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LIII. SCROPHULAUINE.*. 
[ Veronica . 
Branches square, in. diam. Leaves brown when dry, abruptly 
acuminate 21. V. lycopodioides. 
Branches square, T l 2 in. diam. Leaves very broad, subacute, black 
when dry 22. V. tetrasticha. 
Branches terete. Leaves connate to middle, brown when dry . . 23. V. Hectori. 
Branches terete. Leaves truncate, yellowish when dry 24. V. salicornioides. 
/3. Leaves in. distant, opposite pairs 25. V. cupressoides. 
§ 5. Small decumbent shrubs , with short jlexuous branches, densely clothed with short, 
broad, rigid, densely imbricating leaves, j in. long. Flowers in terminal, sessile , 
ovoid heads, continuous with the branches. 
Leaves in., not keeled. Sepals not ciliate 26. V. Haastii. 
Leaves g— -i in., recurved, keeled. Sepals ciliate 27. V. epacridea. 
B (§6). Leaves more or less toothed or serrate. ( See Haastii, in § 5.) 
Glabrous. Flowers racemose, J in. diam 28. V. macrantha. 
Flowers sessile on branches of a loose panicle 3-10 in. long . . . 29. V. Hulkeana. 
Flowers sessile, in short, spreading, pnberulous panicles. Bracts acute 30. V. Lavaudiana. 
Flowers sessile, in dense oblong panicles. Bracts obtuse . . . . 31. V. Raoulii. 
Flowers indense, leafv racemes. Leaves edged with down . . . 32. V. Benthami. 
II (§7). Capsules laterally compressed, didymous. — Herbs with creeping, diffuse, slender 
stems (or erect in 40). Leaves serrate or toothed, except in V. linifolia. Flowers in 
slender, axillary, long-peduncled racemes ( short in 38 and 39). 
Leaves J-l in., linear, obtuse, quite entire 33. V. linifolia. 
Leaves in., ovate, glabrous, serrate. Raceme glandular . . . 34. V. nivalis. 
Leaves 5-5 in., ovate or oblong, serrate, glabrous. Peduncle long . 35. V. Lyallii. 
Leaves xj-i in., ovate or oblong, glabrous, with 1 or 2 teeth on each 
side. Peduncle long 36. V. Bidwitlii. 
Leaves 1-5 in., oblong ovate or lanceolate, glabrous, deeply serrate . 37. V. cataractce. 
Leaves j-l in., glabrous or pubescent, broad, ovate-cordate, coarsely 
toothed 38. V. elongata. 
Leaves <j-4 in., glandular-pubescent, ovate-spathulate. Peduncles 
very short 39. V. spathulata. 
Erect glabrous. Leaves oblong, 1-2 in., crenate 40. V. Anagallis. 
1. V. speciosa, R. Cunn. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 191. A glabrous stout shrub ; 
branches angled, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves sessile or with very short 
thick petioles, 2-4 in. long, 1-li broad, obovate-oblong, rounded at the 
tip, very coriaceous, shining, quite entire, downy on the midrib above, veins 
obsolete. Racemes dense-flowered, not longer than the leaves, 1 in. diam., 
stout, erect ; pedicels short. Calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, subacute.. Corolla 
deep blue-purple, -5 in. diam., lobes obtuse. Stamens and style very long and 
stout. Capsule g- in. long, broadly ovate, thrice as long as the calyx. — Bot. 
Mag. t. 4057. 
Northern Island : seacoast at Hokianga, Cunningham. Middle Island : Ship Cove 
and Port Nicholson, Lyall. I have a cultivated hybrid between this and V. elliptica, 
with leaves only 1 ) in long, and racemes 1 in. long, of blue flowers, raised by I. A. Henry, 
Esq., of Trinity, Edinburgh. 
2. V. Diefifenbachii, Benth. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 191. A stout glabrous 
shrub ; branches terete, almost as stout as a quill. Leaves sessile by a sub- 
cordate base, 3 in. long, 1 broad, linear-oblong, acute, rather coriaceous, 
quite entire, downy on the edges towards the base. Raceme longer than the 
leaves, f in. diam., strict, glabrous ; pedicels slender. Sepals small, ovate- 
