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in gardens, entirely covered with a soft velvety 

 pubescence, but not cinereous as in next, stem 

 commonly pedal, radical leaves cespitose varia- 

 ble larger some nearly obovate and obtuse, flow- 

 ers vernal large handsome pale blue, style cla- 

 vate, capsule not seen. 



827. VERONICA CINER-EA Raf. erect cinereous 

 villose, leaves alternate oblong cuneate acute, 

 subcrenate in the middle, flowers terminal spi- 

 cate very dense sessile, bracts lanceol. equal to 

 calix, segments unequal ovate obtuse. From 

 Origon also, pedal, leaves uncial, spike terete, 

 corollas dark blue or purple (almost brown in 

 my specimen) contrasting with the canescent 

 calix, stamens very long. Akin to V incana 

 but distinct by leaves &c, and also to the two 

 proceeding, all three yet very different, this not 

 at all racemose. I have many other doubtful 

 Veronicas of North America, and this Genus 

 yet requires revisal in sp. as I did in Genera in 

 Flora Telluriana. As I have 50 or 60 sp. of 

 various parts in my Herbarium, I may hereafter 

 write their monograph. 



828. ODACMIS Raf. calix 4parted decidu- 

 ous, 4 small petals nearly similar and equal, 

 stamens 4 hypogynous, filaments short, anthers 

 bilobe. Ovary free globular umbilicate, styles 

 2 extremely short. Capsule membranaceous 

 utricular globular bilocular, with 2 or few seeds, 

 opening by the concave urnbilic above. Creep- 

 ing annual herb, leaves and flowers fascicu- 

 late. A very singular N. G. of my nat. order 

 ISOSTIMIA, and probably my family GALENIDIA, 

 with Galenia, Florkea &c ; also akin to EMPE- 

 TRIDES which only differ by a berry as in Em- 

 petrum and Phytolaca, The habit is very pe- 



