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by examining many flowers ; but I venture to 

 deem it a N. G. near Veronica and Amphian- 

 thus of Torrey. The name was an ancient one 

 of Plantago of which it has quite the habit. 



'821. Atirsita pumila Raf. Eryngium gra- 

 cile ! Nuttal, Er ! plantaginetim CoUins, leaves 

 petiolate and subsessile, ovate smooth, uninerve, 

 unequaly dentate or gashed, scape shorter than 

 leaves terete villose, head ovoid — collected in 

 Arkanzas by Nuttal, leaves and scapes hardly 

 over one inch long, leaves variously cut, some- 

 times nearly entire, with few or several teeth, 

 scape thick very short, head small, without any 

 visible bracts, calix and corollas obtuse, corolla 

 hardly longer white, annual, vernal- One of my 

 specimen appears a wixYieiy serrata, leaves sub- 

 sessile subserrate, scape not longer than the 

 head. 



822. Veronica terfoliata R. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate smooth acute subserrate, base connate ; 

 racemes axillary pedunculate pubescent, flow- 

 ers fastigiate or geminate, bracts lanceolate as 

 long as pedicels, calix segments equal ovate 

 acute. — Florida, mistaken for a Jusiicia by 

 Collins, near to V. ana<raUis^ but a larger plant, 

 leaves 3 or 4 inches long, not entire but remote- 

 ly serrate, racemes not much longer, flowers 

 only above rather crowded, corolla blue hardly 

 exceeding the calix. 



823, Veronica connata Raf. atl.j. 150. erect 

 smooth, stem fistulose, leaves connate lanceo- 

 late entire acute ; racemes axil, divaricate elon- 

 gate lax, bracts linear half of pedicels. — West 

 Kentucky near waters, annual, vernal, akin to 

 V. scatellata, but broader and shorter leaves 

 uncial, capsules bilobed compressed. In this 



