Armstrong. — On the Genus Veronica. 367 



petioled, entire or obscurely serrate, acuminate, distinctly veined, glabrous 

 or slightly pubescent. Racemes long pedimcled, in pairs near the tips of the 

 branchlets, curved, rather stout, 4-8 inches long, pubescent, not very dense- 

 flowered ; pedicels | inch long, very slender, curved. Bracts extremely short, 

 oblong, ciliated. Calyx-lobes about J^ inch long, pubescent and ciliated, 

 acute. Corolla pale blue or white ; tube ^ inch long, swollen ; U7nJ) I inch 

 across ; lobes narrow, concave, obtuse. Stamens curved upwards, spreading. 

 Anthers brown. Style shorter than the stamens, curved upwards. Cajjsules 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, more than ^ inch long, glabrous or pubescent. 



Hah. — Both islands, common in lowland forests. Differs from the type 

 in the larger foliage, always petiolate, and the spreading habit and much 

 larger capsules which are often much recurved. — F. Undleyana, hort. 



This is often almost indistinguishable from V. myrtifolia, and perhaps 

 should be united with that plant. Young plants have sharply serrate leaves. 



48. V. carnea, hort., Armstrong. A large spreading shrub, with rather 

 slender, pubescent branches. , Leaves decussate, closely set, 1^2 inches 

 long, linear-oblong, about ^ inch wide, bright green, obtuse or acute, quite 

 entire, with cihated pink margins, pubescent below, glabrous above, except 

 the midrib which is pubescent, sessile by a narrow base, concave above, 

 scarcely keeled below. Racemes in sub-terminal pairs, 2-3 inches long, sub- 

 erect, rather stout, pubescent, not very dense-flowered. Pedicels straight, 

 stout, -J^ inch long. JBracte linear-oblong, ^5-xu ^^^^ ^^ug, acute, pubescent. 

 Calyx-lobes j2~t^(J ^^^^^^ ^ong, linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Corolla rose 

 and white ; tube about ^ inch long, swollen ; limb ^-^ inch across ; lobes 

 spreading, unequal. Stamens stout, curved upwards, rather longer than the 

 style, which is curved downwards. Capsules twice as long as the calyx, pu- 

 bescent or glabrate, acute, much compressed. 



Hab. — Otago ? I have had great difficulty in obtaining any authentic in- 

 formation regarding the habitat of this plant, which is commonly cultivated 

 in gardens as a native. Mr. Kirk, I beheve, considers it to be from New 

 Caledonia, but I think this extremely improbable as the plant is perfectly 

 hardy in Christchurch, whereas all New Caledonian plants require stove 

 heat. This is one of the handsomest species of the genus, differing from 

 V. speciosa chiefly in the much narrower, shorter leaves, narrower, shorter 

 racemes, and much smaller calyx. I have been assured by several persons 

 that they have seen this plant growing wild on the coast near the South- 

 west Cape, but I failed to find it on my visit to that neighbourhood in 

 1873. 



50. V. lewisii, n.s. 



A very handsome close-growing shrub, 3-6 feet high or more. Branches 

 stout, scarred, covered with minute dense greyish pubescence, which is 



