T. Kirk. — On Veronica. 517 



have not seen specimens. V. nivea, Hook., Ic. PL, t. 640. 

 V. nivalis, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z., i., 196; Hanclbk., 215. 



V. loganioidcs, J. B. Armstrong, in Trans. N.Z. Inst., xiii. 



(1880), 359. 



Leaves of young plants in rather distant pairs, Hnear- 

 subulate, dilated at base and often toothed, spreading above ; 

 stems pubescent or tomentose. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 especially in the fruiting stage. Capsule broadly elliptical, 

 equalling or slightly exceeding the calyx, didymous, turgid. 



South Island : Canterbury — Eangitata Valley, /. F. A. ! 

 Clyde Valley, W. Gray. 



Notwithstanding the suffruticose character of this rare 

 plant, the didymous capsule shows that it is closely allied to 

 the herbaceous section. 



V. erecta. n. s. 



Stems 6in.-10in. high, erect, strict, simple or sparingly 

 branched from the base, glabrous or rarely puberulous. 

 Leaves distant, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute, fin.-lin. 

 long, membranous, patent, margins often puberulous or ciliate 

 at the base, bark reddish-purple. Eacemes 2-6 in the axils 

 of the apical leaves, 3in.-4in. long, strict, erect or ascend- 

 ing, naked below. Flowers fascicled or solitary, often dis- 

 tant ; rhachis pedicels and bracts puberulous or pubescent. 

 Bracteoles exceeding the pedicels, ciliate. Calyx campanu- 

 late, divided for three-fourths of its length, segments ovate- 

 lanceolate, subacute or acute, ciliate. Corolla-tube rather 

 broad, shorter than the spreading limb, upper lobe broadly 

 rounded, lower narrow acuminate, stamens exserted. Cap- 

 sule ovate, oblong, acute, compressed, one-thiixl longer than 

 the sepals. 



South Island : Otago -Believed to have been collected on 

 Mount Bonpland, but the exact habitat uncertain. 



A very distinct species, remarkable for the strict erect 

 habit and elongated interrupted racemes with the flowers 

 often fasciculate. It should be placed next to V. raoulii, 

 Hook, f. Described from cultivated specimens kindly for- 

 warded by Mr. Martin, nurseryman, of Green Island. 



V. petriei. 



Stems decumbent or prostrate, woody, 4in.-6in. long ; 

 branches ascending, 3in.-4in. long. Leaves lin.-^in. long, 

 elliptical oblong, rounded at the apex, narrowed into a short 

 broad petiole, membranous, glabrous or the margins glandu- 

 lar, ciliated ; opposite petioles connate. Flowering branches 

 densely clothed with foliaceous obtuse linear bracts, racemes 

 terminal ; flowers solitary, sessile, partially hidden in the axils 



