492 SCROPHULARINEZ. [ Veronica. 
Students using the conspectus should bear in mind that the charac- 
ters employed are in many cases arbitrary ones selected to show how the 
dominant forms of a certain species differ from those of another species, and 
do not always include the entire range of variation of a species. Plants like 
V. salicifolia, macrocarpa, parviflora, Traversvi, buxifolia, pingufolia, &c., 
which run into numberless varieties, are probably quite incapable of rigid 
definition. 
It should be mentioned that several species from the Northern Hemisphere 
have become naturalised in New Zealand, the most abundant being V. serpylli- 
folia, V. arvensis, V. agrestis, and V. persica. Descriptions of these will be 
found in any British Flora. 
Division I., Hess. Capsule turgid or dorsally compressed, the sep- 
tum across the broadest diameter. Erect or decumbent shrubs 
from a few inches to 12 or 15 ft. high, more rarely becoming small 
trees 20-25 ft. high. Flowers in axillary racemes or spikes, more 
rarely corymbose, very rarely solitary. 
Suppivision A. Leaves quite entire (sometimes minutely 
incised in V. salictfolia, amabilis, diosmefolia, Colensor, and 
others ; occasionally toothed in V. Haastz). 
Section I. Large shrubs or small trees. Leaves 1-6in. long, broad or narrow, 
lax, spreading, not imbricating. Racemes simple, longer than the leaves. 
many-flowered. 
* Leaves obovate to oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, usually more than 4 in. 
broad (sometimes less in V. divergens, ligustrifolia, and chathamica). 
Leaves 2-4 x 1-1#in., obovate, obtuse, dark-green. Ra- 
cemes not much longer than the leaves, broad and 
dense. Flowers large, }-4in. diam. Capsule }-+in., 
twice as long as the calyx a6 = im 
Leaves 2-4 x 4-lin., linear-oblong, fleshy, pale-green. 
Racemes 3-5in. Flowers4in. diam. Capsule 4-}in., 
nearly thrice as long as the calyx 
Leaves 14-2 x 4-2in., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
fleshy. Racemes 14-2}in. Flowers tin. diam. Capsule 
4 in., twice as long as the calyx Re : a= 
Leaves 13-3 x 3-14 in., obovate-oblong to linear-oblong. 
Racemes 2-5in., often curved, very dense. Flowers 
¢+4in. diam. Capsule }in., nearly twice as long as the 
calyx = dc ot 50 fe se 
Leaves #-14 x $-4in., oblong or elliptic-oblong. Racemes 
2-3 in., dense-flowered. Flowers Zin. diam. Calyx-seg- 
ments ovate-oblong, equalling the short corolla-tube. 
Capsule 4 in., elliptic, twice as long as the calyx .. 5. V. divergens. 
Leaves 1-2 x $-4in., linear-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 
obtuse or subacute. Racemes 2-3in., lax. Flowers 
1. V. speciosa. 
2. V. Dieffenbachiz.. 
3. V. Barkeri. 
4. V. macroura. 
