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calyx; limb 4-lobed; lobes oblong, obtuse, the dorsal lobe rather larger 
than the lateral, anterior the smallest. Capsule }-+in. long, ovate, 
compressed, more than twice as long as the calyx.—A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) 
n. 373; Raoul Chore (1846) 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 191; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 206; Bot. Mag. (1844) t. 4057; J. B. Armstr. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 351. V. Kermesina Loud. Eneyc. Pl. 1546. 
Var. brevifolia(Cheesem. — Leaves smaller and narrower, 1-2} in. long by 4- in. 
broad, oblong-obovate to linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute. Racemes and flowers 
smaller. 7 ro 
Nortu Istanp: North Cape (var. brevifolia), T. F. C.; south head of Hokianga 
Harbour, R. Cunningham, T. Kirk! Maunganui Blufi, Petrie / Urenui (Taranaki), 
Lf. F. C.; Port Nicholson, Lyall. Sourn Istanp: Marlborough—Ship Cove, Lyall ; 
Pelorus Sound, J. Rutland J Novembe.—March. 
A remarkably rare and local species, confined to cliffs near the sea. Ali the wild 
specimens that I have seen have the flowers dark reddish-purple, but in cultivation 
they frequently betome violet-purple. It hybridizes freely with V. salicifolia, 
macrocarpa, elliptica, and probably other species, and several of the hybrids have 
become common garden-plants. 
2.V. Dieffenbachii Benth. in DC Prodr. x (1846) 459.—A robust 
much-branched shrub; branches widely divaricating, 2-5 ft. long or 
more ; branchlets stout, green, terete, 1-}in. diam., glabrous or puberulous. 
Leaves spreading, often recurved, sessile and semiamplexicaul, 2-4 in. 
long, 3-lin. broad, linear-cblong, rarely broader and almost oblong, acute 
or subacute, coriaceous or almost fleshy, pale-green, midrib stout, pro- 
minent beneath, lateral veins very indistinct, margins slightly recurved 
when fresh. Racemes pedunculate, suberect, exceeding the leaves, 24-5 in. 
long, ¢-lin. diam., dense-flowered; rhachis stout; pedicels spreading, 
zo-gin. long, with a minute subulate bract at the base. Flowers din. 
diam., usually lilac-purple. Calyx small, 4-partite ; segments ovate-oblong 
or ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliolate. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, exceeding 
the calyx’; limb 4-lobed; dorsal and lateral lobes broadly oblong, anterior 
narrower. Capsule $-7in. long, ovate, acute, glabrous, about 21 times as 
long as the calyx.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 191; Handb. N.Z. FI. 
(1864) 206; Bot. Mag. (1899) t. 7656; 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii 
(1896) 5381; Gard. Chron. ii (1898) 154, t. 41; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fi. 
(1906) 500. V_ Forsteri F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is. (1864) 46 (in part). 
CHaTHAM IsLANDS: Apparently not uncommon, Dieffenbach, H. H. Travers, 
J. D. Hnys! F. A, D. Coe and Cockayne ! 
in cultivation this puts out numerous stout almost horizontal branches close to 
the ground, so that a single plant occupies quite a large Space without rising to a 
greater height than 3 or 4ift.; but Dr. Cockayne informs me that this peculiarity 
is not so noticeable in the wild state. I am also indebted to him for a series of 
specimens showing a considerable range of variation in the size and shape of the 
leaves and their texture, the length of the raceme, size of the flowers, &c., apparently 
accompanied by slight differences in the mode of growth. 
3. WV. Dorrien-Smithii Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1912) (Pro- 
ceedings) 51.—A small sparingly branched straggling shrub; stems and 
branchlets slender, more or less hoary-pubescent, rarely almost glabrous. 
Leaves sessile and semiamplexicaul, very variable in size and shape, 
2-31n. long by }-14in. broad, oblong to elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceo- 
late, pale-green, glabrous above, slightly pubescent beneath, margins ciliate, 
acute or subacute, rarely rounded at the tip. Racemes pedunculate, 
