TO THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT H^EMUS. 223 
little presents among the family of our host, chap. 
we left its members all happy. The Ambassador • 
had quitted the town long before we were 
ready to follow him. As we proceeded this 
day, the scenery became grander, and had 
more of an Alpine appearance. Many plants 
were in flower; some of which we collected. 
Near the village of Chaligh Kavack, the author 
found a most elegant little annual plant, which 
has never been described ; a new species of New-du- 
Speedwell (Veronica), with fine blue flowers PUnts. 
upon long slender peduncles. The leaves 
are nearly rhomb- shaped, or rhomb-ovate, and 
deeply lobed ; the large lobes being again 
divided on their outer margin. The flowers 
are solitary, and measure about half an inch 
across; the two upper segments of the calyx 
being shorter than the others. The whole 
plant, in the largest specimens which we could 
collect, is only about three inches in length ; 
and every part of it, up to the blossom, is 
covered with a delicate viscous pubescence. 
To this beautiful non-descript Veronica we have 
given the name of Veronica pumila'. In 
(l) Veronica pumila. Veronica pumila, viscoso-pubescens ; caule 
suherecto ; ramis patulis, seu nullis; foUis sulrhombeis, rhombeo-ovatisque 
pro/unde lobatis, lobis inferioribus subdentatis ; pedunculis patulis 
elongatis unifloris; corolla lobis ovatis. 
