Serophularinee. | FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 194 
§ a. Shrubs with coriaceous, perennial, decussate, glabrous, entire (not toothed) leaves, in rather remote pairs. 
Racemes axillary, many-flowered. Capsule septicidal ; valves bifid. 
1. Veronica Macroura, Hook. fil.; fruticosa, glaberrima, ramis teretibus, foliis sessilibus obovato-ob- 
longis lanceolatisve, racemis axillaribus densifloris puberulis, sepalis oblongis obtusis v. subacutis, capsula 
calyce vix duplo longiore. Benth. in DC. Prodr. v. 8. p. 459. 
Has. Northern Island. East Cape, Wangarei, Cook's Straits, etc., Colenso, etc. 
A shrub 1-6 feet high. Branches terete. Leaves 15-23 inches long, obovate or oblong-lanceolate, or lanceo- 
late, sessile, hardly acute, with a faint white edge. Racemes opposite, axillary, strict, pubescent or smooth, longer 
than the leaves, blunt. Flowers very numerous and densely crowded, + inch long. Corolla of a beautiful blue, 
shortly tubular. Calyæ lobes 1 line long, oblong, blunt. Capsules small ( inch), crowded on curved or pendulous 
racemes ; pedicels recurved or spreading, or all curved one way; valves acute, not twice as long as the calyx lobes.— 
This species approaches very closely some states of V. salicifolia. 
2. Veronica speciosa, R. Cunn.; fruticosa, glaberrima, ramis crassis teretibus, foliis late obovato- 
oblongis breve crasse petiolatis basi obtusis truncatis cordatis v. in petiolum angustatis, racemis subtermi- 
nalibus brevibus obtusis latis densifloris, rachi stricta crassa, sepalis ovatis acutis tubo corolle ample 
brevioribus, capsula calyce plus duplo longiore. Bot. Mag. t. 4057 et sub 3461. Benth. l. c. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. By the sea coast, Hokianga, Cunningham. Ship Cove and Port 
Nicholson, Lya//. Nat. name, “Titi rangi,” Middle Island, Zga//. (Cultivated in England.) 
A large shrub, one of the most beautiful when in flower, also the largest-leaved of the genus. Branches terete. 
Leaves rather crowded, 3—4 inches long, obovate, blunt, narrowed into the very short thick petiole, or blunt or cordate 
at the very base. Racemes quite glabrous, short, broad, not much longer than the leaves; rachis stout. Sepals ovate, 
acute, shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla very large, nearly $ inch across, a beautiful wine-purple, with 
stout filaments and large anthers. Capsules densely crowded, 3—4 lines long, thrice as long as the sepals. 
3. Veronica Dieffenbachiü, Benth. ; fruticosa, glaberrima, folus lineari-oblongis subobtusis basi parum 
angustatis amplexicaulibus, racemis axillaribus folio longioribus glabris, sepalis lanceolatis acutis corolle 
tubo brevioribus, capsula ovoidea subacuta calyce subtriplo longiore. Benth. l. c. 
Has. Chatham Island, Dieffenbach. 
I have only seen one specimen of this plant, which entirely resembles 7. speciosa in most respects, but the 
leaves, though as long, are narrower, the raceme longer, flowers smaller, pale blue. It quite resembles what a cross 
between Y. Macroura and Y. speciosa might be supposed to yield. 
4. Veronica salicifolia, Forst.; frutescens v. subarborea, ramulis glabris junioribus subeompressis, 
foliis subsessilibus amplexicaulibusve lanceolatis acutis integerrimis compressis, racemis densifloris glandu- 
loso-pubescentibus glabratisve foliis longioribus densifloris acuminatis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 
acuminatisve corolle tubo brevioribus, capsula calyce subduplo longiore. Forst. Prodr. Banks et Sol. MSS. 
et Ic. Endl. Ann. Mus. Vind. v. 1. t. 14. A. Cunn. Prodr. Benth. l. c. V. Lindleyana, Paxt. Mag. Bot. 
Var. B. stricta; capsulis minoribus acutioribus, calyce hirsutiore. V. stricta, Banks et Sol. MSS. 
Benth. l. c. 
Has. Throughout the Islands, very abundant, Banks and Solander, etc. Fl. all the year round. 
(Cultivated in England.) 
A very common shrub or small diffusely-branched tree, everywhere quite smooth, except the raceme, which is 
often pubescent. Leaves sessile or half-clasping the stem, 3-6 inches long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute or 
acuminate, very variable in length and breadth. Racemes sometimes 10 inches long, and slender, with numerous 
