Bidwilliane. N. O. Scrophularine. 
TAB. DCXL. 
Veronica NivEA. Hook. fil. 
Fruticosa procumbens, ramis brevibus, foliis confertis decussatis 
patentibus nunc subsecundis ovatis rigidis brevissime petio- 
latis inciso-crenatis glabris, pedunculis lateralibus ramos 
superantibus, bracteis ovatis calycibusque glanduloso-hirsutis, 
racemis corymbosis 4-6 floris segmentis calycinis ovatis, 
corollee lobo inferiore bifido. 
Has. New Zealand. On Tongariro, a mountain, whose 
altitude is estimated at 6,200 feet above the level of the sea. 
J.T. Bidwiill, Esq. 
A most distinct and well-marked fruticose species of Veronica, 
and very alpine in its locality. The stems are, for the size of 
the plant, stout, procumbent, 4-6 inches long; the branches 
short, ascending, leafy. Leaves closely placed, spreading on four 
sides, except when the branch happens to be procumbent, and 
then they point upwards, subsecund. Peduncles erect, and, as 
well as the bracteas, pedicels and calyces, densely clothed with 
glandular hairs. Pedicels 2-4 lines long, the upper ones gra- 
dually shorter. Corolla pure white, with the lower lobe bifid 
in the flower examined, (possibly by accident). It is of this 
Veronica Mr. Bidwill speaks, when describing his ascent of 
Tongariro, in his Rambles in New Zealand: “A few patches of 
a most beautiful snow-white Veronica, which I at first took for 
_ SNOW, were growing among the stones, but they ceased before 
I had ascended a third part of the way.” 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx and pisti] :—magnified. 
