Bidwithane. N. O. Scrophularinez. 
TAB. DCCCXIV. 
Veronica Browitu, Hook. 
Suffruticosa repens ramosissima glabra, ramis bifariam pubes- 
centibus, foliis approximatis parvis rotundatis coriaceis 3—5- 
crenato-lobatis rarius integerrimis in petiolum brevem atten- 
uatis, pedunculis axillaribus elongatis, floribus racemosis, pedi- 
cellis flores cequantibus fructiferis elongatis, calycis segmentis 
ovato-lanceolatis, bracteis parvis linearibus, capsulisque (parvis) 
obcordato-ellipticis didymis pedicello multo brevioribus stylo 
persistente terminatis. 
Has. Bed of the River Wairau, New Zealand, about 2,250 feet 
above the level of the sea, Mr. Bidwitt (nm. 15). . 
Quite a new Veronica, from a country eminently rich in species 
of the genus. Its nearest affinity is 7. nivea, Hook. fil., supra, 
t. 640; but that has much larger and much crenated leaves, pro- 
cuinbont, but not creeping stems, short peduncles, and those pe- 
duncles, bracteas, and the calyces densely glanduloso-hirsute. The 
flowers of V. Bidwilli are described by its discoverer as white, 
streaked with pinkish-lilac lines. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Fruit :—magnified. 
