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Show [ 7 J 140 • from near the ground. The. carpel , with th:ir long plumo~r spirally <ontorl t1 awns, bon' wlo \h earth, after the.y l:ave fal~en. The action of the win1l commHntcatcs to th 'm a lwtstmg molten, an1l rctrorse pubt·sccnrc retains them in the soil . piraca Californira, n .. p. Shrubby; leaves ovate~ lanrcolatc, uncliviue<l, nearly glabrous, glandularly scrralt> conspu:uously petiolate; flowers in eompoun1l corymbs, per1ect, calyx scgm ·nts broad about. as lonu as the tube; di~k coherent with the tube of the c~l yx; stamens bnumcrous; carpels 5, disti ~1 ct, 2-va 1 Y?d; .see1ls 2, ascending, the t.csta e~panded at ~he supenor. extremity Jn 1 t.o a membranaceous w111g. Grows on lugh mounta1ns near the (nla. This sp •cics is remarkable for jts asc<•n<ling wing '<l scecls and. coriac ous leave~. It <.:a11 scar('ely be referred to any of the scct10ns into which the genus spiraea is at pre. ent divided. An <lenostoma fas!' i('ul a ta, lfook and .llrn. A bun dan t in the Cordilleras of California. A shrub about five feel high. A. sparsifolia., n. sp. Lcav<'s . caltcrcd, linear subulatc, dottetl with CYlands. Cordilleras of California. A tree 30 feet high, with very ~umerous slender branches. L<'a.vrs n arly half an inch long, scarcely half a line wid(•, somewhat triang~-~.lar, apparently evergreen. Flowrrs in small terminal paniculate spike . Pediccls short, with numerous minute sca.rious bract: al the base . Calyx turbinate, campa.aulatc, lO·strialc, 5-toothcd; the teeth OYate; obtuse, conspicuously imbricated. 'lam ens about l 0; the filaments inserted into a crcnulatc glandular ring at the summit of the calyx tube. 0Yary ohoY,l.tc, compressed, with 2 collateral suspended ovules. V cry d i1I'crcn t in ap pcarancc from Jl. fasci cul at a, an<l destitute of the fl •shy glands, with which the throat of the calyx-tube is furnished in that spe ·ics. Photinia arbutifolia, Linn. Cordilleras of California. A shrub 4-5 feet high. L YTIIRACElh. Lythrum alatum, Pu1·sh. On the Arkansas. ONAGRACE~. Zanschneria Californica, P1·csl. Vall y of the Gila. A shrub with bright crimson flow rs, rc cmbling those of a fuchsia.. G~nothera albicaulis, Nutt. Valley of the Del Norte. CE. pinna.tifi<la, Nutt. Tributarie of the Canadian river. 0~. biennis, Linn. Vall y of th Del Norte. S v ral other undetermined species of O~nothera exist in the collection. Gaura coccinea, Nutt. Tributaries of th Canadian. G. parviflora, Do·ugl. Valley of the Del Norte. LOA ACE.&. ~entzelia pumila, N1.ttt. Stem whiti h, slend er, bran ching, and a httle roughened above, smoothish and somewhat shining below; • 141 [ 7] . . . . . te io~th ·tl· flowers (small) 2-3 toRclher, I ca. v r s p I n n all tl! 1 ' o l s I n u ·~ I t . ' st. lliH' n s v n y n u m r o u s ; t h c p 11i L:cllate; petals JO, aiH'~O tu~.'(,j~·ttl' c~l in clrical; seeds n umcoulcr ft~amcnts di~<~tcd; o~afl~~t ~el NcH~c.' l>lant about a ~oot high. rons, wl!1gcd . V.dl y . l . J' ··unctcr •ap~ulc threc-.lourths of Flowers less than an lli C l lll < t • . t . . 1 3 ··'l.lvt·<l at the :-tlmmt . 1. ·l 1 an lllch _ong,. \c L This interesting plant, w llt 1, ws <Jcya]lta stnua~a, agas~ct.b l i' 'lzl oc<·urs in many parts oi the been admirnhlly) ld~st\<~lcfroll; ~ <~t~l;t 'Fe to Saltillo. vallt•y of the c OJ c, CUCUR131 TACl~ il•:. . . T rr anll Gr. On the Gila riv0r, Cncnmi. pcrcnnts, J(l/mcs, t· .o ·r· thr o·cnus of this plnnl, which abun<lnnt. vV c ar xct un~· 'r ,ut~ ~t of· 1\l. ·iro I1rtrticularly in aritl 1 mon 111 vanous pelt s . ' seems to )(' com . r tl , fruit have yet be '11 sent to u. · sandy wastes. No specmt1 •ns o. llc Cuc.:urbitace<t' in the collection, T l1 . , other unt etermmc< ' . her are lire . I. 1 . the Flon. of N orlh Amcnca. llistinct from any dcscnuet lll ' CACTACEJE. . . , . 1· nt, of this family w re noticcll by Colo~el S \' c r a 1 1 n t c 1 c s t 111 g p .l. , 1 .. t. . f"E l · . t nl " d c. c.:r i b e d f r om d n c <1 t they can not )C s,t ts ,u o J mory, HL Tl .<, ·ob·lbly includ<·d among the ntuncrous new S}>criulcns. ll'Y are P1 • b l b l by Dr En(Tl c-spccies of lVIexican cactarcu' :oon to c t cscn C< . o mann. CORNACE.tE. Corn us pan i ·u1ata, l' ]fer. On lhe Ark ansa CApRI F 0 L lACE 1l~ · 'ymphoricarpus raceme us, L w· n. (Snow· berry.) On the Ar-kansa . co:MPO ITAE. M. I Vernonia fascit'ulata,. LCr~.r. n c~ t's· Fort · Lia tr is rnm c.:la ta., lloolc. H. a yael a C re ·k · N JJ 2 99 Corethrogyne tomente l] a, 'r 01·1 · an cl 0 r fl. · m · ' P · · · • · ·fi. . 1 . 11 • 1 by th V . ·tbundant on the Cordill •ras of Lhe P aetH' tllH ca C< . na tl1.Y v ccs cs l fl..~J·W l . It l·•s a< c.:clchrated remedy for cholera. , as nollCC!..l b C loncl Fmory in his notes. . 1 · ll t y : o . . .. T . . d G r ' D i J> lop a]> ]J us l n c anus' .-uH .. D1rtcna mcana, 01 1 • an x • · . . · 1 t · its slcn- 0 tl , u·l· J)i!Tcrs from Douglass's Cahlonuan p an m . . , 11 l e 1 d. • • l l t t l c <'\ "'I • c 1 l 1 os ! en a e "y .L..'. .. <lcr st m, and nearly g a >rous, ::-pull f. l D ·l Nortr aJHl th ,· hc<ul ]) . CoJ onopifo lia, Nutt · Vall cy 0 lle ' ' .. waters of the Canadian. . 1 ·l . . tl csnnt stem pnnicu- D. ast<'l <'i 1 ::; 1. sp. 1\,lt .t liiC Y Sl ,t )I Ol 'pt J , ' 1 ·tt ricrid latcl) branched' above; 1c a\i, cs, o blung- cuncat r ' somcw l• o ' |