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Veronica. | SCROPHULARIACEAR, 807 
slightly concave above, somewhat rounded but not keeled beneath; mid- 
rib impressed beneath when dry. Racemes near the tips of the branches, 
longer than the leaves, 1-1} in. long, dense-flowered ; rhachis puberulous ; 
pedicels very short, stout; bracts ovate-lanceolate, subacute. Flowers 
white, gin. diam. Calyx deeply 4-partite ; segments oblong-ovate, obtuse 
or subacute. Corolla-tube short and broad, barely longer than the calyx ; 
limb 4-lobed ; lobes ovate, spreading. Capsule ovate-oblong, acute, about 
twice as long as the calyx.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 521; Adamson 
un Journ. Linn. Soc. xl (1912) 261. | | | 3 | 
Se Kell 51/9 35--fE80 mot 
Sout IstanD: Mountain districts from Nelson to Otago, not uncommon. 
2000-4500 ft. December—February. 
This is the plant to which the name of laevis is usually applied in the South Island, 
but, I believe, erroneously, the true laevis having smaller and more rigid keeled leaves 
and a corymbose inflorescence. It agrees with an authentic specimen of V. monticola 
in Kirk’s herbarium, but differs in several respects from Armstrong’s original description. 
Kirk’s V. obovata only differs in the more truly obovate leaves, and I have little doubt 
that it will ultimately be merged with that species. 
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46. NM. Cockayniana Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 522.—A small 
* densely branched shrub 2-4 ft. high; branches rather stout, densely leafy 
above, conspicuously marked with the scars of the fallen leaves below ; 
younger ones more or less bifariously pubescent. Leaves close-set, decus- 
sate, suberect or spreading, shortly petiolate, uniform in size and shape, 
3-3 1n. long, ¢-}in. broad, oblong or elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, 
obtuse, flat or slightly concave, thick and coriaceous, often black on the 
upper surface when dry, glaucous beneath; midrib puberulous above, 
thick and prominent beneath; margins entire. Racemes 2-4 near the 
tips of the branches, rather longer than the leaves, }-1 in. long, simple, 
usually lax-flowered ; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent. Flowers 
white, #-3in. diam. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments ovate-oblong, 
obtuse; margins pale, membranous, ciliolate. Corolla-tube short and 
broad, equalling the calyx or slightly longer; limb 4-lobed; lobes longer 
than the tube, broad, rounded, veined. Capsule tin. long, ovate, acute, 
twice as long as the calyx. 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur and Mount Peel, 7. F. C., F. G. Gibbs ! 
Lyell Mountains and Mount Murchison, W. Townson / mountains near Reefton, R. W. 
Raithby ! Otago—Humboldt Mountains, Cockayne / Clinton Valley, Petrie! H. J. 
Matthews! _Mackinnon’s Pass, F. G. Gibbs! Haast Pass, Poppelwell ! 2500-4500 ft. 
December—February. 
I look upon this as a perfectly distinct species, perhaps nearest to V. laevis, but 
easily distinguished by the pubescent branchlets, flatter and more spreading leaves 
glaucous beneath, by the simple lax-flowered racemes, and larger flowers with very 
short broad tube and broad rounded lobes. The blackish colour of the leaves when 
dried is very peculiar. It is probably not uncommon along the western side of the 
Southern Alps. pay. 
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47. WV. buxifolia/Benth. in DC. Prodr. x (1846) 462.—A stout erect 
much or sparingly branched perfectly glabrous shrub 1-5 ft. high; branches 
strict, densely leafy, below closely ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. 
Leaves closely imbricate, 44in. long, }-+in. broad, broadly oblong- 
obovate, obtuse or subacute, suddenly truncate or cordate above the very 
short thick petiole, concave, keeled by the prominent midrib, rigid, very 
coriaceous, dark-green and polished above, paler and usually minutely 
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Var, prosRota (Cce. ) CHA. 2: 427, 
Dd ora (Kerk poate ) C#A. $6°1926: 27 
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