Veronica. | SCROPHULARINES. 499 
Stems tufted and prostrate, much branched, 3-6 in. long. 
Leaves 4-4in., ovate- or deltoid-spathulaie, crenate- 
lobed, glandular- pubescent; petioles long. Racemes 
very short 36 5 4c ae .. 79. V. spathulata. 
Stems prostrate, elongated, 1-3 ft. long. Leaves petiolate ; 
lamina }-lin., ovate-deltoid, coarsely toothed. Ra- 
cemes lateral, short, 2-5 in. long o% i .. 80. V. plebeia. 
Stems suberect, glabrous, 6-18in. high. Leaves 1-3in., 
linear-oblong, serrate, sessile. Racemes 4-10in. long, 
many-flowered 81. V. Anagallis. 
** Flowers solitary. 
Stems prostrate, 6-12in. long; branchlets erect. Leaves 
4++in., oblong or obovate, toothed or entire. Flowers 
$4 in. diam. fe Sr Se ne -- 82. V. Muelleri. 
Densely tufted, forming rounded patches 2-5in. across. 
Leaves 4-3in., narrow - obovate, coarsely toothed. 
Flowers 4in. diam. Calyx-segments toothed .. .. 83. V. Cheesemanii. 
‘Creeping, matted. Leaves minute, ;1,-;4, in., ovate, entire. 
Flowers +4 in. diam. 52. as wd . 84. V. canescens. 
V. carnea, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 357, is a garden-plant 
of unknown origin, and has never been found in the wild state. It is probably 
a hybrid. V. macrocaiyx and V. rugulosella, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiv. 
(1892) 391, and V. oligantha, Col. l.c. xxv. (1893) 333, are proved by the 
types in Mr. Colenso’s herbarium to be nothing more than slight varieties of the 
naturalised V. serpyllifolia, Linn. Similarly, V. longiracemosa, Col. l.c. xx. 
(1888) 203, and V. hirsuta, Col. l.c. xxiv. (1892) 393, are V. arvensis, Linn. ; 
and V. areolata, Col. l.c. 392, is V. persica, Poir (V. Buxbawmii, Ten), both 
Species being now naturalised throughout the colony. In the absence of 
authentic specimens, I have been unable to precisely identify V. Rakaiensis, 
Armstr. i.c. xiii. (1881) 356, and V. polyphylla, Col. l.c. xxxi. (1899) 277. 
1. V. speciosa, &. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. sub. t. 3461.—A stout 
glabrous shrub 2-5it. high with numerous spreading leafy 
branches ; branchlets thick, angled, -4in. diam. Leaves spread- 
ing, sessile or on very short thick petioles, 2-4in. long, 1-13 in. 
broad, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded at the tip, truncate or 
slightly cordate at the base or narrowed into the petiole, thick and 
coriaceous, dark-green and glossy, midrib downy above, lateral 
veins obsolete, margins entire. Racemes axillary and opposite, 
near the tips of the branches, not much longer than the leaves, 
very stout and dense-flowered, sometimes exceeding lin. diam. ; 
rhachis puberulous; pedicels short, spreading. Flowers large, 
4in. diam., dark reddish-purple or violet-purple. Calyx 4-partite ; 
segments ovate, subacute or obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube broad, 
funnel-shaped, half as long again as the calyx ; limb 4-lobed ; lobes 
oblong, obtuse, the dorsal lobe rather larger than the lateral, 
anterior the smallest. Capsule }-$in. long, ovate, compressed, 
more than twice as long as the calyx.—A. Cunn. Precur. n. 373; 
Fiaoul, Choix, 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 191; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. 206; Bot. Mag. t. 4057; Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. 
(1881) 351. V. Kermesina, Loud. Encyc. Pl. 1546. 
