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Northern Island : watery places on the east coast, Colenso. A very common subaquatic 
plant, found in very many parts of the world. 
Veronica serpyllifolia and V. arvens's are both found as weeds of cultivation. 
8. PYGMEA, Hook, f., nov. gen. 
Moss-like, tufted, low herbs. Leaves densely imbricated all round the 
short branches, ciliated. Flowers solitary, terminal, sessile or shortly pedun- 
cled. — Sepals 5 or 6, linear-spathulate, unequal, ciliate. Corolla salver- 
shaped; tube longer than the calyx; limb 5- or 6-lobed ; lobes linear- or 
oblong-spathulate. Stamens 2, inserted at the throat of the corolla ; fila- 
ments variable in length ; anthers large. Disk annular, rather large. Ovary 
broadly ovoid, compressed, 2-celled ; style capillary ; ovules numerous, at- 
tached to placentas on the septum. Fruit not seen. 
The following are the only known species. The genus appears closely allied to Veronica, 
but differs in the 5- or 6-parted flowers, and leaves not quadrifariously arranged. 
Leaves £ in., ciliate at the edges only 1. P. ciliolata. 
Leaves £ in., hispid and ciliate above the middle 2. P. pulvinaris. 
1. P. ciliolata, Hook.f., n. sp. Patches broad, moss-like, rather hoary 
from the long white hairs on the leaves ; branches in. high, with the leaves 
on \ in. diam. Leaves most densely imbricate, in. long, broadly oblong- 
spathulate, obtuse, quite entire, ciliate from above the middle, coriaceous, gla- 
brous. Flowers ■§• in. long, emerging from the tips of the branches. Sepals 
shorter than the corolla-tube. 
Middle Island : Discovery Peaks, alt. 5500 ft., Travers ; Hopkins river, Haast. 
2. P. pulvinaris. Hook. f.,n. sp. Patches broad, moss-like ; habit and 
branches as in P. ciliolata, but more hoary, and almost white from the much 
longer white hairs. Leaves most densely imbricate, g- in. long, narrow linear, 
somewhat dilated towards the tip, upper half covered with long, white, rigid, 
hispid hairs on both surfaces and edges. Flowers shortly peduncled. Sepals 
linear, obtuse. Corolla as in P. ciliolata, but larger. 
Middle Island : summit of Mount Torlesse, forming large, hoary, moss-like patches, 
alt. 5500-6500 ft., Haast. 
9. OTJEISIA, Comm. 
Perennial herbs. Leaves chiefly radical, petioled, crenate or entire. Scapes 
bracteate, 1- or ihany-flowered. Flowers rather large, whorled racemed co- 
rymbose or solitary. — Calyx 5-lobed or -partite. Corolla irregular, funnel- 
shaped, incurved or oblique ; limb 5-fid. Stamens 4, included, didynamous ; 
anther-cells divaricating, confluent. Stigma capitate. Capsule 2-valved, locu- 
licidal. Seeds numerous ; testa lax. 
A beautiful genus, confined to the alps of Tasmania, New Zealand, the Andes of South 
America, and Fuegia. 
Upper bracts whorled. Calyx i in., glandular. Capsule 4 in. long . 1. O. macrophylla. 
Upper bracts whorled. Calyx 4 in. glabrous. Capsule J in. long . 2. O. macrocarpa. 
Upper bracts in pairs. 
Erect. Leaves crenate ; petioles slender 3. O. Colensoi. 
