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810 SCROPHULARIACEAE. [ Veronica, 
ones faintly bifariously pubescent ; bark brownish-black. Leaves close-set 
or somewhat distant, more or less imbricate, sessile or nearly so, almost 
connate at the base, 4-2 in. long, fin. broad, oblong-obovate or elliptic- 
obovate, subacute or obtuse, coriaceous, narrowed to a broad base, quite 
elabrous ; upper side concave, dark-green and shining, varnished, below 
more or less glaucescent, finely punctulate ; midrib stout, excurrent ; 
margins recurved when dry. Racemes 2-4 in the axils of the uppermost 
leaves, 1-11 in. long, dense-flowered, shortly peduncled ; rhachis puberulous ; 
pedicels short; bracts subulate-lanceolate. Flowers white, ¢in. diam. 
Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments oblong, with thin scarious margins. 
Corolla-tube short and broad. Capsule broadly oblong-ovate, acute, com- 
pressed, twice as long as the calyx. S€e 7aaus 7Q , 28 
Sourn Istanp: Otago—Vicinity of Lake Harris and the Routeburn Valley, 
W. Wileon and Petrie! Cockayne, H. J. Matthews! W. A. Thomson! 3000 ft. 
February—March. 
As Mr. Petrie suggests, this species is probably nearest to V. decumbens, from 
which it is easily distinguished by the more erect and compact habit, and by the more 
obovate leaves, which want the red margins of V. decumbens, and which are glaucescent 
on the under-surface. It has been in cultivation for more than twenty years, but is 
apparently rare in the wild state. 
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52. V. Gibbsii 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii (1896) 524— 
A sparingly branched shrub 9-18 in. high; branches as stout as a goose- 
quill, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves decussate, close- 
set, imbricating, erect or spreading, sessile, $$ in. long, 3-3 in. broad, ovate 
or ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, coriaceous, glaucous, often tinged with 
purplish-red, glabrous except the margins, which are fringed with long 
soft white hairs. Spikes 2-4 near the tips of the branches, pedunceled, 
longer than the leaves, dense-flowered ; rhachis and bracts villous with soft 
white hairs; bracts lanceolate, acute, exceeding the calyx. Flowers 4 in. 
diam., white, sessile or the lower ones very shortly pedicelled. Calyx 
4-partite ; segments lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, margins villous. 
Corolla-tube narrow, about twice as long as the calyx; limb 4-lobed ; 
lobes ovate, acute. Style glabrous or sparingly villous near the base. 
Capsule narrow-ovate, acute, compressed, about twice as long as the calyx.— 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 524; Ill. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) t. 152. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—So far only found on Mount Rintoul and Ben Nevis, 
two of the chief peaks of the Dun Mountain Range, alt. 3000-4000 ft., F, G. Gibbs ! 
A distinct species, which cannot be confused with any other. Its nearest ally 
is V. carnosula, trom which it is easily distinguished by the less concave and more 
acute leaves, and especially by their conspicuously villous margins. Its bracts, too, 
—are more acuminate, and the calyx-segments are narrower and more acute. The 
villous margins of the leaves form a very remarkable character, and one which cannot 
be matched among all the other species found in New Zealand. 
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53.V. earnosula~ Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 210.—A much- 
branched erect or decumbent woody shrub 6in. to 3 ft. high; branches 
stout, spreading, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves, the younger 
ones pubescent towards the tips. Leaves closely imbricating, spreading 
or erect, sessile, $-3in. long, +-2in. broad, broadly obovate or almost 
orbicular, obtuse, very coriaceous, concave, not keeled, quite glabrous, 
nerveless or the midrib very obscure, glaucous; margins smooth and 
even. Spikes crowded near the ends of the branches, often forming a dense 
