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pectinate-pinnatifid. Flowers crowded at the tips of the branches, forming 
small terminal heads, $ in. diam., white. Bracts furrowed, ciliolate. Calyx- 
segments unequal, oblong. Corolla-tube about equal to the calyx; lobes 
4, spreading, the dorsal one the largest. Capsule broadly oblong, sub- 
compressed, exceeding the calyx.—Bot. Mag. (1894) t. 7338; J. B. Armstr. 
in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1881) 351; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906) 530 ; 
Adamson in Journ, Linn. Soc. x] (1912) 262. 
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Sourn Istanp: Mountains of Nelson and Marlborough southwards to the west 
of Otago, not uncommon in subalpine localities throughout. 2500-5500 ft. De- 
cember—February. 
Very closely allied to V. tetragona, from which it can only be distinguished by the 
more acutely 4-angled branches and rather broader leaves, which are suddenly narrowed 
into a bluntish cusp or point. 
ot. M. Hecetori Hook. f./Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 212—A small robust 
much-branched shrub 6-30 in. high ; stem woody, terete, closely ringed by 
the scars of the fallen leaves ; branches terete or very obscurely tetragonous, 
stout, rigid, erect, 3-¢ in. diam., blackish-brown when dry. Leaves densely 
imbricated, opposite pairs connate to the middle or higher and forming a 
closely appressed ring surrounding the branch (sometimes slightly open at 
the mouth), ;4-gin. long, broader than long, broadly orbicular-oblong, 
obtuse, concave in front, rounded and polished at the back, not keeled, 
extremely thick and coriaceous, margins of the younger leaves often ciliolate. 
Leaves of young plants not seen. Flowers axillary, crowded at the tips of 
the branchlets, forming small terminal heads, about 4in. diam., white. 
Calyx-segments lnear-oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube about as 
long as the calyx; lobes oblong, obtuse, dorsal one the largest. Capsule 
exceeding the calyx, broadly oblong, subcompressed, obtuse.—Bot. Mag. 
(1895) t. 7415; J.B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiti (1881) 352 ; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 531; Adamson in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl (1912) 263. 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury—Southern Alps, Haasi, J. B. Armstrong ; Mount Cook 
district, 7. F. C. Otago—Garvie Mountains, Poppelwell/ Mount Alta, Hector and 
Buchanan ! Mount Tyndall and the Hector Mountains, Peirie / Humboldt Mountains, 
Cockayne! Haast Pass and Makarora, Poppelweii; Mount Jones, Hawea, Cockayne / 
Mount Earnslaw, H. J. Matthews! Lake Hauroko, Crosby Smith. 3500-6000 ft. 
January—March. Clyd@ “ Rak €:57938S -He 
Most nearly allied to V. lycopodioides, but recognized without any difficulty by the 
terete branchlets, and by the leaves being connate to above the middle, and obtuse, 
not pointed. The much stouter branchlets at once separate it from V. salicornioides 
and V. Armstrongit. 
68; V. Laingii Cockayne in Rep. Bot. Stewart Id. (1909) 44.—A small 
branching shrub 6-10 in. high. Main stems few, procumbent at the base, 
erect above, copiously branched towards the top; ultimate branchlets about 
13-2 in. long, strict, terete or obscurely tetragonous, 4,4 in. diam. Leaves 
quadrifarious, densely imbricate in opposite pairs, connate at the base, 
zo-¢ in. long, ovate-deltoid, obtuse at the tip, tumid on the back, margins 
minutely ciliate. Leaves of young plants not seen. Flowers 6-8 together, 
forming small heads 3-4in. long at the tips of the branchlets. Calyx- 
lobes oblong, obtuse, equalling the corolla-tube or nearly so; margins 
cilolate. Corolla white; lobes spreading, the dorsal one the largest. 
Ovary glabrous. Ripe capsules not seen. 
STEWART IstanD: Subalpine meadows near the summit of Mount Anglem, alt. 
2500-3200 ft., Cockayne! R. M. Laing! W. R. B. Oliver. January—Februarv. 
This is probably nearest to V. Hectort and V. coarctata, but is amply distinct from 
both. It also has some points of agreement with V. tumida. 
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