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and the last sp, the opposite leaves are reaiy 
connate. 
824. Veronica diffusa R. precox atl. j. 79. 
stem diffuse compressed pubescent, lower leaves 
opposite, upper alternate, on short petiols, ovate 
and rounded, serrate laciniate trinerve ; pedun- 
cles axil, solitary longer than leaves, capsule 
compressed emarginate, — Annual very early 
vernal blossoms blue and delicate in March and 
April, native of . . . naturalized on the Schuyl- 
kill near Philadelphia, I had called it F. pre- 
cox in 1832, but there is another sp. of that 
name. Stems often procumbent weak, one foot 
long, leaves small, flowers pretty large, pedun- 
cles long, capsules drooping, calix with ovate 
equal segments. Very different from F. cha- 
medrys and teucrium to which it is however 
related. 
825. Veronica sparsiflora Raf, atl, j. 79. 
stem erect simple smooth terete solid, leaves 
opposite sessile cuneate entire obtuse smooth, 
upper oblong ; raceme terminal elongate lax 
pubescent, flowers scattered, bracts linear ob- 
tuse, pedicels filiform longer, calix segments 
oblong obtuse, two shorter, capsules bilobed sub- 
compressed — a very distinct sp. from Arkanzas 
and Missouri, seen alive in gardens, annual, 
stem 1 or 2 feet high, leaves 1 or 2 inches, low- 
er almost petiolate, flowers vernal large hand- 
some purplish blue. By the calix quite une- 
qual it belongs to my subgenus Becabunga . 
826. Veronica mollis Raf. erect softly vill- 
ose, leaves opposite sessile ovatoblong serrate 
acute, lower and radical oblong and cuneate 
nearly entire ; raceme terminal bracteate den- 
siflore, bracts lanceolate equal to flowers, calix 
lanceolate unequal.— From Origon seen alive 
