and of a similar dimorphism in V. Armstrongii, Kirk, in 

 the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (vol. xL 

 (1878) p. 464). Mr. Kirk there states that almost all the 

 Veronicas with appressed leaves have in a seedling state 

 more or less lobulate, rarely linear, leaves, and that a re- 

 version to this condition occurs in adult plants when 

 partially shaded. More recently in 1888, Mr. N". E. 

 Brown described, and figured in detail, various early and 

 late conditions of V. cupressoides, with valuable observations 

 respecting them, and it only remains to add that V. lyco- 

 podioides exhibits the same propensity to return when 

 grown in shade to what is, no doubt, its seedling condi- 

 tion, as shown in the accompanying plate. 



I am indebted to Sir E. Loder, of Leonardslee, Horsham, 

 for flowering specimens of V. hjcopodioides, and to Prof. Bal- 

 four for good examples of its dimorphic condition. In both 

 cases the specimens were received in the middle of June. 



Descr.— A small shrub, twelve to sixteen inches hio-h, 

 with erect stiff four-angled branches clothed with densely 

 imbricating leaves, together about one-sixth of an inch in 

 diameter. Leaves most densely quadrifariously imbricated, 

 about as long as the branches are broad, triangular or 

 deltoidly ovate, ciliolate, narrowed into a stout obtuse 

 cusp or point, thickly coriaceous. Flowers about one-third 

 ot an inch m diameter, crowded towards the end of the 

 branches axillary, subsessile, white. Sepals free, elliptic, 

 obtuse, ciholate as long as the corolla-tube. Corolla 4- 

 lobed, lobes obtuse, concave, dorsal largest obovate, 

 an icons smallest lmear-oblong. Stamens far exserted 

 anthers krge, broadly ovate, blueish purple. Style filiform. 



7, portion of the eame enlarged. reverted foliage df nat. size; 



