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‘48. ¥. Buchanani( Hook. f.) Handb. N.Z. Fl. (4864) 211.—A small 
woody shrub 4-12 in. high, much branched from the base ; branches stout, 
terete, spreading or decumbent, sometimes tortuous, closely ringed with the 
scars of the fallen leaves; bark black; branchlets usually pubescent at 
the tips. Leaves decussate, closely imbricate, sessile by a broad base, 
suberect or spreading, rarely deflexed, }-}in. long and almost as broad, 
broadly oblong or almost orbicular, obtuse or more rarely subacute, very 
thick and coriaceous, concave, rarely obscurely keeled, nerveless, quite 
glabrous. Spikes 2-4 near the tips of the branches, short and stout but 
much longer than the leaves, oblong, dense-flowered, shortly peduncled ; 
peduncle and rhachis villous - pubescent; bracts large, concave, ciliate, 
equalling the calyx or exceeding it. Flowers }in. diam., white, sessile. 
Calyx 4-partite; segments erect, oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube 
short, included in the calyx or barely equalling it; limb 4-lobed; lobes 
broadly oblong, obtuse. Ovary and style pubescent. Capsule nearly twice 
as long as the calyx, oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse, pubescent.—J. B. 
Armsir. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1881) 350; T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xxvill (1896) 523; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 526. 
~ Var. major Cheesem. oa PPS. ater, iewene ei spreading, 1-din. long, 
obovate or obovate-oblong, narrowed to the base, midrib often distinct beneath. Spikes 
larger, 1 in. long ; peduncle and thachis densely villous. | Style conspicuously villous. 
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Var. exigua\Cheesem.— Branches numerous, twiggy. Leaves narrower, 4-1 in., 
oblong-ovate, subacute, obscurely keeled. Spikes smali, tin. long, few-flowered. 
SourH Istanp: Canterbury—Mount Cook district (var. major and exigua), 7. F. C., 
Hf. J. Matihews ! Miss L. S. Gibbs! Otago—Mount Alta, Buchanan ! Mount Arnould, 
Petrie / Mount Kyeburn (var. major), Petrie! H. J. Matthews! summit of Lindis Pass, 
Cockayne. 3000-7000 ft. December—February. ) 
Also a very variable plant. The extreme state, represented by Buchanan’s Mount 
Alta specimens, is easily recognized by the small uniform close-set almost orbicular 
spreading leaves and capitate spikes; but larger forms approach V. pinguifolia so 
closely that it is difficult to draw a line of demarcation between the two species. My 
var. major might be referred to either. 7 
GS Ht | o 8 és 222 
59. Vs pimeleoides Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 195.—A small much- 
branched prostrate or suberect shrubby plant 3-18in. high; branches — 
rather slender, straggling, pubescent or almost villous, rarely glabrous. 
Leaves usually rather laxly placed, rarely close-set, spreading or suberect, 
sessile, 4-3 1n. long, obovate-oblong or ovate-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, 
obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, glaucous, obtusely keeled. Spikes near the 
tips of the branches, peduncled, exceeding the leaves, 4-1 in. long ; rhachis 
villous-pubescent ; bracts large, almost or quite equalling the calyx, ciliate. 
Flowers { in. diam., dark purplish-blue, sessile. Calyx 4-partite ; segments 
ovate, acute, ciliate. -Corolla-tube very short, not equalling the calyx ; 
limb broad, spreading, 4-lobed; lobes broad, obtuse, the anterior one 
narrower than the others. Capsule 4 in. jong, ovate, acute, turgid, glabrous 
or slightly pubescent, twice as long as the calyx.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 
211; J. B. Armstr. mn Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 350; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. #1. (1906) 527; Adamson in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl (1912) 258477 — Gs 
_©> Var. glauco- caerulea ‘Cheesem.— Larger and stouter, more intensely glaucous. 
Leaves 3-3 in. long, obovate or obovate-oblong, shortly petiolate. Flowers dark-blue 
or purple. V. glauco-caerulea J. B. Armsir. I.c. 353. 
“ Var. minor Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 738.—Smaller, 1-4 in, high, sparingly 
branched. Leaves smaller and narrower, }-lin. long, lanceolate to oblong-ova le, 
usually acute. Spikes small, few-flowered. 
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