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terminal head, short, stout, very dense-flowered ; peduncle, rhachis, and 
bracts p-bescent or almost villous; bracts equalling the calyx, ciliolate. 
Flowers about jin. diam., sessile, white. Calyx 4-partite; segments 
erect, ovate-oblong, obtuse, slightly ciliate. Corolla-tube equalling the 
calyx or rather shorter than it; limb 4-lobed. Ovary and style glabrous. 
Capsule %-Z in. long, ovate, acute, glabrous, compressed, about twice as 
long as the calyx.—J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 350; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 524; Adamson in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl (1912) 
260. V. laevis var. carnosula Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 194. 
SoutH Istanpd: Mountain districts from Nelson to Otago, but apparently not so 
abundant as V. pinguifolia. 2500-4500 ft. December—March. 
Very closely allied to V. pingurfolia, differing mainly in the rather larger ovate- 
acute glabrous capsule. The capsule of V. pinguifolia is obovate-oblong, rounded or 
emarginate at the tip, and more or less pubescent. 
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__54.-V.—Biggari- Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlviii (1916) 199.— 
A small decumbent shrub 1-3 ft. high; branches strict, slender, spreading, 
ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves, quite glabrous. Leaves some- 
what distichous, close-set, §-?in. long, #-41n. broad, obovate-oblong or 
oblong, sessile or nearly so, quite glabrous, coriaceous, glaucous, often 
tinged with reddish - purple, transversely wrinkled when dry, obtuse or 
subacute ; margins entire, slightly thickened. Racemes 6-12, springing 
from the axils of the leaves, 1-14 in. long, dense-flowered. Flowers small, 
white. Calyx-segments short, ovate-oblong, subobtuse. Corolla-tube 
short, lobes obovate, nearly equal. Capsule ovoid, compressed, puberulous 
when young. 
SoutH Istanp: Otago—LHyre Mountains, near Lake Wakatipu, alt. 4500 ft., 
Poppelwell ! Mount Dick, Cockayne / 
This seems to be nearest to V. albicans and V. amplexicaulis, but differs in the 
much smaller size, much smaller leaves, numerous dense-flowered racemes, and small 
white flowers. Dr. Cockayne sends a small variety with shorter rounder leaves. 
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55, V.-albicans Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlix (1917) 53.— A low 
spreading much-branched shrub 2-4 ft. high; main branches stout, ringed 
with the scars of the fallen leaves; bark dark-brown, glabrous or when 
young with a pubescent line decurrent from the base of the leaves. Leaves 
decussate, spreading, closely imbricate, 3-1 in. long, 3-}1n. broad, oblong- 
ovate to broadly oblong or almost orbicular, sessile by a broad base, 
rarely subcordate, obtuse or more rarely subacute, quite entire, thick 
and coriaceous, glaucous, more or less concave; margins smooth, entire. 
Racemes 2 or 3 opposite pairs in the axils of the upper leaves, 
stout, many-flowered; rhachis pubescent; bracts short, linear-lanceolate, 
acute. Flowers densely placed, white. Calyx deeply 4-partite; lobes 
ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, margins ciliate. Corolla-tube broad, 
barely twice as long as the calyx. Capsule ovoid, glabrous, twice as long 
as the calyx. 
South Isnanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur, 7. F. C., F. G. Gibbs! H. J. Matthews ! 
Mount Cobb and Mount Lockett, north-west Nelson, Ff. G. Gibbs. 3500-4500 ft. 
Far too closely allied to V. amplexicaulis, from which it only differs in the usually 
narrower leaves, which are hardly cordate at the base, and in the simple racemes. 
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