808 SCROPHULARIACEAE. [ Veronica. 
dotted beneath, quite glabrous, entire. Spikes in the axils of the upper 
leaves, }-1 in. long, dense-flowered, often very numerous and crowded, 
forming a corymbose head to the branches ; rhachis puberulous ; bracts 
large, ovate, concave, coriaceous, equalling the calyx or sometimes exceed- 
ing it. Flowers sessile, white, iin. diam. Calyx 4-partite ; segments 
coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube equalling the calyx or 
rather longer than it; limb 4-lobed ; dorsal and lateral lobes broad, 
rounded; anticous narrower and subacute. Capsule broadly oblong, 
obtuse, compressed, almost twice as long as the calyx.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i (1853) 194; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 210 ; J. B. Armstr. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 350; 7. Kirk in Trans. N Z. Inst. xxvii (1896) 523 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 522; Adamson im Journ. Iinn. Soc. xl 
(1912) 299. ; ) / } ele in TAR 60 AFL 
Ld 7 os 
Var. patens Gheesem. l.c. 523.—Leaves spreading. Spikes more numerous. Flowers 
rather larger.—V. buxifolia var. odora 7’. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 524 
(but not V. odora Hook.). 
Norra Isnanp: High mountains of the interior, from Hikurangi, Tongariro, 
and Mount Egmont southwards to the Tararua. Range. Soutn Istanp: Abundant 
in mountain districts throughout. Var. patens: Plentiful from Nelson to Foveaux 
Strait. SrewarT Istanp: Not mmcommon. «+ Usually from 2000 to 4000 ft., but 
descends to sea-level in Stewart Island. December—March. 
An abundant plant in mountain districts, recognized without any difficulty by 
the stout erect rigid habit, dark-green closely imbricated keeled leaves, which are con- 
spicuously truncate or subcordate at the base, and by the usually numerous short spikes 
massed into a compact terminal inflorescence. Mr. Kirk considered my var. patens 
to be identical with V. odora Hook. f., which Hooker had reduced to V. buxifolia in the 
Handbook; but Mr. N. E. Brown, who has kindly examined the types of V. odora tor 
me, states that this view is altogether incorrect. 
. e6@@ Stans Fae (2/ 
48. V. odora Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 62, t. 41.—A slender sparingly 
branched perfectly glabrous shrub 2-4 ft. high. Branchlets slender, strict, 
erect, sparingly divided, leafy above, subangled, decussately grooved, the 
grooves more or less puberulous. Leaves closely imbricate, uniform in 
size and shape, }-2in. long, }in. broad, horizontally spreading or the - 
lower ones slightly reflexed, shortly petiolate with the petiole erect, elliptic- 
ovate, subacute, almost truncate at the base, midrib prominent beneath, 
but the leaves otherwise veinless, margins cartilaginous, minutely and 
roughly crenulate, coriaceous, dull-green and shining above, paler beneath. 
Spikes or racemes in the axils of the upper leaves, forming a corymb-like 
head, dense-flowered ; rhachis bifariously pubescent; bracts small. Calyx 
deeply 4-partite ; segments oblong-ovate, obtuse, minutely ciliolate. Corolla 
white, 1-1in. diam.; tube equalling the calyx or rather longer than It; 
limb 4-lobed; lobes almost equal in size, or the anticoug rather narrower. 
Ripe fruit not seen. —Cheesem. in Subantarct. Is. N.Z. (1909) 424 
V. buxifolia var. odora T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 524. 
V. elliptica var. odora Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 516. 
AUCKLAND Istanps: In woods near the sea, not uncommon, Hooker ; Norman’s 
Inlet and Port Ross, B. C. Aston / 
In the absence of authenticated specimens [ referred this plant to V. elliptica in 
the first edition of this work. But the receipt of an ample series of specimens collected 
by Mr. B. C. Aston has convinced me that this is a mistake, and that it must be regarded 
as a distinct species, closely allied to V. buwifolia. For further particulars, see ‘“* The 
Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand,” ii, pp. 424, 447. 
