or NORTH AMERICA. 39 



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. Veromca cinerea 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 

 hut distinct by leaves &/C, and also to the two 

 preceeding, 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 f\'ee globular umbilicate, styles 

 2 extremely short. Capsule membranaceous 

 utricular globular bilocnlar, with 2 or few seeds, 

 opening by the concave umbilic above. Creep- 

 ing annual herb, leaves and floicers fascicu- 

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

 IsosTiiviiA, and probably my family Galemdia, 

 with Galenia, Florkea &lc ; also akin to Ewpe- 

 TRiDES which only difler by a berry as in Em- 

 petrum and Fhytolaca, The habit is very pe- 



