Shrub, 0.05-0.2 m tall. Branches ascending to erect; branchlets red-brown to grey with thick corky bark; vegetative internodes 1-4 mm long. Stem pubescence bifarious or uniform, eglandular; eglandular stem hairs patent or deflexed. Leaves erecto-patent; lamina lanceolate to oblanceolate, coriaceous and rigid, folded, 5-15 × 2-6 mm; apex acute; base cuneate; margin red, rounded, smooth, crenate to serrate, teeth in 3-8 pairs. Adaxial surface of leaves with minute twin, headed glandular hairs on midrib, green to bronze green, dull, with scattered stomata. Abaxial surface of leaves glabrous, pale green, dull, with numerous stomata. Midrib depressed to grooved above. Petiole not winged, 1-5 mm long. Inflorescence with (30)50-70 flowers, 1-2 cm long; peduncle 0.3- 0.6 cm long; rachis 0.5-1.5 cm long, pubescent; bracts opposite and decussate, acute, ciliate with both eglandular and rare glandular hairs, deltoid. Pedicels eglandular-pubescent, much shorter than bracts, 0- 0.2 mm long. Calyx divisions equally deep; calyx 2.8-3.3 mm long; calyx lobes 4, all similar, ovate to deltoid, subacute to obtuse, glandular- and eglandular-ciliate. Corolla 4-5 mm diam., bright pink at anthesis, mauve after pollination, throat pink; corolla tube 1.8-2.0 mm long, 1 mm wide, cylindric to funnelform, shorter than calyx, glabrous; corolla lobes glabrous; posterior corolla lobe longer than tube, elliptic to ovate, obtuse, spreading to recurved; lateral corolla lobes elliptic, subacute to obtuse, spreading; anterior corolla lobe elliptic to lanceolate, acute to obtuse, spreading. Stamen filaments coloured, inserted about middle of corolla tube, 1.0- 1.2 mm long; anthers pale yellow. Nectarial disk ciliate. Ovary globose to ellipsoid, emarginate, glabrous, 0.8 × 0.7 mm, 0.7 mm thick. Ovules 10- 20 per locule. Style 3.0-3.8 mm long, 0.17-0.2 mm thick, glabrous, pink to dark mauve. Stigma bilobed (sometimes 4-lobed), white to yellow at anthesis, 0.2-0.3 mm wide. Capsule turgid, truncate to emarginate, dark brown, 2.0-2.5 × 1.0-1.5 mm, 1.5 mm thick, glabrous. Loculicidal split of capsule extending 1/3-way to base. Seeds not seen.

Suffrutices parvi, ramunculosi; cortex crassus; a H. raoulii foliis angustioribus, ad medium latissimis, acutis, dentibus foliorum pluribus; pilis caulium inflorescentiarumque brevioribus; lobis calycis quatuor, liberis; corolla staminibus et stylis parvioribus, intensius coloratis; antheris pallidioribus; stigmate lobato, in alabastro incluso vel vix exserto differt.

Hermaphrodite shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite, usually decussate, sometimes subdistichous on prostrate or trailing steins, petiolate, crenate to serrate, glabrous or with eglandular or minute glandular hairs on midrib. Inflorescence terminal, racemose compound; flowers opening in acropetal sequence. Bracts opposite, decussate, or alternate above, with transverse wrinkle at base. Flowers protogynous. Calyx lobes imbricate, 4-5, the anterior pair sometimes united, the posterior lobe shorter or absent. Corolla tube cylindric to funnelform, veins to lobes branching near base of tube. Corolla lobes 4. Stamens 2; filaments erect, inserted in basal half of corolla tube; anthers apiculate, yellow or cream. Nectarial disk ciliate or glandular-ciliate, rarely glabrous. Ovary truncate or emarginate. Locules 2; placenta hemispherical with ovules scattered on surface; ovules hemitropous; stigma capitate or 2-4-lobed, often protruding from bud. Capsule turgid to broadly angustiseptate, thickwalled, dehiscing septicidally to base and loculicidally to varying depth. Seeds few, (1—)3—6 per locule, fusiform to irregular, compressed, smooth, or rugulose on back, winged at ends or at proximal end and narrowly around edges.

Suffrutices, Parahebe primo adspectu similes, a Parahebe, Chionohebe, Derwentia, et Hebe inflorescentiis terminalibus, floribus proterogynis, staminibus erectis, antheris luteolis, ovulis hemitropis, seminibus fusiformibus vel irregularibus, alatis different.

Shrub, 0.2-0.7 m tall. Branches decumbent to ascending; branchlets brown to grey, vegetative internodes (3-)10-25(-70) mm long. Stem pubescence uniform, glandular and eglandular, or stems glabrous; eglandular stem hairs patent to recurved. Leaves erecto-patent to spreading; lamina lanceolate, ovate, oblong, elliptic, or rhomboid, firm to coriaceous, flat, folded or concave, (10-)20-50(- 60) × (5-)10-20(-35) mm; apex acute, subacute, obtuse, rounded, apiculate, or truncate; base cuneate; margin green or red, rounded, smooth or sometimes ciliolate at apex, crenate to serrate; marginal teeth or lobes in 5-12(-20) pairs; adaxial surface glabrous or with minute twin-headed glandular hairs on midrib, green to bronze green, glossy to vernicose, without stomata; abaxial surface glabrous or sparsely eglandular-hairy on midrib; pale green to almost white, sometimes pinkish, dull, with very dense stomata. Midrib depressed to grooved above and beneath, or thickened beneath. Petiole narrowly winged in distal half, (5-)10-20(-25) mm long. Inflorescence with (50-)200-700(-1500) flowers, (9-)15-35(-48) cm long; peduncle 2-6(-8.5) cm long; rachis (7-) 12-30(-40) cm long, glabrous, or puberulent or glandular-puberulent; bracts opposite and decussate below, becoming alternate above, subacute, acute, or acuminate, eglandular-ciliate, ovate to deltoid; pedicels glabrous or eglandular- or glandular-puberulent, much shorter than bracts; pedicels 0-1 mm long. Calyx divisions equally deep; calyx (1.5-) 1.8-3.0 mm long; lobes 4, all similar, lanceolate, elliptic, ovate, deltoid, or obovoid, acuminate to obtuse, glandular- or eglandular-ciliate, or with mixed glandular and eglandular cilia. Corolla (6-)8-9(-10) mm diam., white, violet, or mauve at anthesis and after pollination; corolla tube 1.0- 1.5 mm long, 0.7-1.0 mm wide, cylindric to funnelform, shorter than calyx, glabrous; corolla lobes glabrous, or sparsely ciliate; posterior corolla lobe longer than tube, circular to elliptic, obtuse, erect or suberect; lateral corolla lobes elliptic, obtuse, spreading; anterior corolla lobe elliptic, obtuse, spreading. Stamen filaments white, inserted about middle or between middle and base of corolla tube, 1.0-1.5 mm long; anthers yellow. Nectarial disk ciliolate, or glabrous, or glandular-ciliate. Ovary globose to ellipsoid, emarginate, glabrous, eglandular hairy, or glandular hairy, 0.6-1.0 × 0.6- 0.9 mm wide, 0.5-0.8 mm thick. Ovules 14-20 per locule. Style 3.5-4.5 mm long, 0.1-0.2 mm thick, glabrous or with unicellular hairs, white, pink, violet, or mauve. Stigma capitate or sometimes weakly 4- lobed, white at anthesis, 0.3-0.4 mm wide. Capsule turgid or broadly angustiseptate, truncate to emarginate, dark brown, (2.5-)3.0-4.5 × 2.0- 2.5(-3.0) mm, 2.0-2.5(-3.0) mm thick; hairs usually absent, sometimes eglandular, unicellular, or glandular; loculicidal split of capsule extending 1/3-½-way to base. Seeds weakly flattened, fusiform to irregular, winged, weakly rugulose on back, pale to dark brown, (1.0-)1.5-2.4 × (0.5-)0.8- 1.2 mm.

Stem densely puberulent when young, becoming glabrous, hairs glandular or eglandular; eglandular stem hairs patent to recurved. Leaves erecto-patent to spreading; lamina narrowly to broadly lanceolate, ovate, oblong, or elliptic, (10-)20-45(-60) × (5-)10-20(-35) mm; apex acute, subacute, obtuse, rounded, or truncate; marginal teeth in 5-12(-20) pairs; adaxial surface of leaves with minute twin-headed glandular hairs on midrib; abaxial surface of leaves glabrous, or sparsely hairy on midrib. Petiole (5-)10-15(-20) mm long. Rachis glabrous basally, individual rachises of racemes puberulent or glandular-puberulent. Pedicels eglandular-puberulent, 0-0.5 mm long. Calyx (1.5-) 1.8-2.0(-2.5) mm long; lobes elliptic to broadly obovoid, subacute or obtuse, eglandular-ciliate or with mixed glandular and eglandular cilia. Corolla tube funnelform; lobes glabrous or sparsely ciliate. Stamen filaments inserted between middle and base of corolla tube. Nectarial disk ciliolate, glabrous, or glandular-ciliate. Ovary glabrous, eglandular hairy, or glandular hairy, (0.6)-0.8 x0.8 mm, 0.6-0.8 mm thick. Capsule (2.5-)3.0-4.0(-4.5) mm long, 2,0(- 2.5) mm thick, glabrous; loculicidal split extending ½-way to base. Chromosome number 2n = 42 (Hair 1967). FL Oct-Nov, FT Nov-Feb.

Stems usually glabrous throughout, rarely sparsely puberulent when young, hairs glandular and eglandular; eglandular stem hairs recurved. Leaves erecto-patent; lamina lanceolate, rhomboid, or rarely elliptic, (15-)30-50(-60) × (8-) 15-20(-25) mm; apex acute, apiculate, or rarely obtuse; marginal teeth in 5-10(-15) pairs; adaxial surface glabrous or with minute twin-headed glandular hairs on midrib; abaxial surface glabrous. Petiole (8-)10-20(-25) mm long. Rachis glabrous basally, individual rachises of racemes glandularpuberulent or sparsely puberulent. Pedicels glabrous or glandular-puberulent, 0-1 mm long. Calyx 2 3 mm long; lobes lanceolate, ovate, or deltoid, acuminate or acute, glandular-ciliolate or with mixed glandular and eglandular cilia. Corolla tube cylindric to narrowly funnelform; lobes glabrous. Stamen filaments inserted about middle of corolla tube, c. 1 mm long. Nectarial disk ciliolate or glabrous. Ovary glabrous or eglandular or glandular hairy (hairs short), 0.7-1.0 × 0.6-0.9 mm, 0.5-0.7 mm thick. Capsule 3.5-4.5 mm long, 2.0-2.5(-3.0) mm thick, usually glabrous, sometimes with unicellular eglandular or glandular hairs. Loculicidal split of capsule extending 1/3-way to base. FL Nov, FT Jan- Feb(-Mar).

A subsp. hulkeana cauiibus petiolis et inflorescentiis glabratis vel pilis sparsis indutis, saepe glandulosis; tubis calycis glabratis, lobis calycis acutis vel acuminatis, ciliis marginurn sparsis, saepe nonnullis glandulosis differt.

Spreading low shrub, 0.1-0.3 m tall. Branches prostrate to decumbent; branchlets brown to grey; vegetative internodes (1—)4—8(—12) mm long; stem pubescence uniform, glandular. Leaves spreading to recurved; lamina obovate to orbicular, coriaceous, flat, (7-)12-25(-30) × (6-)8-17 mm; apex obtuse, rounded, or truncate; base cuneate; margin green or red, rounded, smooth or ciliate to glandular-ciliate on uppermost leaves only, crenate with 3-10 pairs of crenations; adaxial surface with minute twin-headed glandular hairs on midrib, glaucescent to dark green, dull, with dense stomata; abaxial surface glabrous, pale green, dull, with dense stomata; midrib thickened beneath and depressed to grooved above. Petiole narrowly winged, 2-5(-8) mm long. Inflorescence with (50-) 100-150 flowers, 2-4 cm long; rachis 1-3 cm long, glandularpubescent; bracts subopposite to alternate, or opposite and decussate below, becoming alternate above, acute to slightly acuminate, glandular-ciliate, deltoid to narrowly deltoid. Pedicels absent. Calyx divisions equally deep, or with anterior lobes united to 2/3-way to apex. Calyx 4-5 mm long; lobes 5, not all similar, lanceolate to deltoid, acuminate, glandular-ciliate. Corolla 11-13 mm diam., pink at anthesis, white after pollination, throat white or pink; corolla tube 1.5-2.0 mm long, 1.7-2.0 mm wide, slightly expanded in lower half, shorter than calyx, glabrous; corolla lobes glabrous; posterior corolla lobe longer than tube, broadly rhomboid, subacute, erect; lateral corolla lobes elliptic, subacute, suberect to spreading; anterior corolla lobe rhomboid, subacute, spreading. Stamen filaments white, inserted at base of corolla tube, 2.5 mm long. Anthers yellow. Nectarial disk glandular-ciliate, or ciliate, or glabrous. Ovary globose to ellipsoid, obtuse to emarginate, glandular hairy at least on suture, 1.3 × 1.0 mm, 0.9 mm thick. Ovules 15-25 per locule. Style 6-7 mm long, 0.18-0.24 mm thick, glabrous, pink to white. Stigma capitate to globose, white at anthesis, 0.3 mm wide. Capsule angustiseptate to turgid, emarginate, dark brown, (3.0-)3.5- 4.0 × 2.0-2.5 mm, 2.0-2.5 mm thick, glabrous. Loculicidal split of capsule extending ½-¾-way to base. Seeds weakly flattened, narrowly obovoid or fusiform, winged, weakly rugulose on back, pale brown, (1.7-)2.0-2.5 × 0.7-1.1 mm. Chromosome number 2n = 42 (Hair 1967). FL Oct-Nov(-Jan), FT Jan(-Mar).

Subshrub or shrub, 0.1-0.3 (-0.45) m tall. Branches usually erect, sometimes ascending; branchlets red-brown, grey-brown with age; vegetative internodes (2-)4-10(-20) mm long; stem pubescence uniform, hairs eglandular, or rarely glandular hairs also present between leaf bases at nodes in cultivated plants only. Leaves erecto-patent to spreading; lamina oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, coriaceous to fleshy, weakly folded, (7-)10-30 × (3-)4-8 mm; apex usually subacute, acute, or obtuse; base cuneate; margin red, rounded, smooth, serrate or rarely entire; adaxial surface glabrous, green to bronze green, glossy, with dense stomata; abaxial surface glabrous (or eglandular-hairy on midrib in occasional cultivated plants), green to pale green, dull, with dense stomata; midrib not thickened, depressed to grooved above. Petiole narrowly winged, 2-5(-8) mm long. Inflorescence with 20- 200 flowers, (1-)2-7 cm long. Peduncle 0.5-1.0(- 1.5) cm long; rachis 1-3(-5) cm long, pubescent; bracts subopposite to alternate, or opposite and decussate below, becoming alternate above, subacute to acute, eglandular-ciliate, deltoid. Pedicels eglandular-pubescent, very short or absent. Calyx divisions equally deep. Calyx 2.5-3.5 mm long; lobes 5, not all similar, ovate to deltoid, subacute, eglandular-ciliate. Corolla (6-)7-8 mm diam., pink at anthesis, paler after pollination, throat pink; corolla tube 2.0-2.5 mm long, 1.0-1.5 mm wide, cylindric, slightly swollen at base, equalling or shorter than calyx, glabrous; corolla lobes glabrous; posterior lobe longer than tube, more or less circular, subacute, erect to spreading; lateral lobes broadly elliptic, subacute, spreading; anterior lobe elliptic, subacute, spreading. Stamen filaments white, inserted between middle and base of corolla tube, 2.0-2.5 mm long. Anthers pale yellow. Nectarial disk glandular-ciliate. Ovary globose, emarginate, glabrous, 0.8-1.2 × 0.8-0.9 mm, 0.5- 0.6 mm thick. Ovules c. 16 per locule. Style 5-7 mm long, c. 0.25 mm thick, usually glabrous, sometimes with long glandular hairs, pink, becoming white with age. Stigma globose, pink at anthesis, 0.2-0.3 mm wide. Capsule angustiseptate to turgid, truncate to emarginate, dark brown, 3.5-4.0 × 2.5 mm, 2 mm thick, glabrous; loculicidal split extending 1/3—½- way to base. Seeds weakly flattened, winged, fusiform to obovoid or irregular, pale to reddish brown, smooth to weakly rugulose on back, (1.0-) 1.5-2.5 × 0.8-1.0 mm. Chromosome number 2n = 42 (Hair 1967). FL Sep-Nov, FT Dec-Feb.

Subshrub or spreading low shrub, 0.05-0.3 m tall. Branches prostrate to erect; branchlets brown, red-brown, or grey; vegetative internodes 1-15 mm long; stem pubescence uniform, glandular and eglandular. Leaves erecto-patent to spreading or recurved; lamina lanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate, or spathulate, coriaceous, flat to concave, (4-)7-15(-25) × 2-6(-9) mm; apex acute to rounded, base cuneate; margin green to red, rounded, smooth or eglandular and glandular-ciliate, entire or crenate or serrate; adaxial surface glabrous, green, bronze green, or yellowish green, glossy or dull, with numerous stomata; abaxial surface glabrous, green, pale green to yellowish green, dull, with numerous stomata; midrib depressed to grooved above, thickened or depressed to grooved beneath. Petiole narrowly winged, 1-5 mm long. Inflorescence with 10-100 flowers, (1.5-)2.0-5.0(-5.5) cm long. Peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm long; rachis 0.8-1.5(-4.0) cm long, pubescent; bracts opposite and decussate to subopposite to alternate, subacute, eglandularciliate or ciliate with both glandular and eglandular hairs, deltoid. Pedicels 0-0.5 mm long. Calyx with anterior lobes united at least 2/3-way to apex, 2.0- 3.5(-4.0) mm long; lobes 4-5, not all similar, lanceolate to elliptic, obtuse, eglandular-ciliate, or glandular and eglandular-ciliate. Corolla 6-8 mm diam., pink to mauve or white at anthesis, white to mauve after pollination; corolla tube 2.0-3.0(-3.5) mm long, 3-2 mm wide, cylmdric to funnelforrn, shorter than or equalling calyx, glabrous; corolla lobes glabrous: posterior lobe about equalling or longer than tube, elliptic to rhomboid, obtuse, erect to recurved; lateral lobes elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate, subacute to obtuse, spreading; anterior lobe elliptic to rhomboid, subacute to obtuse, spreading. Stamen filaments white, inserted at or slightly above middle of corolla tube, 1.5-3.5 mm long. Anthers yellow. Nectarial disk glabrous, ciliolate, ciliate, or glandular-ciliate. Ovary globose, obtuse to emarginate, glabrous or sparsely eglandular hairy at apex, 0,8-1.0 × 0.7-1.0 mm, 0.6-0.8 mm thick. Ovules 10-16 per locule. Style 4-7 mm long, 0.15-0.3 mm thick, glabrous or with a few unicellular hairs at base, white or mauve. Stigma capitate, white at anthesis, 0.2-0.45 mm wide. Capsule angustiseptate to turgid, truncate, emarginate, or didymous, dark brown, 3.0-4.0 × (1.8-)2.0- 2.5(-3.0) mm, 1.5-2.0 mm thick, glabrous or with eglandular unicellular or multicellular hairs; loculicidal split extending ¼-½-way to base. Seeds flattened or weakly flattened, ellipsoid to fusiform or irregular, winged, smooth or very weakly rugulose on back, straw yellow to pale brown, 1.2- 2.0(-2.8) × 0.6-1.2 mm. Chromosome number 2n = 42 (Hair 1967).

Spreading low shrub, more or less divaricating, 0,05-0.3 m tall. Branches prostrate to decumbent; branchlets brown to grey; vegetative internodes 1—5(—10) mm long; stem pubescence eglandular. Leaves erecto-patent to spreading; lamina oblanceolate to obovate or spathulate, 4-9(- 15) × 2-5(-7) mm; apex obtuse to rounded; margin smooth, entire to crenate with 0-2(-3) pairs of crenations; adaxiai surface of leaves green to bronze green, dull; midrib weakly thickened beneath, weakly depressed to grooved above. Petiole 1-2(- 3) mm long. Inflorescence with 10-60 flowers. Rachis densely eglandular-pubescent and sparsely glandular-pubescent; bracts subopposite to alternate, ciliate with both glandular and eglandular hairs. Pedicels absent or much shorter than bracts, eglandular-pubescent. Calyx lobes 5, eglandularciliate. Corolla mauve at anthesis, pale mauve after pollination. Stamen filaments inserted about middle of corolla tube, 3.0-3.5 mm long. Nectarial disk glabrous to glandular-ciliate. Ovary glabrous or sparsely eglandular hairy at apex. Style (4-)6-7 mm long, glabrous or with a few unicellular hairs at base, mauve with pinkish apex. Stigma capitate, 0.35- 0.45 mm wide. Capsule angustiseptate to turgid, emarginate to didymous. Seeds 1.2-1.6 × 0.6- 0.7 mm. Chromosome number 2n = 42 (Hair 1967). FL Oct-Nov, FT Dec-Jan.