380 Transactions. — Botany. 



No. 354. Veronica obovata, Kirk. Plate XXXII., fig. 23. 



Seed collected from plant growing on bank of Craigieburn 

 Creek, at 800 m. altitude. Germinated quickly. 



Description of Seedling. 



(Plant from which the measurements were taken was 

 3'5cm. high.) 



Eoot stout and woody at base, very deeply descending, 

 brownish ; lateral rootlets few, shcJrt. 



Hypocotyle 6 mm. long, terete, pale-green, glabrous. 



Cotyledons obovate ; lamina 5 mm. x 3 mm., pale-green, 

 entire, obscurely retuse, marked with a few most minute 

 hairs, tapermg slightly at base into petiole ; petiole 2-5 mm. 

 long, flat, connate at base. Leaves spreading, often patent, 

 petiolate, subglaucous, much more crowded towai'ds ends of 

 branches. 



1st pair of leaves 6-25 mm. x 4 mm., narrow-obovate, sub- 

 acute, entire, furnished with numerous most minute hairs, 

 tapering into the petiole ; petiole 5 mm. long ; midrib swollen 

 below towards base of leaves ; margin slightly recurved. 



2nd pair of leaves similar. 



3rd to 6th pairs very similar to above, but sometimes 

 marked with one or two rather deep serrations. 



Later - developed leaves sometimes stained with red at 

 apex and on teeth (when present), and with shorter petioles 

 and broader laminae. 



10th pair of leaves : Lamina from one seedling 1 cm. x 

 6 mm. and from another 1-1 cm. x 6 mm. ; petioles 2 mm. 



Stem soon branching from lower internodes, terete, pale, 

 sometimes pinkish or bright-pink, extremely pubescent with 

 short hooked hairs ; internodes 3'5mm. long; nodes slightly 

 swollen, pink or purplish. 



The seedlings examined did not vary to any great extent. 

 Their growth appears to be slow. 



Nos. 310, 634. Veronica epacridea, Hook. f. Plate XXXIV., 

 figs. 59, 60, 65. 



Seed from two sources — No. 310 gathered from plants on 

 the western side of one of the rocky peaks of the Craigie- 

 burn Mountains, at altitude of 1,860 m.; and No. 634 from 

 plant growing on shingle-slip on Mount Torlesse Eange, at 

 altitude of 1,000 m. Seed germinated in about four mouths. 



Description of Seedling. 



Eoot slender, deeply descending, with numerous side 

 rootlets. 



Hypocotyle one-half subterranean, 2-5 mm. long, terete, 

 purplish on aerial part. 



