98 Transactions. 
would thus appear to be more pronounced than in the other native 
species of the genus 
5. Veronica Dartoni sp. nov. 
Frutex conferte ramosus, 9-14 em. altus ; ramuli graciles glabri brunnei. 
branacea, integra glabra, haud carinata, costa media supra infraque 
evidente, 1}-2cm. longa j-lcm. supra medium lata. Касе mi 2-4 
in axilis foliorum superiorum dispositi, breviter pedunculati piloso- 
pubescentes suberecti, 4-6 cm. longi, subangusti. ores + 5 mm. lati 
approximati, pedicellis brevibus piloso- Госа bracteas lanceolatas 
acutas ciliatas vix aequantibus; calyx 4-partitus, lobis ovatis acutis 
secundum margines ciliatis; corolla caesio-albida, tubo sublato sepalis 
subduplo longiore, lobis Cree tubum aequantibus, staminibus corol- 
lam aequantibus, antheris purpureis, stylo exserto. Capsula + 4 mm. 
mm. la s. 
À compactly branched shrub 3-5 ft. high ; branchlets slender, ascending, 
glabrous, reddish-brown, closely ringed by scars of fallen leaves; old bark 
dark brown. Leaves decussate, more or less spreading, very closely placed 
along ultimate twigs, narrow obovate, subacuminate at tips, below gradually 
narrowed into a rather broad sessile more or legs ciliated base (the opposite 
pairs ied: A or almost clasping the twigs), glabrous hardly membranous, 
entire, not keeled, midrib evi vas above and below with two obscure 
"regne sem $-$ in. long т api 2 in. wide (just above middle). Racemes 
long as tube, stamens stating corolla, anthers purplish, style exserted. 
Capsules about 4mm. long and 24 mm. broad, acute, glabrous, 14 times 
Es of t alyx 
rewood Creek, Cromwell: D. P. gms on steep banks 
of аа Rios. a little below the bridge: H. L. Darto 
A very curious plant, whose position in the serial aE of the species 
is somewhat obscure. It is named in honour of Mr. H. L. Darton, of the 
Lawrence High School, well known, with his colleague Mr. Hart, for 
enthusiasm in collecting and growing every obtainable form of Veronica 
I collected it in 1911. Mr. Darton’s specimens were found in December 
of the present year. I am not sure of the colour of the flowers, of which 
only dried specimens have been available for examination. 
