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Veronica. | | SCROPHULARIACEAR. 825 
Var. oblonga (T. KifhJin Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 518.—Leaves narrow- 
oblong, 1-3in. long including the petiole. 
“Wap Fairfieldii 7’. Kirk I.c.—Smaller and stouter. Leaves smaller, seldom more 
than lin. long, .crenate-dentate; with reddish margins. Panicle shorter and broader. 
Calyx-segments narrower, linear-oblong, pubescent.—V. Fairfieldii Hook. f. Bot. Mag. 
(1893) 6. 7323. 
Soutu Istanp: Marlborough—Lower Wairau, W. T. L. Travers, Monro ; Macrae’s 
Run, Monro; Awatere Valley, J. H. Macmahon! T. Kirk! Kaikoura Mountains, Sinclair, 
Buchanan! T. Kirk! Canterbury—Hills in the northern part cf the province, J. B. 
Armstrong ! Var. oblonga: Marlborough—Awatere Valley, 7. Kirk! J. H. Macmahon! 
Mount Fyffe, Cockayne / Sea-level to 3000 ft. N ber—D ber. 
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A handsome species, better known in cultivation than in a wild state. Mr. H. J. 
Matthews informs me that the var. Fairfieldii, which was described as a distinct 
species by Hooker, originally appeared in the Fairfield Gardens, near Dunedin, where 
many species of Veronica are cultivated, and has never been found in a wild state. 
It is probably a hybrid between V. Hulkeana and V. Lavaudiana. 
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85. V. Lavaudiana (Raoul )Choiz (1846) 16, t: 10.—A small spar- 
ingly branched shrub 3-9in: high; branches rather stout, decumbent 
at the base, then erect, leafy, terete, glabrous below, puberulous above. 
Leaves rather crowded, spreading, 4—1 in. long, broadly obovate or obovate- 
spathulate, rounded at the tip, gradually narrowed into a short stout 
petiole, crenate-serrate, very coriaceous, dark-green usually margined 
with red. Spikes short, +-#in. long, arranged in a broad hemispherical 
many-flowered corymb sometimes 2in. diam. or more; peduncle rather 
long, erect, and with the pediceis glandular-pubescent ; bracts ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, pilose and ciliate. Flowers small, sessile, }-4in. diam. 
Calyx 4-partite ; segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent. Corolla- 
tube rather longer than the calyx; lobes 4, spreading, unequal, obtuse. 
Capsule exceeding the calyx, oblong, obtuse, pubescent.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i (1853) 195; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 539; Bot. Mag. (1891) t. 7210; 
J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii (1881) 350; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 539; Adamson in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl (1912) 266. 
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SoutH Istanp: Canterbury—Abundant in rocky places on Banks Peninsula, 
Raoul, Lyall, &c.; river-beds of the Canterbury Plains, rare, Lyall, W. 7. L. Travers, 
J. B. Armstrong ! Sea-level to 2500 ft. November—December, 
It is somewhat doubtful if this occurs at the present time on the Canterbury 
Plains, but I have seen a. specimen of old date labelled from thence. 
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“86. V. Raoulii (Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 214.—A stout much- 
branched woody little shrub 4-12in. high; branches often procumbent 
below, terete, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves, leafy above, 
pubescent. Leaves spreading or suberect, 4—-#in. long, oblong-spathulate, 
obtuse or acute, gradually narrowed into a rather long petiole, crenate- 
serrate, very thick and coriaceous, yellow-green, flat, veinless. Spikes 
very short, either arranged in a broad terminal panicle or corymb 1-2in. 
across, or forming smaller lateral! corymbs or heads ; peduncles and pedicels 
puberulous; bracts ovate,. ciliolate. Flowers small, sessile, $-4+1in. diam. 
Calyx 4-partite; segments ovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube 
short; lobes 4, broadly oblong, rounded. Capsule exceeding the calyx, 
oblong, obtuse —J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 350; 
Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxi (1899) 379 (development of seedling) ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906) 539. © 
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