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Show [ 7] 144 which the plant is allied, will need revisi on before its plac' can be satisfactorily <let rminr<l. Ximen c. ia, n. SjJ.t Valley of the Del Norte, a1Hl alongth Gila, September an<l October. This needs comparison with. s.ome of the Mexican ~pccics, ll very ncar l y res('tn bles X. ('JI ccl·wulcs Cavan. Hiddellia tag ·tina, Nu,tt. 1'o·rr. and Gr. jl., N .. !Jmer. 2, p. :362. Valley of the Del ~ortc, a~>Oul two htuld~(·dmiles below Santa. 11\!. A beautiful plant w1lh pcnustc111 flowns, I!rst dete cted by Mr. Nullall toward::; the sources of the l~ latlo. BAlLKYA, n. gen. llarv. and Gr., ·incd. Two othrr ~pt'ries of this unpublished p;cnus, <lcdiratc<l to that profoun<l observer of nature Profcs or Bailey of W<'st Point, exist among the Catirornia p1an't~ collected by Coulter, and will soon be de scribe<l by Mr. H arvey and Dr. Gray. Thi is distin ~u ished from the others l>y its numerous ray· flowcrs, an<l is the B. nwltiradiata, llwrv. and Gr. The whole plant is cloth ·d with a woolly pub e. cenc<.>, an<l varies from a few indH•s to a foot or more in ht·ig ht. The 1 ayrs arc somewhat pinnatatcly cut into .:;cveral narrow. C!-);mcnts. The head s arc on long nake<l pedun cles, ancl when the rays arc fu11y cxpandl'll arc more than an in<"h and a hall' in diamet<'r. The rays are 10 or 50 in number, in two or more serie~, obo\'ate cuucalc, of a bright orange yellow, and 7-ncn cd, carol Ia oC the disk, flower ' with five short sep;menls which arc g landularly pubescent, with inlra-m:uginal nencs. Branches of the style short, somewllat dilated and truncate al the <•xtremity. Very abundant alon p; the Del Nortr, and in the dividing- region between the waters of thr Del Norte and thos' of thr Uila. Flowers from October 4.th to November. G a ill a r di a a tU b1 y o <l on , U a y. 0 n t h t' u p p c r p art of t h c A r k a. n sa s. This species has been beautifully li g; urcll by Dr. Gray in llfcm. JJ.mer. etcad. (n. sc'r.) t. 4. G. pulchclla, ·Poug. Valh·y of tlu• Del Norte. }Ja1afoxia linearis, La[{. New MeA.i<'o. lT)mcnoxys o<lorata, DC. Ureal d(~scr t west of th Colorado . Artemisia fdif'olia, 1'orr. in .linn. tyc . .N'. Y ork, 2, 71 . 211. Val-ley of the D ·1 Norte, and along th' Oi1:1; abundant. A . d r a run c u·l o i d c s, P u r s h. Tab I e l an d :; of the J) e 1 Nor t c a n d Gila. A very common species of wormwood, often called sage by the hun lcrs A. ca.na. Pursh. On the Raton 1\'Iountains. I SeiH'(· ~(· ~ on gilobus, TJ cnlh. in .fl. Jlwrlw('g . A hut'hy species abo~1~ ·~.hrec feet high, p;rowing abund an tly in the region between tl· .! waters of the D ·1 N orlc and the 0 i la. l'ETRAOYMIA? (sub-genus J>olydymin.) Beads aboutl6-flowercd; tl ·: flowers all tabular and per fed. I nYolucre of 15 to 16 oblon~ obtu r.;e coriac o-chartacco us ~ralcs whi('h arc slightly ('Onravc hul not cat inatc. Hc('<>ptade naked. Corolla "'ith a rath ' r slcntlcr tub('; the !obes short, ovate, erect, furnished "ith long vi ll ou~ l1airs cxtenl. t11y. Anthers in ·lutlcd. lhanchcs of the style tipped with a very . l1ort oblns pube<>c(~n t COliC. Arhcnicl oblong-turbin ate, "ill f'l ith slH·rt hairs. I ''!'"us of 11umeruus, somewlt:'t ng1d, d<n ticul( tte bristles. A suil'llticsccut prostrate llluch branched plant, 145 [ 7] cancsccntly and dens ly tomentose; th) leaves broadly obovat , toothed, n;trrowed into a petiole. II cads 011 short peduncles, te r-m j 11 at i n p; t h c om r w hal · ~ r Y. m bose bra n <" h r. s. . 1 • T. (Pol)dymia) ramost. ·una, H . sp. lltlls bonlcnng the Cnla.. Stem spread1n~, with v ~ry_ nur~cr o us matl •d br.anrhes. L •aves about tbn.~ ·- fourths of an w eh 111 len gt h, the lamwa broadrr than lon<r with 5-7 indi~tinct rounded teeLh, abruptly narrowed into a 1ongi ·h p tiole. H ead ~bout one-thi~· d of an incl.1 in <liameler, ovate. lnvo lucral scale Ill several · •ncs, the rxtcnor on •s . hortcr than th interior. Hair of the ach nium smooth, slip;htly biCL<l at the summit. Pappus lon p; l'l' than the achcnium. This plant is clearly allied to T etradymia, bul differs in the many flowered heads; numerous ·calcs of the inYolucrr · ~light l y c left corolla tub , and in several other eharacler , 'O that it shonld pcrhap form the type of a distinct g 'nus. , , . . . Cir ium undulatum, Spr eng. I he lo ·ahty of tlus plant 1' not re-corded, but it wa probably found on the upper part of the Arkan-a ' . Stepha.nomeria pani(.'ulata, Nlltl. Ascending 1he Cordilleras of California. Mulgedium pul chcllum, Nutt. Pawnee Fork of th' Arkansas. ERICACEJE. Arctostaphylo pungcns, [(untiL! Vall y of the Gila and ~an Diego. Flower· in January. A. tomcntosa, Dou,O't .? A shrub 1 to5 f et hif.;h. Uordillcras of California. Thi. may be a smooth variety of Douglass plant. The leaves arr orbicular-ovate, obtuse or truncate al th I ba ·e, glabrou: on both sides, will! the petiole one-third the len gth of the lamina. It was not found in flower. PLANTAGl ACEM. Plantago, 11. sp.? Allie<l to P. gnaphaloides, .N"utt. Great de crt w st of the Colorado, n ~ar th I Cordill ra5l of alifornia. The whole plant i ·lothed w1lh a loo white tomcn\um, which is partly deciduous with age. The Jeavc5l ar' linear Ian ·eolate, en· ~ire, and tap r to a long narrow base. The pedun les are 5 to 6 mch.es lo~g, and bear a close cylindrical spike, which is 1 •:s than an Inch m len gth. Sepals ovate, membranaceous, mark ed with a strong mid-rib, whi<"h i villous externally. Segments of the errrolla ovate. c, t>sule 2 seeded. PEDALIACEJE. Martynia proboscidea, Linn.? A bun dan t in t h Yallcy of the De.l Nort ~. We hav only the lcaYe and a drawing of the fruit. It 1s poss1bly M . althemfolia. Benth. 1'n bot. Sulph. 10 |
