single-nerved. Most of the dranchlets are terminated by racemes 
of flowers, not many of which are open at one time, though there 
is a long succession of them. Calyx about half the length of 
the corolla, deeply cut into four nearly equal, linear-lanceolate 
segments. Corolla bright and deep purplish-blue, rotate, some- 
what two-lipped ; upper lip of one broad oval lobe, lower of 
three narrower segments, the middle one the smallest. Stamens 
two, shorter than the segments. Capsule elliptical, compressed, 
longer than the persistent calyx, two-celled. Seeds obovate, 
uncinato-mucronate, attached to a thick funiculus. W. J. H. 
Cunt. A neat-growing plant, which, with a few other species, 
belongs to a section of Veronica characterized as evergreen 
shrubs, having small, closely-set, decussate leaves, and forming 
Myrtle-like bushes. The old and well known Veronica decussata 
may be viewed as the type of the group. They are natives of 
high southern latitudes, being found in Van Diemen’s Land, 
New Zealand, Falkland Islands, and Lord Auckland’s and 
Campbell’s Islands, in lat. 53°. As might be expected, from 
the nature of the climate of these southern lands, the two 
species known to us in a living state prove sufficiently hardy 
to bear the winter of this climate, when planted in sheltered 
situations, and protected during severe frosts. The species 
figured is a native of Mount Wellington, in Van Diemen’s Land, 
and has been known to us for a number of years. Its neat 
habit makes it worthy of being kept in the greenhouse, where 
it produces its pretty racemes of light blue flowers in the 
spring. It grows readily in light loam and leaf-mould, and is 
easily propagated by cuttings, treated in the usual way ; it also 
freely produces seeds. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx. 3. Capsule. 4. Transverse section of ditto. 
5. Seed :—magnified. 
