Cockayne. — On Netv Species of Plants. 421 



acute, truncate or lacerate, ciliated, with slightly membranous 

 margins ; sepals acute, ovate, equalling the corolla — tube, cili- 

 ated with short hairs ; corolla - tube with short hairs round 

 the throat, near junction of segments : segments half as long 

 again as the tube, ovate-oblong, obtuse. 



Capsule ovate, acute, often with short apiculus, twice or 

 hardly twice as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Mountains of Westland, and those of Canterbury 

 within region of western rainfall, at altitude of from 750 m. to 

 1,200 m. 



This species, hitherto referred sometimes to V. traversii, 

 Hook, f., and sometimes to V. IcBvts, Benth., is, when seen grow- 

 ing, a most easily recognised plant. It is the common, and 

 away from the actual divide the only (V. saUcifolia excepted), 

 alpine Veronica of Westland. It does not vary to any great 

 extent, thus differing most materially from its relatives of the 

 drier regions. In cultivation it remains unchanged. 



Veronica barkerii, sp. nov. 



A stout erect upright-branching shrub. 



Branches terete, brownish-purple, with upper internodes 

 1 cm. long. 



Leaves 5 cm. x 1*2 cm., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute or subacute, sessile, narrowed towards base, entire, pale 

 apple-green, duller on under-surface, fleshy, patent ; midrib 

 sunken on upper very slightly raised on under surface. 



Eacemes about as long as the leaves, usually 2-paired at 

 ends of branches, densely flowered, rounded at apex, cylindric ; 

 peduncles, pedicels, l*acts, and calyx pubescent ; peduncle 

 gi-een, stained with purple below, bright-purple towards apex ; 

 bracts half as long as the pedicels, subulate, acute, concavo- 

 convex, embracing the pedicel ; calyx-lobes cut nearly to base 

 of calyx, 3 mm. to 3-5 mm. long, nearly as long as corolla- 

 tube, ovate-lanceolate, acute, conspicuously stained on mem- 

 branous margin with pink-purple : corolla — tube, 3 mm. long, 

 throat hairy; limb, spreading, 7mm. x 7mm.: segments 

 3 mm. long, upper and lateral equal, lower smaller, broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, margins and apex incurved, white, stained 

 deeply on margin with lilac-purple ; anthers much exserted, 

 very wide-spreading ; style most pubescent, pink ; stigma 

 bright-purple. 



Capsule 5'5 mm. x 4 mm., flattened, ovate, acute or sub- 

 acute with mucro, not quite twice length of calvx. 



Hab. Chatham Islands; S. D. Barker (1898). 



This beautiful shrub, collected by Mr. S. D. Barker, after 

 whom I have much pleasure in naming it, is closely related 

 to V. dieffenbachii, but differs in its erect not spreading habit, 

 smaller leaves, shorter racemes, its extremely pubescent style, 



