1921] Pennell ,— " Veronica " in North and South America 39 



Racemes 13 cm. long; rachis, pedicels and lanceolate sepals 

 finely pubescent. Corolla 5 mm. long, its lobes 

 slightly shorter than the tube. Leaves attenuate- 

 acuminate. Internodes on flowering shoots about 3 



cm. long 1. H. salicifolia 



Racemes 5-7 cm. long; rachis, pedicels and lance-ovate 

 sepals puberulent. Corolla not seen. Leaves narrow- 

 ing to a blunt tip. Internodes on flowering shoots 



less than 1 cm. long 2. H. blanda 



Leaves elliptic-oval, apiculate, the margin revolute, callose, 

 and at times obscurely crenate, 2-3 cm. long. Racemes 

 2 cm. long, few-flowered. Sepals acute to obtuse, 4 mm. 

 long. Corolla 8 mm. long, the broadly ovate lobes much 

 longer than the broad tube. Stamens not longer than 

 the corolla, the stout style 4 mm. long. Capsule elliptic- 

 oval in outline, thick-walled. Stem densely and per- 

 sistently pubescent with pale hairs on side between and 

 proximad to bases of leaves, below leaf-bases reddish, 

 glabrous and shining; bark much wrinkled in drying. . . 3. //. elliptica 



1. Hebe salicifolia (Forst.) Pennell, comb, now 



Veronica salicifolia Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. Prod. 3. 1786. " [Noua 

 Zeelandia, G. Forster]." Several specimens from New Zealand seen, 

 and one collected by A. H. Cockayne 8041, and labeled " Veronica 

 salicifolia Forst. Typical South Island form," shows precisely the 

 slender finely pubescent pedicels, small flowers, and acuminate, 

 almost attenuate leaves of our plant. Type species of genus Panoxis 

 Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 109. 1830. 



Veronica Fonkii Phil, in Linnaea 29: 110. 1857-8. "En las 

 playas y barrancas de Chonos, ' in litore et valleculis, legit . . . 

 Dr. Fr. Fonk. " Specimen in Herb. Columbia University, labeled 

 " Veronica Fonki Ph. Chonos, legit Philippi, com. am Treviranus 

 1864," is doubtless an isotype. This seems to be the same as the 

 plant of New Zealand. 



Chonos, Chile. Also in South Island, New Zealand. 



2. Hebe blanda (Cheesem.) Pennell, comb. nov. 



Veronica amabiUs blanda Cheesem., Man. New Zealand Fl. 506. 

 1906. "Port Chalmers [Otago, South Island, New Zealand] Petrie! 



" Specimen in Herb. New York Botanical Garden, 



collected at Anita Bay, Otago (where it forms "a considerable part 

 of the 'coastal Scrub'") appears to be exactly our plant, and to agree 

 with Cheeseman's variety. 



Southern Patagonia. Also in South Island, New Zealand. 



3. Hebe elliptica (Forst.) Pennell, comb. nov. 



Veronica elliptica Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. Prod. 3. 1786. "[Noua 

 Zeelandia, G. Forster]," Several specimens from New Zealand 

 seen, two from Port Otway and Tuesday Bay respectively, agreeing 

 exactly with our plant. Also a specimen from the Auckland Islands, 

 Wilkes Expedition, is quite the same. 



