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VERONICA salicifolia. 
Willow-leaved Speedwell. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. SCROPHULARIACEA. (FıGworts, Vegetable Kingdom, 
p. 681. ined.) 
VERONICA, L. 
V. salicifolia; fruticosa, racemis lateralibus nutantibus, foliis lanceolatis 
sessilibus integerrimis serratisve enerviis. 
V. salicifolia, Forst. Prodr. p. 3. n.11. Vahl. Symb. 3.4. A. Cunningham 
in Ann. H. Nat. 1. 457. 
V. Lindleyana, Paxton Magazine of Botany. 
New Zealand and Tasmannia have already brought us ac- 
quainted with those beautiful Speed wells, which bear the names 
of V. speciosa, decussata, labiata, and perfoliata ; and many 
more have yet to be introduced as gay shrubs or herbaceous 
plants. Some indeed are probably even now in our gardens, 
although they have not been hitherto scientifically determined. 
That which is here given is of the latter class. It has 
indeed. been already well figured in Mr. Paxton's Magazine, 
but no attempt has been made to determine whether it»is 
really new or not. 
We entertain little doubt that it is the Willow-leaved 
Speedwell of Forster, found by that Botanist in New Zealand, 
and introduced to our gardens for the first time a few years 
since. The point is not however entirely free from doubt, 
and the conclusion at which we have arrived is open to 
revision. 
In all the accounts which we have of the Willow-leaved 
Speedwell, it is said to have perfectly entire leaves; but in the 
garden plant they are serrated, or at least some are. We find 
however that wild specimens from Mr. Bidwill, Mr. Allan 
Cunningham, and others, in our herbarium, are absolutely 
identical with this plant, so far as cultivated and wild specimens 
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