Scrophularinea] FL ORA OF TASMANIA. 
6. Veronica arguta (Br. Prodr. 435) ; caule elongato basi repcnto proeumbente nunnque 
dentibus bifariam pilosis, foliis (1-H-pollicaribus) longiuscule petiolatis ovato-' 
glabris pilosisve, racemis axillaribus elongatis laxis pauci- v. multi-floris, pcdicellis patentibus, bracteis linear 
obovatis, sepalis ovali-oblongis capsulam latam leviter emarginatara superantibus, capsula latcraliter cow 
pressa, valvis columnse placentiferse adhasrentibus.— Benth. m DC. Prodr. x. 1 T * » . \. V 
Schultes, Si/st. i. 118? (Gnnn, 174.) 
Hab. Subalpine situations, in forests, etc.; Hampshire Hills and St. Patrick's Ki\ (i . 
Feb., March.) 
Distrib. New South Wales, Cunningham ; Victoria, Mbetter. 
A veiy variable plain, usually about the size of the ordinary state of /. rah/rinti. Inn x.in. : 
larger, and Gunn's St. Patrick's River specimens are 2 feet long.— A lax. brandling, more or k-s pilose. -l,n<l<i 
decumbent species, with the stems creeping at the base. Leaves 1-3 inches long, rather long-pet ioled. ovate-Ian 
ceolate, coarsely serrate. Racemes in the larger specimens a foot long. y. ry slender and niau\-tl..u, r. d : in th 
smaller specimens much redueed and corymbose, then quite like those of V. omfycina, as are the bracts, pedic.-b 
calyx, corolla, and fruit. 
7. Veronica gracilis (Br. Prodr. 435); humilis, glaberrima, ramia cicciis, foliis sub 
ceolatis lineari-lanceolatisve acutis acuminatisve integerrirais v. serratis basi imgnwtiitiff, raoemk udUtfibu 
pedunculatis corymbosis paucifloris, sepalis lauceolatis acut\>, capsula late obcordata latcraliter compress 
valvis septo placentifero adhferentibus.— Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 479. {Gun 
Hab. Moist places, common in many parts of the Colony. — (Fl. Nov. -dan.) (r. v.) 
Distmb. South-eastern Australia, from Port Jackson to South Australia. 
A very variable plant, best distinguished by its creeping stems, tufted, glabrous habit, .reel, -hndrr branches 
racejnes or corymbs of large, lilac or pale blue rlowcrs, with lanceolate, aeuininate calyx-lobes.— (iunn sends a \er\ 
small alpine state, not an inch high, with one-flowered peduncles, from St. Patrick's Kiver. 
Gen. Till. 0URISL\. ( 
Calyx 5-lobus v. -partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, incurva v. obliqua ; ltnibi o-tidi laciniis obtusb 
planis. Stamina 4, didynama, inclusa; anthers subreniformes, loculis divaricatis conflucnti 
apice capitato-stigmatosus. Capsula loculicidc bivalvis; valvis medio septiferis, placentas auferentibus. 
Semina plurima; testa laxa, reticulata. [Benth. in DC. Prodr.) — Herbss j foliia 
mibus v. radicalisms petiolatis, caulimis nullu >. 
bus, solitaries, verticillatis v. ad apicem peek 
South America; only one species is Tasmania!!, and it ha- not hitherto been tound u 
radical or cauline, or both, the latter sometimes whorl) d. / n xa 
late. Calyx hve-lobed or -parted. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an oblique or mrun. 
Stamen* four, didynamous. Authors reniform. two-cdi. d: c«-i!» di\.u. .n.n.'. « onf. 
Capsule two-valved, loculicidal. — The Ta- - l)rous llrr '- wl ' 
rhizome, coriaceous, spathulatc. pctiolate radical leave,. !.-s> than 1 inch long, and a 
(rarely branching, and then two-flowered) large, Mae-] 
the Falkland Islands, who procured the first described species from Fnegia.) 
1. Ourisia integrifolia (Br. Prodr. 439); humilis, subesespitoso, glaberrima, rhizomate repcute, 
