COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. n21 



BoNNAYA EEPTANs, Spreng. Svst. i. 41. 

 Camps III to VI b, 1100 to 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. Tropical Asia and Mauritius. 



Veronica caestensensis, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Stiffrutex erectus, ligiiosus, 1-2-pedalis, simplex, caulis insuper brunneo-pubescens, 

 desuper glabra tus. Folia opjiosita, sessilia, crassa, ellij)tica, 12-16 mm. longa, 

 6-9 mm. lata, obtusa, ultra medium late crenata, glabra ; venye, nisi centralis 

 vix manifesta, omnino occIuseb. Flores magni, in racemos paucifloros axillares 

 dispositi. Fedunculi rufo-pubescentes, 3-4 cm. longi. Bractece lineari-oblongse, 

 obtusse, glabrsp, 6-7 mm. longre. Fedicelli graciles, veluti pedunculi induti, 

 ad 9 mm. longi. Calycis lobi elliptico-oblongi, obtusi, sparsiuscule ciliati, aliter 

 glabri, 4-5 mm. longi, 2-5 mm. lati. Corollce glabrae lobi late obovati, apice 

 rotundati, 1 cm. vel longiores, 7 mm. lati. Ca^sula glabra, 5 mm. longa, 6 mm. 

 lata. 



Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 to 11,000 ft. 



Remarkable for the small tbick leaves and tbe- large flowers in few-flowered axillary 

 inflorescences. 



Veronica Vanderwateri, Wernham, sp. nov. 



JJerba parva, tamen valida, sublignosa ; caulis foliosus, minute bi-lineatim puberulus, 

 ceterum glaber. Folia coriacea, glabra, elliptica, 0-5 mm. X 3-5 mm., obtusa, 

 crenata ; vense, nisi centralis basin versus in petiolum validum brevissimum 

 decurrens, celatae. Flores nutantes, terminales, solitarii (semper ?), extus omnino 

 glabri. Pedicellus 4-6 mm. longus, minute pulverulentus ; bracteolae 2 coriacese, 

 oblongse, obtusse, infra pediceili medium insertae, vix 3 mm. longae, glabrae. Calyx 

 42 mm. longus, infra medium in lobos oblongos obtusos divisus. Coroll<B 

 campanulatoe tubus 3-5 mm. longus ; lobi elliptici, obtusissimi, 5 mm. longi. 



Camp XIV, 12,500 ft. " Flowers magenta." 



Allied to V. carstensensis {vide supra), but distinct in its almost perfect glabrousness, 

 much smaller leaves, etc. 



Euphrasia culminicola, Wernbara, sp. nov. 



Fruticulm parvus, sa?pius ramosissimus, insuper minute asperulo-pubescens ; ramuli 

 juniores tenues, sparse foliosi. Folia subcrassa, integerrima, ob marginem insuper 

 fortissimo revolutum cucullata, spathulata vel obovata, 2-4"5 mm. longa, glabra, 

 supra nitentia. Flores in racemos laxos paucifloros ex axillis superioribus ortos 

 dispositi ; pediceili tenues, brevissimi. Calyx minute pubescens, ±^ 4 mm. longus ; 

 lobi breviter oblongi, obtusi vel oblongo-lineares, subacuti. Corollce tubus extus 

 pubescens, + 7 mm. exsertus ; labii inferi lobus intermedius laterales subsequans, 

 apice obtusissime bilobatus, obovatus, ca. 7 mm. X 5 '3 mm., glaber ; labium 

 superuin ad ^ bilobum, galeatum, 5-0 mm. longum. 



Camps XII, XIII, XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



second series. — BOTANY, VOL. IX. R 



