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508 pubescent or glabrate. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, short and broad, not nearly equalling the calyx; limb deeply 4-lobed; lobes longer than the tube, oblong, acute or subacute. Capsule ⅙ in. long, ovate-oblong, acute, about twice as long as the calyx.—V. ligustrifolia var. acutiflora, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 192.

15. V. angustifolia, ''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel.'' 187.—An erect much-branched glabrous shrub 5–8 ft. high; branches slender, erect, naked below, bark often purplish-brown. Leaves sessile, spreading or deflexed, 1½–3½ in. long, ⅙–¼ in. broad, narrow-linear or narrow linear-lanceolate, often falcate, acute, dark-green and channelled above, paler and keeled beneath, quite glabrous, margins entire. Racemes numerous near the tips of the branches, opposite and axillary, erect or spreading, longer than the leaves, 2–5 in. long, slender, tapering, usually rather lax-flowered; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent; pedicels short, slender. Flowers rather small, ⅙ in. diam., pale-lilac. Calyx very small, deeply 4-partite; segments oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla-tube tubular, 2 or 3 times as long as the calyx; limb 4-lobed; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse. Capsule about ⅙ in. long, ovate, acute, compressed, about twice as long as the calyx.—Raoul, Choix, 43. V. squalida, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 528. V. parviflora var. angustifolia. ''Hook. f. in Bot. Mag.'' t. 5965.

16. V. parviflora, ''Vahl. Symb. Bot.'' iii. 4.—A much-branched shrub or small tree 6–20 ft. high, with a rounded dome-shaped head; trunk sometimes 2 ft. diam. at the base; branches slender, twiggy, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves sessile, spreading or suberect, 1–2½ in. long, ⅙–¼ in. broad, narrow linear-lanceolate, acute, almost flat or channelled above, keeled beneath, quite smooth, margins entire. Racemes near the tips of the