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840 §CROPHULARIACEHAE, [ Huphrasia, 
2. BE. Monroi Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 220.—Perennial, some- 
times woody at the very base; stems erect or decumbent below, 3-8 in. 
high, leafy above, sparingly branched, faintly bifariously pubescent. Leaves 
rather close-set, spreading, 4-}in. long, obovate or obovate-spathulate, 
obtuse, narrowed to the base but not evidently petiolate, coriaceous, 
glabrous, furnished with 1 or 2 short obtuse teeth on each side; margins 
thick, recurved. Flowers in short few-flowered leafy spikes towards the 
ends of the branches, sessile or very shortly peduncled ; bracts similar to 
the leaves. Calyx 4-lobed ; lobes short, thick, obtuse or subacute, margins 
recurved. Corolla $-%in. long ; tube funnel-shaped, exceeding the calyx ; 
upper lip bilobed, lower lip trilobed ; lobes retuse. Capsule obovate, 
retuse, equalling the calyx or slightly longer than it.—Wettst. Monog. 
Euphr. (1896) 248, t. v, f. 375-82, and t. xiv, f, 2; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
FI. (1906) 554. 
Soutn Isnanp: Not uncommon on the mountains of Nelson and Marlborough, 
Canterbury—Hurunui Mountains, JW. T. L. Travers ; Lake Tennyson, R. M. Laing; 
Southern Alps, Sinclair and Haast ; Mount Arrowsmith, Cockayne and R. M. Laing ; 
Franz Josef Glacier, Cockayne. 3000-5600 ft. December—March. 
Very closely allied to H. cuneata, but a smaller much more sparingly branched 
plant, with close-set uniform leaves not obviously petioiate and with the margins 
recurved. It is also without the copious branched inflorescence of the typical state 
of E. cuneata, the flowers being few towards the tips of the branches. It should be 
mentioned that in both EH. cuneata and HE. Monroi it is only a part of the plant which 
is perennial, the flower-bearing branchlets perishing during winter, their places being 
taken by new shoots produced during the following season. 
3. E. Laingii Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliv (1912) 184.—Perennial, 
almost woody at the base, 3-Sin. high; stems decumbent below, erect 
above, bifariously pubescent. Leaves in rather distant pairs, erect, 4-4 In, 
long, oblong-cuneate, obtusely 3-lobed at the tip, the median lobe much 
the widest, narrowed to a sessile base, coriaceous, glabrous, margins more 
or less recurved. Inflorescence of leafy spike-like racemes often 41n, 
long or more; bracts large, gradually passing into the leaves. Flowers 
in opposite pairs, pedicellate, the pedicels as long as the bracts. Calyx 
4-lobed, lobes subacute, narrow-triangular, veined. Corolla large, 3-31. 
long; tube funnel-shaped ; limb large, spreading. Capsule oblong-cuneate, 
rather shorter than the enlarged calyx; seeds 8-10 in each cell. 
Sourn Istanp: Canterbury—Craigieburn Mountains, Cockayne, Petrie! Mount 
Peel, Mount Winterslow, R. M. Laing / Hooker Valley, Mount Cook district, T,. F. Oy 
Petrie / 3000-5000 ft. December—February. 
Closely allied to £. Monroi, with which it agrees in the erect stems, coriaceous 
leaves, and in the large narrow-oboyoid capsule. The narrow-cuneate erect leaves are 
probably its best mark. 
4, E. Townsoni Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Lnst. xliv (1912) 185.—Annual 
or subperennial, often much branched from the base. Stems somewhat 
stout, decumbent below, erect above, 2-3}in. high, densely bifariously 
pubescent with short erisped white hairs, which are more or less glandular. 
Leaves In remote opposite pairs, sessile, ¢-jin. long, narrow ovate- 
rhomboid, cuneate at the base, furnished with 1-2 large teeth on each 
side and a prominent terminal one; margins reflexed. Flowers 2-4 
towards the tips of the branches, often opposite in the axils of the 
uppermost leaves, large, peduncled, 4-4 in. long, bright-yellow with darker 
