Bidwilliane. N. O. Scrophularine. 
TAB. DCXLV. 
Veronica pirFusa. Hook, fil. 
Suffruticosa, caulibus procumbentibus diffusis, ramis elongatis, 
foliis per paria remotis patentibus elliptico-ovatis acutis 
serratis subsessilibus glabris carnoso-coriaceis, racemis axil- 
laribus oppositis longissimis flexuosis, bracteis parvis lineari- 
subulatis, pedicellis elongatis calycibusque glanduloso-pubes- 
centibus, capsulis orbiculatis segmenta calycina lato-elliptica 
paululum excedentibus. 
Has. New Zealand. On Tongariro. J. T. Bidwiil, Esq. 
A spreading, straggling species, with procumbent stems, its 
very long and opposite lateral racemes rising upwards. These 
latter are 6-8 inches long, with slender pedicels an inch in length. 
Flowers, according to Mr. Bidwill’s notes, blue and white. The 
habit is that of our European V. prostrata. 
1. Flower. f. 2. Calyx and pistil, f. 3. Fruit :—mag- 
nifie 
