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Title: Plants of New Zealand
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Laing, R. M. (Robert Malcolm), b. 1865 Blackwell, E. W. (Ellen W.)
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: Christchurch : Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd.
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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Ii8. V. lycopodioides (i nat. size). havoc amongst native plants upon these hills, and the onlyones that appear likely to survive are those that can exist onthe bare faces of inaccessible cliffs. Amongst the rare forms ofthe Peninsula may be mentioned Senecio saxifragoides,Celmisia Mackaui, and Veronica Lavaudiana, all of theminteresting and handsome species. Veronica Lavaudiana bears pink buds, and beautiful whiteblossoms, that open in late October, after the cultivated springflowers are past, and before the annuals have come into bloom.Coming as it does between the seasons, it is sometimes ofconsiderable value to florists in the preparation of wreaths, THE SNAP-DRAGON FAMILY 383 and floral decorations. Unfortunately, however, it is not wellknown, and is in cultivation only in a few gardens nearChristchurch. Veronica Hulkeana, on the other hand, is not infrequentlyto be seen listed in gardeners catalogues. It is an alliedspecies from the mountains and river gorges of eastern Nelson,
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Fitf. \i, Veronica cataractae (life size>. and bears long sprays of lilac-coloured flowers in loose panicles,sometimes a foot in length. It is one of the handsomest andmost graceful species of the genus. Veronica cataractae (The Waterfall Veronica). A small, slender herb. Stems prostrate at the base, and ascending. Leavesvery variable, oval or oblong, A in.-6in. long, serrate. Racemes very slender,few-flowered. Corolla ^ in.-J in. broad, white with red spots. Stamens short.North Island: East Coast, Rnahine ^Mountains. South Island: Western Otago.Fl. Feb.-March. 384 PLANTS OP NEW ZEALAND This species may be taken as a type of the herbaceoussection of the genus. The flowers are very pretty, the petalsbeing white, spotted with dark-red at the entrance to thethroat. The species is often cultivated, particularly in gardensin and around Dunedin. These, and the allied species,approach more closely to the European forms, than do theother New Zealand veronicas. It is strange, however, thatt

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