788 SCROPHULABIACEAE. [ Verontea. 
finely pubescent, margins ciliolate. Corolla-tube slender, exceeding the 
calyx; limb small, with narrow-oblong obtuse lobes. Capsules densely 
crowded, usually pendulous, small, ovate, compressed, 3-t in. long, scarcely 
twice as long as the calyx.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 11; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864):207; J. B. Armsir. wn Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1881) 351; 
T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.,xxviii_ (1896) 591 ; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 501. sce WAL ec Card iluo, uy. 1qas +77 
Norra Isnanp: Hicks Bay, and southwards to Gisborne and Mahia Peninsula, 
not uncommon along the shores, Colenso/ Bishop Williams! #. Hili! W. Townson ! 
Portland Island, Bishop Williams! Cape Turnagain, Colenso! B. C. Aston! 
January—February. 
I now restrict this species to the typical piant, as described above. It is best 
recognized by the dense curved racemes, small flowers, narrow corolla-lobes, and small 
densely compacted capsules. It is a purely littoral plant, and is never seen far from 
the sea. It is recorded from Whangarei in the Handbook, on the authority of Colenso, 
but Mr. N. E. Brown informs me that there are no specimens at Kew from him ‘with 
that locality. 
9. V. Cookiana Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx (1888) 201.—A much- 
branched shrub 2-4 ft. high; branches stout, coarsely divided, glabrous 
or the young ones minutely pubescent. Leaves broadly oblong, 2-4in, 
long, 11-2in. broad, abruptly narrowed near the apex into a short blunt 
point, broad and nearly sessile at the base, subcoriaceous, flat, margins 
faintly thickened and copiously pubescent, midrib usually puberulous 
beneath; petioles short and broad, often slightly winged at the base, 
margins hairy. Racemes towards the tips of the branches, longer than 
the leaves, 3-6in. long, #in. diam. or more, very densely many-flowered ; 
rhachis and pedicels coarsely pubescent. Flowers small, very densely 
crowded, in. diam., white with a pale-violet tinge. Calyx deeply partite, 
segments coarsely pubescent, Corolla-tube barely exceeding the calyx. 
Capsules densely crowded, often pendulous, small, ovate, subcompressed, 
apiculate, slightly exceeding the calyx.—YV. macroura var. Cookiana Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 501. 
Nortu Isuanp: Sea-cliffs near Table Cape, near Mahia Peninsula, H. Hill! 
January—February. 
No doubt closely allied to V.. macroura, but much stouter, and with a coarser 
habit of growth. The leaves are larger and broader at the base, and the petioles are 
very short, expanded at the base and almost connate, while the calyx is much more 
pubescent. 
10. V. divergens Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 502.—A much- 
branched shrub 2-5ft. high; branches stout, spreading, the younger ones 
puberulous. Leaves spreading, sessile or very shortly petiolate, #-171n. 
long, +-4in. broad, oblong or linear-oblong to elliptic-oblong or -ovate, 
acute or obtuse, narrowed at the base, flat, coriaceous, quite glabrous, 
midrib distinct on both surfaces, margins entire. Racemes axillary and 
Opposite near the tips of the branches, stout, peduncled, 2-31in. long or 
more, dense-flowered ; rhachis pubescent ; pedicels as long as the calyx; 
bracts equalling the pedicels or rather shorter. Flowers #-+in. diam., 
white. Calyx 4-partite ; segments oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute, margins 
ciliolate. Corolla-tube short and broad, not exceeding the calyx; limb 
longer than the tube, 4-lobed ; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, the anterior 
one narrower. Stamens exserted. Capsule din. long, broadly elliptic- 
oblong, subacute, compressed, glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. 
