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792 SCROPHULARIACEAE. | Veroncca. 
Flowers large, }in. diam., violet-purple or lilac. Calyx 4-partite; seg- 
ments oblong-ovate, acute er subacute. Corolla-tube short and broad, 
hardly equalling the spreading 4-lobed limb. Stamens long, far-exserted., 
Capsule about 4in. long, suborbicular, compressed, obtuse, about twice 
as long as the calyx.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 504. 
Nort Istanp: Vicinity of Wellington, 7. Kirk! Sourtn Isuanp: Canterbury 
—Southbridge, 7. Kirk / July-September. 
Nearest to V. macrocarpa, but separated from it, and from all the large-leaved 
species, by the almost orbicular capsule rounded at the tip. The leaves are also 
broader and more obtuse than in any of the forms of V. macrocarpa. This is probably 
a garden-plant of hybrid origin, as suggested by Dr. Cockayne (Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlix 
(1917) 61. 
17. V. macrocarpa Vahl Symb. Bot. 11 (1794) 4.—An erect branching 
shrub 4-8 ft. high ; branchlets rather stout, terete, glabrous. Leaves sessile 
or very shortly petioled, spreading, 3-6 in. long, $-1 in. broad, narrow oblong- 
lanceolate to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, rather coriaceous, dark- 
ereen, smooth and glabrous, flat, veins obscure. Racemes usually rather 
longer than the leaves, 3-7in. long, many-flowered, cylindrical, acute, 
sometimes attenuate at the tip; rhachis and pedicels glabrate or puberu- 
lous. Flowers large, white, +4in. diam. or even more. Calyx 4-partite ; 
segments oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube broad, about twice as 
long as the calyx; limb 4-lobed; lobes oblong, obtuse. Stamens very 
long, far-exserted. Capsule large, {+-$1n. long, ovate, compressed, acute, 
three times as long as the calyx.—A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 376; Raoul 
Choix (1846) 43 ; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 192 ; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
207; J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1881) 351; T. Kirk m Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 529; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 505. 
Var. latisepaia Cheesem.—Habit and foliage of the type, but racemes usually shorter 
' than the leaves; flowers and capsules often secund. Calyx-segments rather broader. 
Flowers deep-violet.—V. latisepala 7’. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 530. 
Var. affinis Cheesem.—Leaves smaller, 2-4in. long. Racemes shorter, 3-5 in. ; 
flowers smaller, white. Capsules $-4in., twice as long as the calyx. Apparently a 
passage-form into V. salicifolia. > -/ ~ A $2teur © | Mi @eeee \ cs ’ 
NortH istanD: From Hokianga and Mangonui sean to Poverty Bay and 
Taranaki, not uncommon. SourTH JIsLnAnD: Queen Charlotte Sound, Banks and 
Solander. Var. latisepala: Great and Little Barrier Islands, Whangarei Heads, 
T. Kirk! Miss Shakespear! T. F.C, Var. affinis : Headlands in the Waitemata and 
Manukau Harbours and the adjacent coasts, 7. F. O. Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
August—November. 
The typical state of this, with large somewhat coriaceous leaves, long racemes of 
large white flowers, and very large acute capsules, is a most striking plant, and 
can be recognized at a glance. But there are many intermediates between it and 
V. salicifolia which are difficult to place, and the one which I have called var. affinis 
might be referred to either species. Mr. Kirk’s V. latisepala, which I have had 
repeated opportunities of studying at the Little Barrier Island, does not differ from the 
type except in the violet flowers and shorter often secund racemes, and is best 
treated as a variety. 
rs. V. Townsoni Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlv (1913) 95.— 
A branching shrub 3-6 ft. high or more; branchlets stout, rigid, glabrous, 
ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves sessile or very shortly 
a 3 petiolate, spreading, 2-3in. long, 4+in. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute, 
very thi¢k and coriaceous, rigid when dry, glabrous, flat and smooth above, 
