connate to the middle, pube- 
rulous along the edges, shining, not keeled. Flowers collected into an ovate 
terminal head ; rachis villous ; bracts broader than the leaves, striated. Sepals 
broadly oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla as in V. lycopodioides, pink and white. 
Ovary glabrous. Capsule as long as the sepals. 
diddle Island : Southern Alps, Haast ; Otago, Mount Alta, alt. 7-7500 ft., Hector and 
Buchanan. Very closely allied to V. lycopodioides, but the branches are scarcely tetrago- 
nous and the leaves very different, being conuate to the middle and very obtuse. 
24. V. salicornioid.es. Hook. /., n. sp. A small, much branched, 
erect or ascending, woody species, yellow-green when dry ; branches (with 
the leaves on) terete, i Q - diam. Leaves closely imbricating, and closely 
appressed to and adnate with the branch, extremely short, opposite pairs con- 
nate almost throughout their length, each pair forming a short narrow ring 
about aw—ro in. deep around the branch, truncate, scarcely acute, minutely 
ciliate. Flowers in small, short, oblong, terminal, 3-6-tlowered heads ; rachis 
villous ; bracts short and very broad. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Corolla with 
a very short tube ; limb \ in. diam. Capsule small, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 
a little longer than the calyx. 
diddle Island: Nelson mountains, Bough ; Wairau mountains, 4-5500 ft., Travers ; 
Rangitata, and Waimakuriri mountains, alt. 3-4000 ft., Haast. 
25. V. cupressoides, Hook.f., n. sp. A dense, excessively-branched 
bush, 1-6 ft. high ; branches erect, fastigiate, slender, glabrous. Leaves very 
minute, Jg- in. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, not broader than the branch, oppo- 
site pairs connate at the base, erect or appressed, glabrous, fleshy. Flowers 
very small, 3 or 4 at the ends of the slender branchlets ; bracts much larger 
than sepals, both broadly oblong, obtuse, not ciliated. Corolla violet ; tube 
short ; limb -Jg- in. diam. Capsule not seen. 
diddle Island : Upper Wairau, alt. 4000 ft., and Tarndale, Sinclair ; W'ai-au-na valley, 
