Veronica. | SCROPHULARIACEAE. 793 
midrib elevated beneath, veins obscure. Racemes usually longer than the 
leaves, 3-6 in. long, lax-flowered, often attenuated towards the tip, gla- 
brate or nearly so. Flowers about jim. diam. Calyx 4-partite, segments 
oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, margins ciliolate. 
Corolla-tube short and broad, hardly exceeding the calyx; limb 4-lobed : 
lobes oblong, obtuse. Capsule $-jin. long, ovate, acute, compressed, 
about twice as long as the calyx.—V. macrocarpa var. crassifolia Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 505. 
Sourn Isnanp: Rocky hills between the Little Wanganui and Mokihinui 
Rivers, north of Westport; and on limestone rocks by Fox’s River, near Brighton ; 
W. Townson! January-February. /7°- “Wow ecuGen Feat 7S 2192 
This is a perfectly distinct species, distinguished from all the forms of V. macro- 
carpa by the smaller and narrower much more coriaceous and rigid leaves, by the acute 
calyx-segments, by the very short and broad corolla-tube, which is hardly longer than 
the calyx, whereas in V. macrocarpa it is quite twice the length, and by the capsule 
not being more than twice the length of the calyx-segments. 
It is worth mention that on the under-surface of the leaves, just within the margin, 
there is a row of small pits, or ‘‘ domatia,” somewhat similar to those which exist on 
the under-side of the various species of Coprosma, where, however, they are found in 
the axils formed by the junction of the main veins with the midrib. These pits appear 
to be inhabited by small Acari, as in Coprosma. : 
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19. V.-amabilis Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 506.—A tall branching 
shrub 6-15 ft. high or even more; branches rather slender, terete, quite 
glabrous or the younger ones minutely puberulous. Leaves spreading, 
shortly petiolate, 2-4 in. long, 2-1 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic- 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, firm but hardly coriaceous, flat, smooth 
and glabrous, midrib obscurely puberulous above, margins entire. Racemes 
axillary and opposite near the tips of the branches, 4-6 in. long, slender, | 
lax-flowered, usually attenuate at the tip; pedicels slender, the lower ones 
often din. long or more. Flowers large, }in. diam., white. Calyx deeply 
4-partite ; segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliolate. Corolla- 
tube short and broad, equalling the calyx or rather longer than it; limb 
4-lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse. Capsule din. long, ovate, acute, twice as 
long as the calyx.—V. salicifolia var. gracilis T. Kirk forest Fl. (1889) t. 120. 
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(Var. blanda Cheesem. — Apparently a closely branched. shrub. Leaves rather 
close-set, spreading, often distinctly petiolate, 1-2} in. long, }—@ in. broad, elliptic- 
lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, flat, glabrous or puberulous 
on the margins and midrib above; margins thickened, entire or remotely notched. 
Racemes 2-3 in. long, often lin. broad, dense- or lax-flowered. Flowers large, white. 
1lin. diam. Calyx-segments acute. Ripe capsules not seen. 
SoutH Ishanp: Otago—Bluff Hill, 7. Kirk! Var. blanda : Port Chalmers, Petrie ! 
Preservation Inlet, 7. Kirk / Resolution Island, Dusky Sound, B. C, Aston! STEWART 
Isnanp: Port William, ‘yall; Paterson’s Inlet, Thomson ! Mason Bay, Cockayne ! 
Ruapuke Island, H. J. Matthews ! 
The plant from the Bluff Hill, which I have taken for the type of the species, was 
referred by Mr. Kirk to V. salicifolia, from which it appears to me to differ altogether 
in the broader and shorter leaves, more lax-flowered racemes, longer pedicels, much 
larger flowers, acute calyx-segments, shorter and broader corolla-tube, and larger capsule. 
It is much nearer V. macrocarpa, but the leaves are shorter and broader, the racemes 
laxer, and the calyx-segments acute. Var. blanda has still shorter and broader leaves, 
with the margins often thickened and peculiarly notched, and the racemes. are shorter 
and denser, but the flowers are very similar. Mr. N. E. Brown informs me that 
Lyall’s Port William specimens, mentioned in the Handbook under J. macrobar pa and 
V. ligustrifolia, are both referable to it. 
H. Corgan ,Caiss Teaus 60 *S7S 
