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512 in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 351. V. diosmæfolia var. trisepala. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 525; ''Hook. f. Bot. Mag.'' t. 7539. V. trisepala, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. (1883) 324.

22. V. Menziesii, Benth. in D.C. Prodr. x. 461.—A compact perfectly glabrous shrub 3–8 ft. high; branches terete, leafy. Leaves usually rather close-set, shortly petioiate, suberect or spreading, ½–1 in. long, ⅕–¼ in. broad, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute, rigid, coriaceous, flat or slightly keeled beneath. Racemes crowded near the tips of the branches, 1–2 in. long, peduncled, corymbosely branched, very rarely simple, erect or erecto-patent; rhachis slender, puberulous; pedicels variable in length. Flowers white or pale-lilac, ⅕–¼ in. diam. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments ovate-oblong, subacute or obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube nearly twice as long as the calyx, funnel-shaped; lobes oblong, obtuse or subacute, the anterior one narrower than the rest. Capsule ovoid, acute, more than twice as long as the calyx.—''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 193. V. Colensoi, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 209 (in part only).''

Var. divaricata, Cheesem.—More sparingly branched; the branches slender, spreading. Leaves narrower, lanceolate, acute, often falcate, spreading or deflexed, not so closely placed nor so coriaceous as in the type. Racemes copiously corymbosely branched. Calyx-segments narrower, ovate-lanceolate, acute. Has much of the habit and general appearance of V. diosmæfolia, but differs markedly in the longer corolla-tube and narrower acute calyx-segments.

Marlborough—Pelorus and Tinline Valleys, J. H. Macmahon! Nelson, Bidwill! Maitai Valley, ''Kirk! T.F.C.; Lake Rotoiti, Monro, T.F.C.; Hanmer Plains, T.F.C.; Clarence Valley, Kirk!''