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Veronica. ] SCROPHULARIACEAR, 823 
SoutH IstanD: Otago—Lake district, Mount Alta, sounds of the west coast, 
Buchanan ! Old Man Range, Mount Pisa, Ben Lomond, Mount Bonpland, Petrie! Cecil 
Peak, Lake Wanaka, Mount Cardrona, Mount Dick, Cockayne /. Garvie Mountains, 
Poppelwell, W. A. Thomson ! J. Speden! Mount Kyeburn, B.C. Aston! 3500-6000 ft. 
January—March. 
A very peculiar species, remarkable for the large terminal flower and 5-lobed calyx 
and corolla. Sir J. D. Hooker gives the number of stamens as 5, but all the flowers 
that I have examined are diandrous, and Kirk and Buchanan make the same statement. 
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80. We. uniflora (7. Kirk /in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896). 522.— 
A small rigid prostrate little plant, much and closely branched ; branches 
ascending or erect, $-l$1n. long, tetragonous, din. diam. with the leaves 
on. Leaves densely quadrifariously imbricated, opposite pairs connate at 
the base, ovate-oblong, obtuse, very coriaceous, concave, margins ciliate 
below. Flowers solitary, terminal, tin. diam. Calyx 5-partite ; segments 
linear-oblong, obtuse, hispid-glandular throughout. Corolla 5-lobed ; lobes 
rounded, spreading. Stamens 2, included. Ovary villous at the top. 
Capsule included in the calyx.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 536. 
Logania Armstrong Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) 347, t. 28, f. 3. 
SoutH IstanpD: Otago—Hector’s Col, Mount Aspiring, Buchanan and McKay ! 
Garvie Mountains, Poppelwell ; Hector Mountains, J. Speden / 5000-6000 ft. 
Possibly only a small state of V. dasyphylla, but I have seen only very indifferent 
specimens. s ue ) 
66 Fi the & Ala -f* 
Si. W macrantha Hook. f/ Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 213.—A short stout 
sparingly branched erect shrub 1-2 ft. high; branches erect or spreading, 
rigid, terete or obscurely tetragonous, glabrous or faintly puberulous above. 
Leaves $-lin. long, obovate-lanceolate to obovate or broadly oblong- 
ovate, obtuse or acute, narrowed into a short stout petiole, obtusely serrate, 
very thick and coriaceous, smooth, flat, glossy, margins thickened. Racemes 
few or many, axillary, 3—-8-flowered ; peduncle slender, usually longer than 
the leaves; bracts narrow-lanceolate. Flowers large, #in. diam., pure- 
white ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx deeply 4-partite ; segments 
lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, {-41n. long. Corolla-tube short; lobes 
4, broad, rounded. Capsule broadly ovoid, acute, equalling or slightly 
exceeding the calyx-segments.—J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii 
(1881) 350; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 5387; JU. N.Z. Fl. ui (1914) 
t. 156. Aas at 
SoutH Istanpd: Alpine grassy slopes from Mount Arthur (Nelson) to Lake Te 
Anau (Otago), chiefly in the central chain of mountains. 2500-5000 ft. De- 
cemher—February. 
One of the most distinct species of the genus, easily recognized by the sparingly 
branched rigid habit, very coriaceous toothed leaves, and large pure-white flowers. 
Specimens from Mount Arthur and other parts of the Nelson District have shorter 
broader leaves, more numerous racemes, and smaller flowers than is usual in Canter- 
bury and Otago, and may be distinguished as var. brachyphylla (Man. N.Z. Fi. * 
(1903) 537). 
82. V. Benthami Hook. f/ Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 60, tt. 39, 40.—An erect 
branching shrub 2-4ft. high; branches stout, ringed with the scars of 
the fallen leaves, naked below, leafy above, younger ones bifariously 
pubescent. Leaves crowded towards the ends of the branches, sessile, 
opposite pairs connate at the very base, 4-14in. long, linear-oblong to 
obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed to the base, flat, coriaceous, veinless, 
