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Show [ 7 J 142 sharply and r ath er coarsr_ly t~olh e d, involu cre hcm isphrri ca l, scales lin ear, in sPveral ::; t•rt ·s, _wuh rather _s horL h~·rba c<.'o u s squarrose tips; rays :30 or mort>, v10lct; achPnt.l,.spartn~ly p u~H·sce nl. J> ;1 p p 11 s o r t h c ray m 11 r It s h o :·tt· r t h n n t h a. t o I tl.1 c d 1 :d~. I•J I ' vat e rl }and betw '<' 11 ll11.! Del Norte and th · wa~Prs of the Gda. A .well marked spcoes, with leaves broader than tn any other pl ant o t the genus. Ast er hclwcla(lus, DC. Valley of tbc Del Norte, and desert between the Colorado and Cordtllnas of California. A. (trtpolium.) A btanching speel(:s with the stems pubesc nt above, and middle sized fl owers wtth purple rays. It ·ems to be undcscrib •d. Vall ey 0f the ~)el Norte. "o lidago clongata , Null. Vall<•y of the Gila. . Linosyris graveolcns, Torr. and Or. Cltrysocoma dracunculo'tdes, Pursh. A shrub about two fe •t high, a1Hl bright yellow h eads of flow •rs. Abundant 011 the highlands b ·tw ·en the Del N o rte and the Gila. Aplopapus spinulosus, DC. On Oeal6 creek, &c., call cl Pinette by the lliltiVCS. . A. M en z i e s i i, Torr. an tl Gr. fJ. d c n t at us, I cave · co rt ace o us, s l r o n g I y d t.' n t a I e o r p i n n a t i f11 I , l o o 1 h c d , g lu t i n o u ::; . A b u n d a n l i n t It e great clcsert b<.:twcen the_ Color:•do and .th' Cordillc•ra1' ~f Calif~>r J1ia. Another form of tlttS .JH.'c t e~ was found nt.·ar t. Dtt>go, w1th the s tt•m and tht•tr lc:aves ('lotiH·d with a ro pius loose pubesrent;e, and the S<'rralures of the ! •aves fi.'W and small. Grindeli <t. An appartntly nl'W species of this gcnns was foun<l in ascending tl1t' Cordilleras of Californm, but the flow ·rs had fallen from the heads, and ouc spccimt'lt is thnd'o re scar<'ely sufftci >nt ford •t,rmination. The ::-telll is very smooth aud whitish; tltc leaves are oblong, 1:lasping at tl1 c base, spinulose, serrate aud glabrouf;, and the scales of the involucre arc very acute, but searcely r 'cu rve d. • Chrysop ·is canesecns, Torr . and Gr. N car 0 ate erctk: C. echioide~, B enth . in Bot. ~-..,·ulph . 1J. 25. Valley of the Gila. Pt•ritylc, Benth. ·i1~ l?ut. Sui'()h. A new ~pecic · s of this g('nus (P. EIIIOTyi, nob . ) was found 111 a ce nding thr Cordilleras of California. lt ddfns from P. Californic:a of Bentham in it·. mallcr and much more cleqJiy lobed leaves, narrower achenia which are very hairy on the mMgius, and in other eharactns. .B a c char i"' Doug l.t s i i, D (}. V a II c y o r t h t! 0 i I a . ll e s i d , s l h is then· arc three other species nf Bacdmris in the colle1:tion, none of' which are de ·erib1•d in the L•~Jora of N orth Am<·ri c:a, but we cannot yet pronounrc them ucw. Tessaria bon·ali", DC'. An arornati·~ shrub abou1 lhrr feel high, growing in all the dt·se1ted beds of the Gtla, ancl in 1h • v<llley of the Del Norlt•; u~ually with the Frcmontia, both of which arc abundant in tho:-.e rq~tons . flymeno clc ,l, Torr . and Gr·. ined. This rt'markahle new genus is allted to amhro .... ia and xau ·. l1tum. Anoth1·r .:- pt·ri<·s of it (11. S alsoia) was fou:11l iu F •Ctll••nt's SCI'Ond <:Xpedttion, whi ch , with t he characters of tLe genus to which it bel ongs, will Le publish<'u in 143 [ 7 J another worl. This sp ecies, from th<' scalrs of th in,~olune h<'ing m· a s·tn1g e w 11 •1' w' IHOJ>OS' C .t o rail JJ. 'ITIOIW~1J· 1"cfi,· 1 l orr. and Gr. It was found in Y<Hious p arts of the v<lll<·y of .. tlte 1 a. F·ransl'rirt Jlooken·ana. Nntt. (Ycrha. del Sapo.) .., , Jlmbrosia acanthoraTpa, Jfoo!ccr. v Cl y abundant from S anta r e to t h c 3 3d par a 11 e I o 1: 1 a~ it u d c . . , . . .. Anoth ' r spcci(!S of tlu · genus, ~nd ai~J>.HCnlly an undc~< 11hrd ·.,ls in the co ll ection lt 1~ sufl rdt'H<:t:n t hoary, wtlh the o1e n ae v, cc sx tb. i, p i - ~ ·. ll b., . •t· TJ 11 nat i ft d l y, d 1 v Hl c d wl o v cry s m a o l usc s c g men s. 1 c fl owe rs ar' wanting. . . Ambrosia a•·tcmisi<l'fo1ia, Linn. Banks of thr Gda .. I) S 'J'o1•1· and Gr. Anothc·r fl('W g<'nus, ~dltt•(llo Iva, of l co Rl ' . . . . b . I . which a full d<'scription and _fi g ure w_tll h<•r after e gtv.<·~: l w,1s f 0 u 11 d j n t h c v all e y o [ t h c G tl a·' a n <l t n t h c d '" rl o f r; d 1'1 .f t 1 ~ g sa n d s W('St of the Colorado. (5lo 6 1nchcs long, a.nd 4. to.o wul .) Wyethia ovata, n. SJJ ., 1'oTr. and Gr., 7nl' d. 1 lt·m very stout, ]cave orbicu lar, ovate, cntir<'; . om<.'whal cor!a c co~ts, pub<•sr<'nl, (as arc also the pcti oll' and br.cn~ch<'s,). scales of ll_lC l!t,volu r t:~ la.n· Cl'olat e , pappus of 3 to 4 acul ngtd l t>d 1, o_nc of ~vltt c h ts lo1~g-< 1 lb,tn th(' olht•rs. Abundant on the Wl'slern sule oi the Cordilleras of California.. ,ilpltium 1aeinialum, L-i1m. (Pil ot w •cd.) On the Arkansas and its tributa ri(•s. Another 'ilphium, ·with large oval undivided Jcavcs, was found on Cur is o cr c t· k. Rngh·mannia pinnalifi(la, Torr. and Gr. fl. N . .lim. 2, J>· 2 3. Tnbuturics of the anadian. Lcpachys col umna r is, Ton· .. and Gr. Rudbcckia co.lu.mnaris. Pu-n iL Th · rays vary from bt'tng whc~ ll y yc·llow _to c nlt~·t· l y P'!~plish brown. From the head water · oL the Canaclt i"\11 lo Santa J• e. Enc·<·lia farinosa, GToy, ined . An i1fOWat1e shrul>by pltt nt; <·xuding a yellowish resin from the ~na c h<'~. T he ll•avcs _art' oval~·, softly pubc~c:cnt, and hoary on both sules, w1th 3 to 5 prom tn ent rettc u l a ll' d 11 c r v t s u n d c r n <'a l h . Ilc lianlhus patiolaris, N'll,lt. Upper part of the Arkan ·as, and vallt'y of the Del Norte. . H. lenticularis, Dougl. With th preccdlllg. Corcop. is pal mala, }futt. Turkey Cr ·ek. . . imsia. A ray le s, ancl probably t_H'W spceL ~of lht~ grnu~, ~as found in the bed of the Agua Caltcn1<·, N?'' elllber 28Lh .. l tts a bran ching shrub, and the slender bark of the trrcgular lw1gs ts <'OYcrcd with a whitish, very s t: abrou~ pube c·cnc<': The lt•av(:s <~rc scarcely an ineh long ovate, <•ntne obtuse, w1th short JH'tLOI(·s, and S<'abrous on both ' id es. Chall. of tlH' rc·<·.cptaclc•, <·m b ra rt. ng th obovatc a ·hcnium, the margin of which is furnished with Joug si I ky hairs. W u l fi a . '~ S p e c i m c n s o f a p 1 an l w i t h t h c f1 o r a l genus, but with d iff ere n l f o I i a g <', w <.' r e found in hi g hl'r grounds bordering the vall<'y of the (~ila. L eighia, but is destitute of a pappus. Same charact<·rs of this abundanc(' on the I l a Is o n· s <' m u I c s of the genera, to |