256 SCROPHULARIACEAE 



VERONICA (HEBE). Shrubby Speedwell. Stem conspicuously ringed with 

 scars of fallen Is. Ls. opposite, in four distinct rows, very shortly stalked or 

 stalkless. Fls. small, blue, purple, or white, in terminal or axillary spikes or 

 racemes, K (4), C (4), A2. Fruit a dry flattened capsule. 



(a) Ls. minute, scale-like 



V. cupressoides {V. salicornioides). 3. July- August. E. L. -pairs distinct. 



Fls. pale blue, in small heads. New Zealand. (Fig. 49 j.) 

 V. Hectori. 2. July-August. E. L.-pairs overlapping, completely concealing 



stem. Fls. white or pinkish, in small terminal heads. New Zealand. 



(Fig. 49 Q.) 

 V. loganioides. f . June-July. E. Young stems hairy. Ls. keeled, often 



toothed, dull green, hairless. Fls. white, in a terminal 1-3-branched 



raceme; fl. -stalks and sepals hairy. New Zealand. 

 V. lycopodioides {V. selaginoides ?). 2. June-July. E. Ls. keeled, giving 



4-sided appearance to branchlet. Fls. white, with large blue stamens, in 



small terminal heads. New Zealand. (Fig. 49 k.) 



[b) Adult I. I inch or less in length 



V. amplexicaulis. 3. July- August. E. Ls. heart-shaped, i, not keeled, blunt- 

 ended, green or glaucous, crowded. Fls. |, white, stalkless, in axillary 

 spikes. New Zealand. (Fig. 66 K.) 



V. anomala. 5. July-August. E. Ls. lane, pointed. Fls. f, white or pinkish, 

 in a cluster of spikes at end of shoot. New Zealand. (Fig. 66 j.) 



V. Balfouriana. 3. July. E. Stems erect, purplish. Ls. ov., f, pale glossy 

 green. Fls. ^, purplish blue, in axillary racemes. New Zealand. 



V. buxifolia. 4. June- August. E. Ls. ov., ^, pointed, keeled, dark glossy 

 green. Fls. I, white, in closely packed clusters at end of shoot. New 

 Zealand. (Fig. 66 l.) 



V. carnosula. i. July -August. E. Ls. ov., |, pointed, keeled, dark 

 glossy green. Fls. |, white, in a terminal cluster of dense spikes. 

 New Zealand, 



V. Colensoi. 2. July-August. E. Ls. ov., lane, pointed, greyish green, 

 3-nerved, occasionally toothed, crowded. Fls. |, white, in axillary 

 racemes. New Zealand. (Fig. 66 G.) 



V. elliptica {V. decussata). 15. July-August. E. Ls. ov., i, minutely pointed, 

 keeled, white down on margins, rounded or straight base. Fls. |, white 

 with purple lines, in 4-12-flowered racemes up to i| long. Falkland 

 Islands. 



V. glauco-coerulea. \. June-August. E. Stems downy. Ls. ov., \, grey or 

 glaucous. Fls. I, blue-purple, stalkless, in axillary or branched spikes. 

 New Zealand. 



V . pinguifolia. 3. July-August. E. Ls. ov., blunt-ended, concave, grey- 

 green. Fls. \, white, in axillary spikes. New Zealand. (Fig. 66 d.) A 



V. Traversii. 6. July. E. Ls. lane, pointed, tapering base, dull pale green. 

 Fls. I, white, in axillary racemes. New Zealand. (Fig. 66 e.) 



V. vernicosa. 2. June-August. E. Ls. ov., i, pointed, dark glossy green, 

 3-nerved. Fls. J, white, racemes in pairs. New Zealand. 



