Tas. 6147. 
VERONICA pineurroura. 
Native of New Zealand. 
Nat. Ord. ScropHuLarIngex#.—T'ribe VERONICES. 
Genus Veronica, Linn. ; (Benth. in DC. Prodr., vol. x. p. 458). 
Veronica (Decussate) pinguifolia ; fruticulus glaberrimus robustus ramosus 
. glaucus, ramis oppositis v, suboppositis crebre cicatricatis erectis v. 
decumbentibus, ramulis puberulis, foliis imbricatis sessilibus erecto- 
patentibus obovatis v. obovato-oblongis obtusis integerrimis crasse 
coriaceis concavis enerviis, costa obscura subtus ecarinata, spicis con- 
fertis axillaribus et subterminalibus brevibus subglobosis densifloris 
pubescenti-pilosis, floribus sessilibus, bracteis coriaceis ciliatis, sepalis 
oblongis obtusis puberulis ciliatis, floribus albis, capsula obovato- 
oblonga obtusa compressa emarginata. 
V. pinguifolia, Hook. f. Handbook of New Zeal. Flora, p. 210. 
The shrubby Veronicas of New Zealand are a prevailing 
feature throughout the islands, at all elevations, and in almost 
all situations. Upwards of thirty species have been discovered, 
including some of remarkable beauty, of which /. speciosa (Tab. 
nost. 4057) and V. salicifolia, with their numerous varieties 
and hybrids, are the only ones well known in cultivation, 
except the less attractive V. edliptica (V. decussata, Ait., Tab. 
nost. 242), one of the earliest cultivated greenhouse shrubs 
of the Southern Hemisphere, and which inhabits New Zealand, 
Terra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands. Amongst the 
least conspicuous of this group is the present plant, which is 
a native of considerable elevations (3000-5000 ft.) in the 
Nelson and Canterbury provinces of middle Island of New 
Zealand. 
V. pinguifolia has been cultivated for several years both at 
Kew, and in Mr. Isaac Anderson Henry’s garden near Edin- 
burgh, where it was first raised from seed. It has stood in the 
open air throughout the winter without protection at Kew, 
and flowers in midsummer. It is very closely allied to 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1875. 
