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504 glabrate or more or less pubescent. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, from half as long again to twice as long as the calyx; limb 4-lobed, lobes oblong, obtuse. Capsule ⅛–⅕ in. long, broadly ovate, acute, compressed, from half as long again to twice as long as the calyx.—''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 186; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 374; Benth. in. D.C. Prodr. x. 459; Raoul, Choix, 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 191; Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 207. V. Lindleyana, ''Paxt. Mag. Bot.'' xii. (1846) 247. V. Parkinsoniana, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi. (1889) 97.

9. V. rotundata, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 530.—A laxly branched shrub 2–6 ft. high; branches terete, glabrous. Leaves spreading, sessile or very shortly petioled, 3–4 in. long by ¾–1¼ in. broad, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, hardly coriaceous, flat, veins obscure. Racemes usually longer than the leaves, 3–6 in. long, 1 in. diam., densely many-flowered; rhachis and pedicels puberulous. Flowers large, ¼ in. diam., violet-purple or lilac. Calyx 4-partite; segments oblong-ovate, acute or subacute. Corolla-tube short and broad, hardly equalling the spreading 4-lobed limb. Stamens long, far exserted. Capsule about ⅕ in. long, suborbicular, compressed, obtuse, about twice as long as the calyx.