﻿PLATE DXXXI. 



VERONICA DERWENTIA. 

 New Holland Veronica. 



CLASS II. ORDER I. 

 DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC 



II Blossom, border 4-parted. 

 'I narrower. Capsule two- 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 

 Vbhonica foliis lanceolatis, oppositis, alternis, 

 dentatis : floribus spicatis, axillaribus : co- 

 rollis parvis, pallide violaceis, fragrantissi- 



Veronica with leaves lance-shaped, opposite, 

 alternate, and toothed. Flowers grow in 

 spikes from the axillae of the leaves. Blos- 

 soms small, of a pale violet colour, and 

 very fragrant. . 



REFERENCE TO 



This new species of Veronica was communicated to us by A. B. Lambert, esq. It is a native i 

 Botany Bay on the banks of the Derwent, and was sent over by one of the settlers. The abundan. 

 and agreeable fragrance of it. flowers render it deserving a place in any collection. 



