Tas. 5965. 
VERONICA ParvIFLORA, VAR. ANGUSTIFOLIA. 
Native of New Zealand. 
Nat. Ord. ScropHULARINEZ.—Tribe, VERONICES. 
Genus, Verontca, Linn. ; (Benth. in DC. Prodr., vol. x. p. 458.) 
Veronica (Hebe) parviflora ; frutex glaberrimus, foliis sessilibus lanceolatis 
elliptico-lanceolatis v. linearibus erectis v. patenti-recurvis carinatis 
acutis acuminatisve glaberrimis integerrimis, racemis foliis longioribus 
strictis v. paulo curvis elongatis caudato acuminatis pedunculatis multi- 
floris puberulis, floribus parvis breviter pedicellatis, calycis parvi lobis 
ovatis oblongisve obtusis ciliolatis, corolla tubo lobis oblongis obtusis 
equilongo, capsula parva sepalis paulo longiore septicida. 
Veronica parviflora, Vah! Symb., vol. iii. p. 4; Benth. in DC. Prodr., vol. x. 
p. a Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel., vol. i. p. 192; Handbook of N. Z. Flora, 
p. 207. 
Var. angustifolia ; foliis anguste linearibus patenti-recurvis. 
V. angustifolia, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel., p. 187. 
V. stenophylla, Steud. Bot. Nomencl., Ed. ii. 
A not uncommon New Zealand shrub, found throughout 
the two main islands, and, like its shrubby compatriots, 
varying excessively in stature, foliage, and colour of flower ; 
apparently passing at one time into the still more common 
V. salicifolia, and at others into the rarer V. macrocarpa and 
ligustrifolia, Tt is best distinguished from both these latter 
by the long slender racemes, short obtuse calyx-lobes and 
small fruit. I have little doubt but that these and other 
New Zealand species hybridize extensively in their own 
country, and that when they are more copiously introduced 
into this, the difficulty of naming them will prove insuperable. 
The form of parvifolia here figured is that described by A. 
Richard as V. angustifolia, and was procured from the Royal 
Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh under the name of linarifolia 10 
MAY Ist, 1872. 
