Veronica. | SCROPHULARIACEAE. 803 
the bare naked peduncle, erect or erecto-patent, many-flowered ; pedicels 
about as long as the bracts; faintly puberulous. Calyx deeply 4-partite ; 
segments ovate, acute, margins ciliate. Corolla-tube nearly twice as long 
as the calyx; limb spreading, 4-lobed, lobes nearly equal. Ripe capsules 
not seen. 
Norta Istanp: Central volcanic plateau, from the Waimarino Plain to the base 
of Ruapehu, not uncommon near the outskirts of the forest—7. F. C., W. Townson / 
Cockayne ! H. Carse! H. B, Matthews / 3000-4500 ft. 
A very puzzling plant. In the absence of a good series of specimens I placed it 
in the first edition of this work under V. laevis, but I am now convinced that this view 
iserroneous. The long racemes, often more than 8 in. long, with the large flowers (4-4 in.) 
show a relationship to V. Matthewsiz. ha? 
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~38.V.-Balfouriana Hook. f. Bot. Mag. (1879) t. 7556.—“‘ An erect- 
glabrous shrub 3ft. high, with dark-brown bark and suberect flexuous 
purplish-brown or reddish branches. Leaves subsessile, 4-2in. long, in 
loosely approximate pairs, spreading and decurved, elliptic-ovate, obtuse 
or subacute, quite entire, coriaceous, bright pale-green and shining above, 
with narrow red-brown margins. Racemes opposite, axillary from the base 
of the last year’s shoots, 2-3 in. long, erecto-patent, very many-flowered, 
peduncle stout, flowers crowded; pedicels about as long as the calyx, 
puberulous ; bracts ovate, obtuse or acute, about as long as the pedicel. 
Sepals about 4in. long, acute, ciliolate. Corolla pale violet-blue, 4 in. 
diam., tube as long as the sepals; lobes rounded, three upper subequal, 
the lower narrower. Stamens as long as the corolla-lobes or shorter ; anthers 
red-brown, bases of cells rounded. Capsule ellipsoid, about 4 longer than 
the sepals or less.” —Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 517. 
Apparently a distinct species. It was raised at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 
Edinburgh, from seeds sent from New Zealand, but from what locality is not stated. 
Its nearest ally is probably V. Traversii, from which it differs in the smaller leaves with 
red-brown margins, in the usually longer racemes, in the much larger violet (not white) 
flowers, in the longer acute sepals, which almost equal the short corolla-tube, and in 
the shorter and broader capsule. I have seen no specimens, and have consequently 
reproduced the original description. 
Since the above was printed I have received a dried specimen from Edinburgh 
which agrees fairly well with Hooker’s plate, with the exception that the leaves are 
slightly broader and shorter. 
39. V. Darwiniana Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxv (1893) 332.—A small 
compact rounded shrub; branches numerous, terete, glabrous or the 
younger ones faintly pubescent ; bark brownish-green. Leaves rather laxly 
placed, decussate, sessile or nearly so, horizontally spreading, 4—3 in. long, 
6-3 In. broad, ovate-lanceolate or narrow elliptic-oblong, acute, rather thick 
and coriaceous, glaucous on both surfaces, slightly concave above, not 
keeled beneath ; margins entire, minutely ciliolate when young. Racemes 
2-4 near the tips of the branches, #-14 in. long, dense-flowered, tapering to 
the tip; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent ; pedicels about as long 
as the calyx or shorter. Flowers white, }in. diam. Calyx 4-partite; seg- 
ments broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute. Corolla-tube short and broad, 
about as long as the calyx, throat pubescent within ; lobes longer than 
the tube, broadly oblong, obtuse. Ovary pubescent or glabrous. Capsule 
ovate, acute, compressed, more than twice as long as the calyx.—Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 518. V. glaucophylla Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xxxi (1899) 422. . . ————e 
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