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Veronica (To the species described on pp)
To the species described on pp. 148-50, the following should now be added:
V. Armstrongi (Armstrong's). fl. whitish, in terminal, three to eight-flowered heads. l. minute, dimorphic, some long and acute, others broadly ovate and sub-acute, closely adpressed and coriaceous, adnate with the branches for half their length; margins faintly ciliate. h. 1ft. to 3ft. South Island, New Zea-land, 1888. A much-branched shrub.
V. decumbens (decumbent). fl. white; corolla tube 1/4in. long, much flattened on the inner side; racemes twelve to sixteen-flowered, shortly stalked, in pairs near the tips of the branches. i. entire, quite glabrous, very shortly stalked, ovate or lanceolate, obtuse, flat or slightly concave, not keeled, obscurely three-nerved, dull green, with bright red edges. Branches black and polished; branchlets pubescent. New Zealand, 1888. A small, very beautiful, decumbent shrub.
V. Hectori (Dr. Hector's). fl. pink and white, collected into an ovate, terminal head, with a villous rachis. l. closely, but not densely, imbricated, extremely thick and coriaceous, broader than long, broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse, nearly 1/8in. across, opposite pairs connate to the middle, puberulous along the edges, shining, not keeled. Branches, with the leaves on, obscurely tetragonous or terete. h. 6in. to 2ft. Southern Alps of Middle Island, New Zealand, 1888. A robust, small, much-branched shrub. V. ioganioides (Logania-like). fl. white, with pink stripes, very fugacious; calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, keeled, ciliated; corolla lobes broadly ovate; anthers brown. l. densely imbricated, adpressed to the branches, ovate, acuminate, with spreading tips, usually entire, sometimes with one to three teeth on each side, 1/4in. long, sessile, very sharply keeled below, glabrous except the ciliated margins. h. 6in. Rangetala Valley, New Zealand (5000ft. to 6000ft.) 1888. A small, evergreen shrub, decumbent and rooting at the joints.