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Veronica. | SCROPHULARIACEAE. 791 
Var. Atkinsoni Cockayne in Trans. N.Z, Inst. xlviii (1916) 200.—Prostrate or 
erect. Leaves pale-green, rather thick, 3-14 in. long, oblong or ovate-oblong. Racemes 
short, 14-3 in., obtuse, dense-flowered. Flowers white. 
Var. Kirkii Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 504.—A shrub 4-12 ft. high; branches 
robust, dark-brown. Leaves small, #-l4in., oblong or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous. 
Racemes 4-8 in. long. Flowers white.—V. Kirkii J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. a 
xiii (1881) 356. x iKr~ Jts 
Nortu anp Sours Isnanps: The typical state abundant throughout the South /. < 4 
Island, from sea-level to 3500 ft. In the North Tsland stretching as far north as the 
East Cape, Taranaki, and the central volcanic plateau, and possibly extending. still c ~ > , 
farther to the north. Var. stricta: The common variety in the North Island, 
stretching from the North Cape southwards to Hawke’s Bay and Taranaki, and in 
all probability reaching Cook Strait. Var. longiracemosa : Waitakerei Range, near 
Auckland, 7. F. C.; Egmont-Wanganui district, Cockayne / Taranaki, 7. F. C., 
W. W. Smith! vicinity of Wanganui, A. Allison / Waimarino Plateau, 7’. POO, 
Spencer! Hawke’s Bay, Colenso ! Var. paludosa: Norra Istanp : Subalpine 
scrub on Mount Egmont (sub nomine~var.~Egmontiana), Cockayne! SouvtH 
Isuanp: Lake Ianthe, Westland, Cockayne! Awatere Valley, H. J. Matthews 
ex Petrie! (sub nomine V. longiracemosa). Var. Atkinsoni : Shores of Cook Strait 
and vicinity, abundant, Buchanan! T. Kirk! Cockayne! B. C. Aston / and many 
others. Marlborough—The sounds and eastward to the mouth of the Awatere River, 
Cockayne! J. H. Macmahon ! Var. Kirkit : Canterbury—Upper Rangitata Valley, 
J. B. Armstrong! Mount Arrowsmith, Cockayne ; Peel Forest and Orari Gorge, 
H, H. Allan! 
The most. widely distributed of the New Zealand species, and one of the most 
variable. In addition to the varieties characterized above, the student will find nume- 
rous forms which appear to connect it with V. macroura, Dieffenbachii, macrocarpa, 
ligustrifolia, and others. In cultivation it hybridizes freely with most of the allied 
species, and several of the hybrids are now common in gardens, especially V. Andersoni 
(Lindl. and Pazxt. Flow. Gard. ii, 3), the result of a cross with V. speciosa. 
45.-V. gigantea Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxiv (1902) 319.— 
A small round-headed forest-tree 20-30 ft. high or even more; trunk 
distinct, erect, 1-14 ft. diam., bark brown; branches numerous, glabrous 
when mature; branchlets slender, terete. Leaves of adult trees very 
similar to those of V. salicifolia, 2-5 in. long, 4-41in. broad, lanceolate to 
linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile at the base, scarcely keeled, dull-green ; 
leaves of juvenile plants coarsely! toothed, their margins ciliate with minute 
hooked hairs. Inflorescence very similar to that of V. salicifolia; but 
the racemes usually shorter than the leaves or barely equalling them. 
Flowers usually white, 4-4in. diam. Corolla-tube short, hardly longer 
than the calyx.—V. salicifolia var. gigantea Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 504. 
CHatHAaM IstaNDS: Not uncommon in forest districts, Cockayne! FP. A. D, Cox! 
November--December. 
In the mature stage this only differs from V. salicifolia in forming a tree which | 
occasionally reaches a height of 40ft., with a stout and evident trunk; whereas 
V. salicifoha is always shrubby, with a thin slender stem. According to Dr. Cockayne, 
there are also important differences between the juvenile leaves of the two species. 
I regret that my specimens are very indifferent; and the above description will 
probably require amendment when a better series is obtained. 
AaprAve = Nuit ie see Ckn Trans 60/1929 472 _ 
ue 16.-V. rotundata 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 530.— 
A laxly branched shrub 2-6 ft. high; branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 
spreading, sessile or very shortly petioled, 3-41in. long by #-14 1m. broad, 
oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, hardly coriaceous, flat, 
veins obscure. Racemes usually longer than the leaves, 3-6in. long, 
lin. diam., densely many-flowered; rhachis and pedicels puberulous. 
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