786 SCROPHULARIACEAE. | Veronica. 
equalling or exceeding the leaves; rhachis puberulous. Flowers 3 in. 
diam., white or lavender fading to white. Calyx short, broad, deeply 
4-partite; lobes broadly ovate, the margins ciliate. Corolla-tube funnel- 
shaped, exceeding the calyx ; lobes obovate. Capsule broadly ovoid, 
twice as long as the calyx. 
CuatHam Istanps: Peaty ground at the margin of Lake Tekua Taupo, De- 
cember—January. 
Evidently a variable plant, differing greatly in habit and mode of growth, size 
and shape of the leaves and their density on the stem, compactness of the racemes, 
&e. Its nearest ally is undoubtedly V. Dieffenbachii ; but, as Dr, Cockayne remarks, 
it “is a much smaller plant, and although the branches are straggling they are not 
widely divaricating. It differs also in the hoary pubescent more slender stems, 
broader light-green not whitish-green leaves, the very small bracteoles, and much shorter 
racemes.” ? | Trl Zb, Vet Sr ie le? 
4. VY. Barkeri Cockayne om Trans. N.Z. Inst, xxxi (1899) 421.—A stout 
branching shrub; branches erect, not divaricating, terete, the younger 
ones brownish-purple. Leaves spreading, sessile, 2 in. long, $-%in. broad, 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, narrowed towards the 
base, thick and fleshy, pale dull-green, midrib scarcely prominent beneath. 
Racemes opposite near the ends of the branches, about as long as the leaves, 
dense-flowered ; rhachis and pedicels pubescent; bracts subulate, $ as 
long as the pedicels. Flowers 4-{in. diam., pale-lilac. Calyx small, deeply 
4-partite ; segments ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube slightly longer 
than the calyx; limb spreading, 4-lobed; dorsal and lateral lobes sub- 
equal, broadly oblong, obtuse, anterior lobe smaller. Capsule 4 in. long, 
ovate, acute; about twice as long as the calyx.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
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CHATHAM IsLanDS: Barket, Cockayne / 
[ fear that this is much too close to V. Dieffenbachii, but my specimens are very 
indifferent. According to Dr. Cockayne, it differs “‘in its erect not spreading habit, 
smaller leaves, shorter racemes, in its extremely pubescent style, and in the midrib: 
not conspicuously raised.” 
5. V. Adamsii Cheesem. n. sp—An erect branching shrub 2-5 ft, high ; 
branchlets stout, terete, perfectly glabrous. Leaves spreading, sessile or 
neatly so, 14-3in. long, $-2in. broad, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 
broad at the base and almost semiamplexicaul, gradually tapering from 
the middle to an acute or subacute tip, somewhat thick and coriaceous, 
midrib evident on both surfaces, perfectly glabrous, margins slightly 
thickened. Racemes near the tips of the branches, longer than the leaves, 
1$-34in. long, 2in. broad ; bracts, rhachis, and pedicels perfectly glabrous. 
Flowers rather large, $in. diam., purple. Calyx deeply 4-partite; seg- 
ments equalling the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes broadly ovate, obtuse ; 
anterior rather narrower than the dorsal. Capsule }in. long, broadly 
ovoid, acute. 
Nortn Istanp: North Cape district, open hillsides by the road between Spirits 
Bay and Tom Bowline’s Bay, not uncommon, Adams and J. F, C., January, 
1896. January—February. 
_ Probably nearest to V. Bollonsii, but differing in being quite glabrous, in the leaves 
being lanceolate, tapering to a subacute tip, and with a much broader almost semi- 
amplexicaul base, and in the flowers being purple. The semiamplexicaul leaves show 
an affinity to V. Dieffenbachii. 
