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by examining many flowers ; but I venture to 
deem it a N. G. near Veronica and Ampkian- 
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 ! plantagineum Collins, 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 variety serrata, leaves sub- 
sessile subserrate, scape not longer than the 
head. 
822. Veronica perfoliata 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 Justicia by 
Collins, near to V anagallis , 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. scutellata , but broader and shorter leaves 
uncial, capsules bilobed compressed. In this 
