Veronica. | SCROPHULARIACEAE. 797 
glabrous or puberulous on the midrib above. Racemes numerous towards 
the tips of the branches, exceeding the leaves, 3-5 in. long, slender ; rhachis, 
pedicels, and bracts puberulous ; pedicels slender, longer or shorter than 
the calyx. Flowers rather densely placed, large, $j} in. diam. by almost 
Lin. long. Calyx 4-partite; segments oblong-ovate, subacute or obtuse, 
ciliolate. Corolia-tube funnel-shaped, shorter than the hmb and often 
barely exceeding the calyx; limb large, 4-lobed; dorsal and lateral lobes 
about equal, oblong, obtuse; anterior lobe narrow, linear-oblong, acute. 
Capsule 4in. long, broadly oblong, acute, compressed, glabrous, more than 
double the length of the calyx.—V. ligustrifolia var. gracilima 7. Kirk in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii (1896) 527. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Abundant in the vicinity of Westport, Dr. Gaze! 
W. Townson ! 
This differs from V. acutiflora in the larger size, longer and more dense-flowered 
racemes, and especially in the short obtuse or subacute calyx-segments, which are 
altogether unlike the lanceolate actite or acuminate calyx-segments of acutiflora. It 
agrees with acutiflora in the short corolla-tube and large deeply divided limb. From 
V. parviflora it is at once separated by the larger flowers and differently shaped corolla. 
Qo Lf “7 -O7: as, 
37. WV. insularis Cheesem. in. Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix (1897) 392.— 
A small erect or decumbent robust shrub 1-3 ft. high; branches stout, 
spreading, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves, pubescent towards the 
tips. Leaves close-set, spreading or suberect, sessile or very shortly 
petiolate, 3-i+in. long, 4-$in. broad, elliptic-oblong or oblong-obovate, 
subacute or obtusely mucronate, quite entire, very coriaceous, flat or 
slightly keeled, often glaucous, midrib prominent beneath, margins thickened. 
Racemes corymbosely branched, peduncled, #-14 in. long, many-flowered, m 
opposite pairs near the tips of the branches; rhachis and pedicels puberu- 
lous; bracts rather large. Flowers }in. diam., pale iavender-blue. Calyx 
short and broad, 4-partite; segments broadly ovate, acute, ciliolate. 
Corolla-tube broad, about 4} as long again as the calyx; limb 4-lobed. 
Capsule ovoid, turgid, acute, rather more than twice as long as the calyx.— 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 510. 
Nortn Isntanp: Three Kings Islands, rocky places on both the Great King and 
the Western King, but not common, 7. Ff. C. November—December. 
This has the corymbose inflorescence of V. diosmaefolia, but differs altogether in 
the stout spreading or decumbent habit. much larger broader leaves, and in the calyx 
and corolla. alsa 
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28. V.-venustula Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi (1895) 393.— 
A small compact bushy shrub 6-91n. high; branchlets short, numerous. 
Leaves close-set, decussate, spreading, shortly petiolate, 4-?in. long, ¢ in. 
broad, oblong or elliptic-ovate, acute, coriaceous, flat or slightly concave, 
not keeled, dark-green and glabrous ; midrib prominent beneath, excurrent ; 
margins entire. Racemes terminal, much branched, forming a terminal 
many-flowered corymb 2in. diam.; pedicels slender, puberulous ; bracts 
lanceolate, acute, equalling the pedicels. Flowers white, }-$in. diam. 
Calyx deeply 4-partite ; segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla- 
tube funnel-shaped, rather longer than the calyx; limb 4-lobed; lobes 
subequal, broadly ovate, obtuse. Capsule }in. long, broadly ellipsoid, 
obtuse, more than twice as long as the calyx.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 511. | 
See Ttmenrtl 60 1/77 FEDS 
