Pachystegia rufa and allied rock daisies : rarity and threats
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Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand.
The paintings are certainly beautiful and accurate depictions of the species. In only a few cases e.g., karaka, Coprosmn lucLda, hard beech, and Pseudowintera axillavis are the leaves not good likenesses of typical specimens. Flowers and fruits, as well as leaves, are shown, and the use of enlarged paintings to show details of floral structure, placentation and fruits will be helpful in identifications. Importantly, a uniform style and tone has been maintained throughout. In comparison with Mark and Adams' N e w Zealand Alpine Plants, the paintings by Audrey Eagle are if anything clearer and include more close-ups of flowers and fruits.
Hebe brevifolia (Scrophulariaceae) — an ultramafic endemic of the Surville Cliffs, North Cape, New Zealand
Abstract A new combination, Hebe brevifolia, is made for the taxon first described as Veronica speciosa var. brevifolia and later treated by Moore in 1961 as Hebe macrocarpa var. brevifolia. Hebe brevifolia is an ultramafic endemic, distinguished from H. macrocarpa var. macrocarpa by its smaller stature and decumbent habit, lanceolate-elliptic to oblanceolate or rarely obovate leaves, large crimson widely spaced flowers borne on long pedicels, and chromosome number. The conservation status of Hebe brevifolia is discussed.