As growing wild on the coastal rocks of Chatham Island this is an exceedingly polymorphic linneon, which requires close study and analysis in the field. By such methods only can the status of var. Coviana (T. Kirk) Cheesem. be determined, but at present we cannot uphold it as a variety. There are several distinct forms in cultivation, but fortunately none have received as yet more than nomina nuda. [*Veronica acutiflora Benth. in D. C. Prodr. 10 (1846) 460.] All the specimens referred to this in the Manual came from Kerikeri Falls (Bay of Islands), and of them Cheeseman states, “This appears to be a variable plant. Mr. Colenso's specimens have the pedicels and calyces nearly glabrate; in Kirk's and Petrie's they are softly pubescent. So far as is known the species is restricted to a single habitat, where it was originally discovered by Allan Cunningham.” Specimens sent to us by Petrie show considerable diversity. We consider it to be a hybrid, probably between Hebe salicifolia var. stricta and H. ligustrifolia, and do not admit it to the flora as a good species. 17. *Hebe angustifolia (A. Rich.) Ckn. et Allan comb. nov. = Veronica angustifolia A. Rich. in Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 187. We have some evidence that this is a compound species, but the jordanons are probably so close that at present we do not give to any varietal names, but possibly Veronica squalida T. Kirk is a jordanon. Hebe angustifolia crosses freely with any form of H. salicifolia which may be present and for this extensive group we propose, further on, the name×Hebe angustisala. One member of the group has already been deliberately described as×Veronica Simmonsii Ckn. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 48 (1916) 202, but it is not mentioned in the Manual ed. 2 It, however, consists of a small group of plants which do not differ greatly from one another and one of the parents was H. salicifolia var. Atkinsonii whereas the larger part of×H. angustisala results from a var. communis cross. [*var. abbreviata Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 53 (1921) 371.] This was apparently described from specimens taken from one individual and from the brief description seems to be H. angustifolia or H. leiophylla×H. montana or H. Traversii. It is accepted as a valid var. by Cheeseman. 18. *Hebe parviflora (Vahl) Ckn. et Allan comb. nov. = Veronica parviflora Vahl in Sym. Bot. 3 (1794) 4. Whether this is really Vahl's species we do not know. As defined by Cheeseman it represents a well-defined simple or perhaps compound species considering its wide range. It is in part equivalent to Veronica arborea Buch., this at anyrate a jordanon. 19. Hebe leiophylla (Cheesem.) Ckn. et Allan comb. nov. = Veronica leiophylla Cheesem. in Man. N.Z. Flora ed. 1 (1906) 510. Before the publication of the Manual this was referred sometimes to Hebe ligustrifolia and sometimes to H. Traversii. It is a well-