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13. V. breviracemosa W. 2. B. Oliver in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlii (1910) 170. 
—A slender, glabrous, sparingly branched shrub 3-5 ft. high; branchlets 
green, angled, faintly puberulous. Leaves spreading, sessile and almost 
semiamplexicaul at the base, 3-5in. long, ?-14in. broad, elliptic-oblong 
or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, thin and membranous, quite entire, glabrous 
or the margins finely ciliate at the very base. Racemes 2-d1n. long, 
shorter than the leaves, densely flowered ; rhachis and pedicels pubescent. 
Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments lanceolate, acuminate, more or less 
pubescent. Corolla 4-partite, slightly exceeding the calyx; tube short, 
about 4 the length of the calyx-segments. Capsule ovoid, acute, $ as 
long again as the calyx. 
KeEeRMADEC IstAnpDs: Cliffs on the eastern coast of Sunday Island, 7. /. C. ; clifis 
in Denham Bay and inland, W. R, B. Oliver / 
This is nearest to V. salicifolia, from which it differs mainly in its much broader 
and thinner leaves, the racemes shorter than the leaves, and in the calyx-segments 
being not much shorter than the capsule. It is removed from V. macrocarpa by the 
much thinner leaves and much smaller capsules. 
14. V. salicifolia Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 11.—An erect much- 
branched shrub 5-12 ft. high; branchlets slender, terete, glabrous or the 
younger ones minutely pubescent. Leaves pale-green or yellowish-green, 
sessile or nearly so, very variable in size, 2-6 in. long, 4~-3in. broad, lanceo- 
late or linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, usually narrowed towards 
the base, but sometimes broad and somewhat amplexicaul, narrowed 
towards the apex and drawn out into a long acuminate point, thin and 
membranous, entire or with a few obscure incisions, glabrous or sparingly 
pubescent on the midrib and margins; margins flat, midrib usually promi- 
nent beneath, especially towards the base of the leaf. Racemes slender, 
longer than the leaves, 3-6 in. long, very many-flowered ; rhachis, pedicels, 
and bracts pubescent or almost glabrate; pedicels slender, variable in 
length. Flowers 4-;1in. diam., white with a pale-lilac tinge, rarely quite 
white. Calyx 4-partite; segments lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
glabrous or more or less pubescent. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, 4 as long 
again as the calyx. Capsule 4-4 in. long, broadly ovate, acute, compressed, 
from $ as long again to twice as long as the calyx.—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. 
Zel. (1832) 1869; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 374; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 
x (1846) 459; Raoul Chow (1846) 48; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 191; 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 207; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 504; Adam- 
son in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl (1912) 252. A. salicifolia var. communis 
Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlviii (1916) 201. V. Lindleyana Pazt. 
Mag. Bot. xi (1846) 247. V. Parkinsoniana Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi 
(1889) 97. ’ Gra pLeot, oO 
Var. strieta Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 191.—Racemes, pedicels, and calyx- 
segments much more hairy, sometimes almost. villous. Capsules smaller, more acute. 
—V. stricta Banks and Sol. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. (1846) 97. 
Var. Jongiracemosa Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlix (1917) 61.—Racemes much 
longer, sometimes over 12in.; rhachis, pedicels, and calyx much more pilose; leaves 
longer. Otherwise as in the type. Ms 
Var. paludosa Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlviii (1916) 201.—Leaves narrow 
linear-lanceolate, long acuminate. A very distinct looking variety.—V. longiracemosa 
' Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlix (1917) 52 and V. salicifolia var. Egmontiana Cockayne 
ined. appear to be the same. 
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