Veronica. | SCROPHULARIACEAE, 787 
%. V. Bollonsii Cockar yne, lin Crane N.Z. Tae xliv F119i2) (Proceedings) 
50.—A small much-branched erect shrub 3-5 ft. high or more; branchlets 
stout, erect, glabrous or slightly puberulous. Leaves variable in size, 
1-3 in. long or more, }-3in. broad, obovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse with a minute apiculus or subacute, smooth and shining, sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so; margins thickened, finely eis towards 
the base. Racemes longer than the leaves, 2-4in. long, #-lin. broad, 
many-flowered but flowers somewhat laxly placed : bracts, rhachis, and 
pedicels finely pubescent. Flowers rather large, 43 in. diam., pale-lilac. 
Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments almost as ‘long as the corolla- tube. 
Corolla-lobes ovate, obtuse or subacute. Capsule about 4 tin. long, broadly 
ovoid, acute. 
NortH IstaAnpd: Poor Knights cai Cockayne ! Mokohinou Islands, K. H. 
Shakespeare ! Hen and Chickens “‘Tslands, ey mee February—May. 
This is probably nearest to V. macroura, from which it differs in the firmer and 
more coriaceous glossy foliage, and in the larger flowers, which are more laxly placed. 
I found it to be a very abundant species on the Hen and Chickens Islands when I 
first visited the group in May, 1880. 
7. V. obtusata Cheesem. in Trans.iN.Z. Inst. xlvii (1916) 213.— 
A branching shrub 2-3 ft. high; branches spreading or procumbent, the 
younger ones terete, at first pubescent, but at length becoming tao) 
slabrous, Leaves sessile or very shortly petiolate, "1-23 in. long, 3-1 in. 
broad, oblong to elliptic- -oblong or obovate- oblong, obtuse or ae = 
subcoriaceous, flat, margins edged with a line of short and dense white 
hairs, midrib occasionally downy. Racemes longer than the leaves, 
14-24 in. long, straight or curved, dense-flowered, but not so much so as 
in V. macroura; rhachis and pedicels densely pubescent. Flowers 4 in, 
diam., pale bluish-white. Calyx 4-partite; segments oblong or ovate- 
oblong, obtuse or subacute; margins conspicuously ciliate with soft 
whitish hairs. Corolla-tube exceeding the calyx; lmb 4-lobed. Capsule 
din. long, ovate, compressed, not twice as long as the calyx.—V. macroura 
Hook. f. var. dubia Cheesem, Man, N.Z. Fl. (1906) 501. 
NortH IsuaAnp: Sea-cliffs on the coast north of the Manukau Harbour, 7. F. C. 
February—March. 
In the first edition of this work I treated this as a variety of V. macroura. But 
it is much smaller, and has a much more diffuse mode of growth; the leaves are 
smaller, broader, and more obtuse, and the margins have a dense edging of short white 
hairs. The racemes are smaller and shorter in proportion; the flowers are not so 
dense and are slightly larger; and the calyx-segments have their margins ciliate with 
white hairs. It may prove to be nearer to my °Y. diverg gens, which, however, is much 
more glabrous. 
8. V. macroura Hook, f. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x (1846) 549.— 
A much-branched glabrous shrub 1-5 ft. high ;_ branches rather stout, spread- 
ing, terete. Leaves spreading, sessile or very shortly petiolate, 1-3 in. 
long, 4-14 in. broad, obovate-oblong toe obovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 
obtuse or acute, hardly coriaceous, flat, glabrous or the ee minutely 
pubescent. Racemes longer than the leaves, 2-4in. long, 4-in. diam., 
often curved, very densely many-flowered ; rhachis and pedicels finely 
pubescent, the latter slender, spreading or subseeund, often pendulous in 
fruit. Flowers small, densely compacted, 4-4 in. diam., white or pale 
bluish-white. Calyx deeply 4-partite ; segments narrow - oblong, acute, 
