VERONICA 633 



V. AMPLEXICAULIS, Armstrong. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 7370.) 



A shrub, I to 3 ft. high, with the branches erect or ultimately prostrate. 

 Leaves glaucous, | to I in. long, \ to f in. broad ; broadly oblong or ovkl, 

 cupped, superposecl in four vertical rows and closely set together; rounded 

 at the apex, the bases overlapping, heart-shaped, not stalked, but partially 

 clasping the stem. Flowers white, \ in. across, stalkless, borne from leaf- 

 axils near the end of the shoot in simple or branched spikes i to i^ ins. 

 long, the main-stalk of which is minutely downy. 



Native of the South Island of New Zealand in the Canterbury province; 

 discovered by Armstrong about 1880 and soon after introduced. It is allied 

 to, and about as hardy as V. carnosula and V. pinguifolia. From the former 

 it is distinguished by its downy ovary and round-tipped seed-vessel, and 

 from both by its stem-clasping leaves, heart-shaped at the base, and in the 

 longer, often branched inflorescence. 



V. LINDSAYI, Hort., was raised by the late Mr R. Lindsay of Edinburgh, 

 a well-known cultivator of New Zealand veronicas, from seeds of V. 

 amplexicaulis ripened in his garden. It is of more compact habit than that 

 species, the leaves are not glaucous, and the flowers are pink. No doubt 

 of hybrid origin. 



V. ANGUSTIFOLIA, A. Richard. 



(V. parviflora var. angustifol'a, Hooker fil. ; Bot. Mag., t. 5965.) 



A shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, occasionally more, of rather thin, loose habit; 

 branches slender, erect, smooth and shining, turning dark brown towards 

 the end of the season. Leaves stalkless, linear, i^ to 3^ ins. long, ^ to j in. 

 wide; tapering to a point, perfectly smooth, often pointing downwards. 

 Racemes in pairs from the leaf-axils near the summit of the shoot, 2 to 5 ins. 

 long, | in. wide; the basal flowers opening long before the terminal ones. 

 Flowers white, tinged more or less with lilac, J to j in. diameter; tube of 

 corolla twice or thrice as long as the sepals, which are erect, oblong, edged 

 with minute hairs. Individual flower-stalk slender, ^ to J in. long, and, like 

 the main-stalk of the raceme, minutely downy. 



Native of the North Island of New Zealand; introduced about 1868, 

 perhaps before. It is very distinct in its narrow leaves and purple-brown 

 stems, and has considerable merit as a flowering shrub, producing its 

 graceful racemes from July until November in successive pairs near the top 

 of the growing shoot. It succumbs in severe winters. 



V. ANOMALA, Armstrong. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7360.) 



A shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, of erect, narrow habit, with slender branches, 

 minutely downy in a strip above each leaf-axil when young. Leaves to f 

 in. long, oval-lanceolate or narrow-oblong, pointed, entire, tapering at the 

 base to a very short, broad stalk, somewhat keeled, dark shining green, and 

 quite smooth. Flowers white or pale pink, produced in June and July in a 

 cluster of spikes at the end of the shoot, and thus forming a panicle, or 

 several panicles, each i to i| ins. long, and nearly as wide. Corolla j to ^ 

 in. across, with a slender tube" about twice the length of the calyx. Anthers 

 blue. Seed-vessel ovate-oblong, smooth. 



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