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~ sCROPHULARIACEAE. [ Veronica. 
11in. diam. Calyx 4-partite ; segments oblong, obtuse ; margins usually 
pale, membranous, ciliolate. Corolla-tube short and broad, usually about 
as long as the calyx, rarely slightly exceeding it; limb 4-lobed, longer 
than the tube; lobes spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Capsule ovate, 
acute, compressed, glabrous, rather more than twice as long as the calyx.— 
T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 526 ; Cheesenm. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 520, =¥. canterburiensis J. B. Armstr. in Trans-N.4ZTnst. peers 
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Var. gracilis Cheesem.—Much more slender and more sparingly branched ; branches 
widely divaricating. Leaves distichously spreading, narrower and less coriaceous than 
in the type, linear-obovate or linear-oblong to oblong-obovate, obtuse or subacute. 
Racemes 1-4 near the tips of the branches, 1-2 in. long, very slender and lax-flowered ; 
pedicels longer. Capsule narrow-ovate, acute. 
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Var. multiflora Cheesem.—Racemes very numerous, forming a crowded mass near 
the’tips of the branches, slender, tapering, many-flowered.—_(?) V. Grayi J. B. Armstr. in 
Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 354. 
Sourn Istanp: Mountain districts in Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, and 
Westland, not uncommon. Sea-level to 4500 it. December—February. 
A well-marked species, recognized without much difficulty by the spreading habit 
and numerous short and broad leaves, which, although decussately inserted, usually spread 
+n a more or less distichous manner through a twist in the petiole. In the typical 
state the racemes are generally numerous and rather short and dense-flowered ; but in 
var. gracilis, which is a shade-form most common by the side of streams at low 
elevations, the racemes are usually fewer and much more slender and lax-flowered. 
Var. multiflora I have only seen in cultivation. It is known in gardens as V. Gray, 
but I am not quite sure that it is the plant described by Armstrong under that name. 
Armstrong described his V. canterburiensis as having membranous leaves and the 
racemes in pairs at the end of the branches, so that probably he had var. gracilis in 
mind when he described the, species; but for many years he applied the name to the 
typical form in the Botanical Gardens at Pata . 
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44. V. obovata 7’. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix (1877) 502.—An erect 
sparingly branched glabrous shrub 4-5 ft. high; branches stout, erect, 
ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves shortly petioled, erect 
or suberect, laxly imbricating, #-1in. long, }-3in. broad, narrow-obovate, 
obtuse, gradually narrowed into the short broad flat petiole, slightly 
coneave when fresh, thick and coriaceous, margins entire. Racemes 2 or 3 
near the tips of the branches, 1-2in. long, slender, erect, lax-flowered ; 
rhachis puberulous ; pedicels short ; bracts small, ovate, acute. Flowers 
white, #in. diam. Calyx 4-partite; segments ovate-oblong, obtuse. 
Corolla-tube short and broad, hardly longer than the calyx; limb 4-lobed ; 
lobes spreading, oblong, obtuse. Ripe capsules not. seen.—Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 521. AeAfr EF SAYFBS 2/5 %-- 
Sourn Istanp: Canterbury —Broken River, 7. Kirk! Mount Cook district, 
T. F.C. Otago—Upper Hawea, Petrie / Mount Earnslaw, Cockayne! 2000-4500 ft. 
The above description is based on Kirk’s type specimens from the Broken River. 
My own specimens from the Mount Cook district, and Petrie’s and Cockayne’s from 
Otago, have rather smaller and less obovate leaves and longer racemes, and may be 
referable to V. monticola, if, indeed, the two species should not be combined. 
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45. Wi monticola J. B. Armstr.)in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 354.— 
A much-branched glabrous shrub 2-5 ft. high ; branches erect or spreading; 
densely leafy above, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves below ; bark 
brown. Leaves close-set, more or less imbricate, suberect or spreading, 
2-1in. long, 4-}in. broad, obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse oT 
subacute ; narrowed into a very short thick petiole, thick and coriaceous, 
Hate (TRA) hn. Go +471. 
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