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56. V. amplexieaulis J. B. Armstr. im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1881) 
3592.-An erect or decumbent shrub 1-3 ft. high; branches stout, spread- 
ing, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves ; branchlets terete, glabrous 
or puberulous. Leaves decussate, imbricate, suberect or spreading, sessile, 
1-lin. long, }-%in. broad, broadly oblong or elliptic-oblong, rounded at 
the tip, subcordate and almost amplexicaul at the base, very coriaceous, 
glaucous, concave, nerveless, not keeled ; margins smooth and even. Spikes 
2-4 near the tips of the branches, 1-1} in. long, stout, oblong, very dense- 
flowered, simple or trifurcate ; peduncles stout, exceeding the leaves, and 
with the rhachis pubescent with soft spreading hairs ; bracts large, equalling 
the calyx, broadly oblong, concave, obtuse, margins ciliate. Flowers white, 
iin. diam., sessile. Calyx 4-partite ; segments erect, oblong, obtuse, ciliate. 
Corolla-tube about the length of the calyx; limb 4-lobed; dorsal lobe the 
broadest, erect ; the other 3 narrow-oblong, obtuse, spreading or decurved. 
Ovary pubescent. Capsule oblong, rounded at the tip, pubescent, about 
1 as long again as the calyx—Hook. f. Bot. Mag. (1894) t. 7370 ; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z, Fl. (1906) 525. | a Cheney 
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Sourn Istanp: Canterbury—Upper Rangitata, J. Bb. Armstrong! Mount Arrow- 
smith, Cockayne and R. M. Laing! Mount Peel, H. H. Allan ! Cockayne. 3500-4500 ft. 
January—February. : 
Closely related to V. pinguifolia, from which it differs in the larger leaves, which 
are cordate and semiamplexicaul at the base, and in the larger and often branched 
spikes. Mr. Armstrong describes the corolla-tube as “long,” but it barely equals the 
calyx in all the specimens I have seen, including an authentic one from him, 
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57. V. pinguifolia Hook. f./ Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 210—An erect or 
decumbent much-branched glaucous shrub 6in. to 4ft. high; branches 
stout, spreading, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves, the younger 
ones bifariously pubescent. Leaves closely imbricating, spreading or erecto- 
patent, sessile, }-3in. long, $-4in. broad, broad or narrow obovate-oblong 
to broadly oblong or suborbicular, obtuse, narrowed to a broad base, con- 
cave above, rounded at the back, very coriaceous or almost fleshy, quite 
elabrous, nerveless, glaucous, margins often edged with red. Spikes crowded 
near the tips of the branches, short, stout, dense-flowered, exceeding the 
leaves; peduncle and rhachis pubescent; bracts oblong, concave, as 
long as the calyx. Flowers white, }-4in. diam., sessile. Calyx 4-partite ; 
segments erect, oblong, obtuse, puberulous, margins ciliolate. Corolla-tube 
short, not exceeding the calyx; limb 4-lobed; lobes ovate-oblong or 
broadly oblong, obtuse, the anterior one narrower than the others. Ovary 
pubescent; style usually villous towards the base. Capsule oblong or 
obovate, obtuse, rounded at the tip, pubescent, from 4 as long again to 
nearly twice as long as the calyx.—Bot. Mag. (1875) t. 6147; J. B. Armstr. 
in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 350; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 525 ; 
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Adamson in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl (1912) 259. V. carnosula Hook f. wm Boh 
Mag. (1881) t. 6587 (not of Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 210). +o asreé 
SoutH Istanp: Mountains of Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, and f Otago, 
abundant. 2500-4500 ft. | December—February. —* 
A very variable plant, especially in size and mode of growth, and in the size, shap2, 
and colour of the leaves. Its nearest allies are V. carnosula and V. amplexicaulis, the 
first of which differs in the glabrous ovary and acute capsule, the latter in the larger 
leaves subcordate at the base, and larger often branched spikes. Small states, with 
smaller and narrower and more rigid leaves, approach var. major of V. Buchanant. 
From the other species of the section it is at once removed by the deeply concave 
obtuse leaves rounded (not keeled) at the back. ; 
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