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Llil. SCROPHULARINEiE. 
[ Veronica . 
Lindis Pass, alt. 1-3C00 ft.. Hector and Buchanan. A much smaller plant, than V. 
Lyallii , with usually smaller flowers and sepals, and leaves with only one or two serraturcs 
on each side. 
37. V. cataractse, Forst. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 195. Quite glabrous. Stems 
suberect or prostrate at the base and ascending, 10 in. to 2 ft. long, branched, 
rather slender, terete. Leaves very variable, sessile or petioled, 5 in. long, 
ovate-oblong or narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, deeply acutely serrate, coria- 
ceous, when dry black above and brown or whitish beneath. Bacemes axil- 
lary, slender, 3-8 in. long, very many-flowered ; pedicels very slender, fr-1 
long ; bracts linear-subulate. Sepals linear-oblong, acute, glabrous. Corolla 
i-f in. diara. ; tube very short. Stamens short. Capsule small, didymous, 
-J-g — g- in. broad, as long as or longer than the calyx. 
Var. a. Leaves 2-5 in. long, lanceolate, stems long. 
Var. 0. d.ffusa. Leaves ovate or oblong, -J-li in. long. — V. diffusa , Hook. Ic. PI. t. 
645 ; FI. N! Z. i. 195. 
Var. y. lanr.eolata. Stems short. Leaves 1 in. long, Ls broad, very narrow linear-lanceo- 
late. — V. lanccolata, Benth. 
Northern Island: east coast, Tanpo, Tongariro, and Ruahine range, Colenso and Bid- 
will. Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies, Lyall. 
38. V. elongata, Bentli.; — FI. N. Z. i. 197. A very slender, pro- 
strate, straggling herb, glabrous or pubescent, diffusely branched ; branches 
terete. Leaves petioled, £-1 in. long, broadly ovate- cordate or deltoid-ovate, 
coarsely irregularly crenate-toothed, 3-nerved, glabrous or hairy; petioles 5— ^ 
long, dilated at the blade. Peduncles axillary, stout, 2-6 in. long, few- or 
many-flowered ; bracts rather large, linear-oblong or spathulate ; pedicels 
slender, \ in. long. Sepals foliaceous, obovate-oblong, obtuse, growing out 
much after flowering. Corolla small, ■§—- g- in. diam. ; tube very short. Sta- 
mens very short. Capsule broadly didymous, enclosed in the calyx. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc. A very distinct species, allied to 
the Australian T r . calycina. 
39. V. spatbnlata, Benth. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 197. Stems prostrate, short, 
stout, tufted, much-branched, leafy, pubescent, 2-4 in. long. Leaves nar- 
rowed into broad petioles, in. diam., broadly ovate-spathulate, obtuse, 
crenate, coriaceous, pubescent, black when dry. Peduncles shorter or rather 
longer than the leaf, stout, erect, pubescent, 2- or 3-flowered ; pedicels stout, 
-g- in. long ; bracts foliaceous. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Corolla ^ in. diam. ; 
tube very short. Stamens short. Capsule didymous, longer than the calyx. 
Northern Island: Tongariro, Bidwill. Perhaps an alpine form of V. elongata. I 
have seen hut one specimen. 
40. V. Anagallis, Linn. -FI. N. Z. i. 197. A rather stout, erect, 
succulent, glabrous herb; stem rooting at the base, 6-18 in. high. Leaves 
1-2 in. long, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, crenate, contracted and half stem- 
clasping at the base, membranous when dry. Peduncles extremely slender, 
axillary, many-flowered, longer than the leaves ; bracts small, linear or lanceo- 
late ; pedicels very slender, } in. long, spreading or reflexed. Sepals oblong, 
obtuse, -Jg- in. long, growing out after flowering. Corolla small, | in. diam., 
pale-blue or flesh-coloured ; tube very short. Stamens short. Capsule 
broadly oblong, included in the calyx. 
