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Identifier: plantsofnewzeala1906lain (find matches)
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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, being of very low stature, the large stones of the shingle-slips, or the fissures of the rock, where alone the seed can germinate, will protect it froiTi drying winds. The same remark would apply to Veronica tetrasticha, a companion plant. It is curious that this soft, succulent form of leaf is the permanent form of Veronica Haastii, a closely allied plant, restricted to regions subject to the western rainfall.* Veronica Lavaudiana (Lavauds Veronica). A small, stout herb. Stem at first prostrate; branches ascending. Leaves^ in.-fin. long, broad, leathery. Flower-spikes Jin. long, in corymbs 1 in.-2 in.broad. Corolla Jin. across, white or purple. South Island : Banks Peninsula. Fl. Nov. This beautiful little Veronica was one of Baouls discoveries.He named it after Lavaud.t It belongs to the third sectionof veronicas, i.e., those with toothed and rather fleshy *Trans. XXXI., p. 381.1 Commodore of the Nanto-Bordelaise expedition for settling the South Island. THE SNAP-DRAGON FAMILY 381
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Fig. 127. Verouica iiionticola (life size). 382 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND leaves. They are nearly all rock-growing plants, and aregenerally found in limited and discontinuous areas. VeronicaLavaudiana is an extremely rare species, being found in onlya few localities on Banks Peninsula. It is still to be seen onDover Castle, The Giants Causeway, and on some otherisolated rocks, that rise like islands from a sea of tussocks onthe tops of the Lyttelton Hills. These cliffs afford a sanctuaryto several other rare species. Unfortunately, the frequentgrass fires, and grazing animals, are together causing much

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