800 — SCROPHULARIACEAE. Veronica. 
NorrH Isutanp: Hawke’s Bay and Wellington—By the Ngaruroro River at 
Kuripapango, between the Rangitikei and Erewhon, H. Hill! A. Hamilton! Petrie! 
Ruahine Mountains, Colenso/ B. C. Aston ! 1500-3000 ft. 
The V. Colensoi of the Handbook, as already stated, was based upon a mixture 
consisting of specimens collected on the Ruahine Mountians by Colenso, on 
V. Menziesii, and two or three other species. If the name is to be retained at all, it 
should clearly be restricted to Colenso’s plant, which Mr. N. E. Brown informs me is 
identical with that subsequently described by Colenso under the name of V. Hillii, 
It can be distinguished by the small size, glaucous leaves, slender simple or sparingly 
branched racemes, narrow acute calyx-segments, and short corolla-tube. The V. Colensoi 
of the Botanical Magazine (t. 7296) is quite a different plant, but I have seen no 
specimens, and it does not seem to be known except in cultivation in England. 
at ; > ; 
32. WV rigidula Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 514.— A small much- 
branched erect perfectly glabrous shrub 6—24 in. high, rarely more ; branches 
stout, erect, scarred, almost black, leafy at the tips. Leaves close-set, almost 
imbricating, suberect or rarely spreading, petiolate, }-3 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, 
linear- oblong or narrow obovate -ocblong, acute or subacute, very thick 
and coriaceous, rigid, dark-green and concave above, glaucous and keeled 
by the thick and prominent midrib beneath; margins thickened, entire. 
Racemes or spikes 2-4 near the tips of the branches, about equalling the 
leaves, usually branched, dense-flowered ; rhachis stout, pubescent ; pedicels 
wanting or the lower flowers very shortly stalked; bracts ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, almost as long as the calyx. Flowers small, white, din. diam, 
Calyx 4-partite; segments oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube tubular, 
nearly twice as long as the calyx; limb rather short, not equalling the 
tube; lobes subequal, oblong, obtuse. Stamens slightly exceeding the 
corolla. Capsule small, §-¢ in. long, ovoid-oblong, acute or subacute, barely 
twice as long as the calyx.—tIll. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) +. 150. 
Souts Isnanp: Marlborough—Pelorus and Rai Valleys, on rocks by the side of 
streams; Mount Duppa, Maungatapu, J. H. Macmahon! Pelorus Sound, Cockayne, 
J. H. Macmahon. Nelson—Wairau Gorge, 7. F. C. Sea-level to 4000 ft. De- 
cember—February. , 
Apparently a very distinct little plant. It has somewhat of the habit and general 
appearance of the V. Colensot of this work (V. Hilliz Colenso), but in reality differs 
altogether in the smaller and closer-set petiolate suberect keeled leaves, shorter and 
stouter dense-flowered racemes, smaller flowers, obtuse calyx-segments, and longer 
corolla-tube with a shorter limb. 
33. V. rupieola/Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 514, in erect sparingly 
branched shrub 1-4 ft, high; branches stout, erect or spreading, glabrous 
or the younger ones faintly bifariously pubescent. Leaves not very close- 
set, spreading, petiolate, 4-1 in. long, +-4in. broad, linear-oblong or elliptic- 
oblong or linear-obovate, obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed into the 
rather long petiole, flat or slightly concave, coriaceous, glaucous when fresh, 
quite entire, midrib prominent beneath. Racemes or spikes lateral or 
towards the tips of the branches, much exceeding the leaves, 1-2 in. long, 
peduncled, usually trichotomous, very rarely simple; rhachis stout, strict, 
puberulous or almost glabrate; pedicels wanting or the lower flowers 
alone shortly stalked ; bracts oblong-ovate, obtuse, large, often exceeding 
the calyx. Flowers crowded on the branches of the raceme, about }in. 
diam. Calyx 4-partite ; segments oblong, obtuse, with pale membranous 
ciliolate margins. Corolla-tube about 3 as long again as the calyx; 
limb equalling the tube or nearly so; lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse oF 
subacute. Capsule broadly oblong, obtuse or subacute, about tin. long, 
not twice the length of the calyx. 
