Volume 8 — PLATE DXXXI.

VERONICA DERWENTIA.

New Holland Veronica.

CLASS II. ORDER I.

DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Two Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla limbo 4-partito: laciniis infimis angustioribus. Capsula bilocularis.

Blossom, border 4-parted. Lowest segments narrower. Capsule two-locular.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Veronica foliis lanceolatis, oppositis, alternis, dentatis: floribus spicatis, axillaribus: corollis parvis, pallide violaceis, fragrantissimis.

Veronica with leaves lance-shaped, opposite, alternate, and toothed. Flowers grow in spikes from the axillæ of the leaves. Blossoms small, of a pale violet colour, and very fragrant.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

This new species of Veronica was communicated to us by A. B. Lambert, esq. It is a native of Botany Bay on the banks of the Derwent, and was sent over by one of the settlers. The abundance and agreeable fragrance of its flowers render it deserving a place in any collection.