SCROPHULARINE^ 



cuttings in sandy soil under bell-glass in spring, or under handlight or in cold 

 frame in summer. 



Floivers white, slightly odorous, in short, dense ixicemes, sub-capitate at 

 ends of branches, puberulous or glabrous, pedicels short, bracts nearly equal 

 to sepals ; Calyx 4-5-cleft ; Corolla 4- 5-lobed, tube short, limb \-\ in. diam. ; 

 Stamens 2, exserted ; Ovary superior, 2-celled ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves Box-like, oblong-obovate, obtuse at apex, cordate at base, entire, 

 thick, coriaceous, concave, midrib prominent beneath, \-\ in. long, \-\ in. 

 wide, vivid green ; petiole short, thick. 



An evergreen shrub, 2-3 ft. ; stout, glabrous, erect. 



Native of New Zealand. 



Veronica cupressoides. 



Gardens. July. Best in a shady, peaty spot, or on rockwork. It is 

 fairly hardy, and easily propagated by cuttings. 



Flowers violet, 3-4 at extremities of branchlets, bracts larger than sepals ; 

 Sepals oblong, obtuse ; Corolla ^V in- diam. ; Stamens 2 ; Ovary 2-celled ; Fruit 

 a capsule. 



Leaves in opposite pairs, ovate-oblong, obtuse, scale-like, adpressed to 

 branches, glabrous, fleshy, yellowish-green, ^^^ in. long. 



An evergreen shrub, 6 ins.-4 ft. ; much branched. 



Native of New Zealand ; introduced 1876. Specific name from resemblance 

 to a dwarf prostrate Cypress. Known in gardens as V. salicornoides, from 

 resemblance to Salicornia, the Glass-wort or Marsh Samphire. 



Veronica pinguifolia. 



Gardens, rockeries. June, July. This forms a compact little bush, so 

 full of blossom as to give the appearance of a fall of snow. 



Floiveis wiiite, in a short, dense-flowered, erect spike at tips of branches, 

 pilose and pu})escent, .50-100 blossoms ; Sepals obtuse, ciliated ; Capsule hairy. 



Leaves oval or obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, very thick, coriaceous, 



glaucous, light green, sessile, imbricated, J-J in. long. 



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