z. {ae a 
SEL HA. Hrtmna Kh & )Chen. aus 60 1/919: &7o- [Grae a 
824 SCROPHULARIACEAE. | Veronica, 
entire or with a few coarse serratures above the middle, margins with a 
line of white down. Racemes terminating the branches, elongated, 14-3 in, 
long, many-flowered, clothed with numerous leafy imbricating bracts 
+-4in. long. Flowers pedicelled, not exceeding the bracts, 4-41in. diam., 
bright-blue. Calyx deeply 5-partite ; segments unequal, oblong-spathulate, 
margined with white down. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx; limb 
5-lobed, more rarely 3-6-lobed ; lobes obovate, obtuse. Stamens 2, rarely 
3, short, included. Capsule broadly ovoid, acute, about as iong as the 
calyx.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 214; J. B. Armsir. on Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xii (1881) 350; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. #l. (1906) 537; Subantarctie Is, 
N.Z. ii (1909) 425. V. finaustrina Homb. and Jacq. Voy. au Péle Sud, 
Dicot. (1853) t. 9, fig. y. | 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL Is~taAnDS: Rocky places, abundant, Hooker, T. Kirk! 
Chapman! H. J. Matthews, and others. December—February. 
A very distinct and beautiful plant, excellently figured in the ‘‘ Flora Antarctica.” 
As pointed out by Hooker, abnormal fiowers are frequently seen in which the corolla 
is 6-lobed, with 3 stamens and a 3-celled ovary. Other flowers have a 3-lobed corolla, 
but with the usual number of stamens and a 2-celled ovary. 
83. V. erecta 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 517.— 
A sparingly branched shrub 6-18in. high; branches few, slender, strict, 
erect, terete, sparingly leafy, puberulous above. Leaves in distant pairs, 
spreading, sessile, #-lin. long, oblong-lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 
acute, entire or obscurely toothed, subcoriaceous, margins minutely puber- 
ulous or ciliate. Racemes 2-6, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, 
‘ 3-4in. long, strict, erect, naked below; rhachis pubescent, as are the 
bracts and short pedicels. Flowers about }4in. diam., often obscurely 
fascicled or whorled. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments ovate-oblong, 
acute, ciliate, Corolla-tube short and broad, shorter than the large spread- 
ing limb; lobes 4, broadly ovate, acute. Stamens long, exserted ; anthers 
large, broadly ovate. Immature capsule exceeding the calyx, compressed, 
oblong, “acute.-—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906) 538. 
SoutH Istanp: Otago—Said to have been collected on Mount Bonpland, but 
exact locality doubtful. 
A species founded on cultivated specimens sent to Mr. Kirk by Mr. Martin, of 
the Fairfield Gardens, near Dunedin. It does not seem to he closely allied to any 
other New Zealand species, and its strict erect habit and elongated racemes give it a 
very peculiar appearance. For the present I place it near to V. Hulkeana, but more 
Specimens are required before its exact position can be determined. 
i, /4 i f. & is 
64. Ve Hulkeana/ Ff. Muellex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 213. 
—A slender erect laxly branched shrub 1-3 ft. high; branches spreading, 
sparingly leafy, terete, puberulous above. Leaves in remote pairs, spread- 
ing, 1-2in. long, broadly ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute, obtusely 
or acutely coarsely serrate, rather fleshy whén fresh, dark-green and 
shining, petiole 4-4in. long. Panicle slender, terminal, much branched, 
6-12 in, long by 2-6in. broad, finely pubescent; branches opposite, the 
lower ones again compound; bracts minute, z+ in. long, broadly ovate, 
obtuse, ciliate. Flowers very numerous, small, sessile, }-}in, diam., 
pale-hlac. Calyx rather narrow, 4-partite ; segments ovate, obtuse, ciliate. 
Corolla-tube very short; lobes 4, rounded. Stamens 2; anthers broadly 
ovate, yellow. Capsule small, oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the calyx. 
—Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. (1864) t. 5484: J.B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xi (1881) 350; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 558; Adamson in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xl (1912) 266. 
