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Show [ 7] 146 CROPIIULARI ACEJE. Maurandia an tirrb ina, Lin dl. On the an Fran ci co, a tributary of the Gila . A slender trailing plan~, with hcautiful purplish flowers . Castilleja linearifolia, Benth. Valley of the Gila, and there-gion between that river an<l the \Yaters of the Gila. Penstemon Torrcyi, Bent h . Region between the D l N ortc anu the Gila. Tl1re or four other spc ·ies of Pent st mon xist in the col I ection, but the specimens arc incomplct , and hav not yet been sttulicd. VERJ3 EN ACEJE. V crbcna hipinnatiftda, Jtutt. Va1ley of the Drl N ortc. Lippia cunei folia, Steud. V •rbena cuncifolia, Torr. In Long's Rocky Mountain plant· . Upper part of th Arkan a , ancl aloncr the tributari.c · of the Canadian. b LAHIAT il~. alvia <'arduacca, Benth. Western slope of the Cordilleras of California. Another :peei s of this g nus was found with the prccecling but not in flower, . It is cntirel:y clothecl with cl(•n (' soft cane c nt pubescence. llts shrubby, w1th long tout hranrhrs springing from near the root. The leave arc oblong, coriaccous, entire, a ncl two inches or more in length. Several other undetermined labial<~' were found in th' valley of the Del N orle atHl on the Uili\. l30RAU JN ACEJF:. Myosotis glomcrata, Null. Tribulari<'~ of the 1anC"ulian. Euploca grandiflora, n. sp. Il irsute, with rough apprP. <•1l hairs. Leave oblon~-lanc~olat , on short petiole . Flow •rs in leafy <' lusters. Caly~ ftve-paueclto the b.a c, with linear lanccolate segment.. ~oro~la wlut ; (the cxpandPd lunb nearly thrc -fourths of an inch 1n d1.amcter, obs urcly .5-lobed, plait •d; tub' slender, som •what vcntncosc below the muldle; th throat naked. tamcns inserted toward ~he base of the eorolla tub •; the filam nt~ hort; anth rs oblong; 1m ar. . 0 vary 4 -celled, ~ t y 1 ftl i~onn, persistent, ar isi~~. from the summ1l of the ovary; . ttgma capt tate with a tuft of . tdi ~airs ~t th~ extremity. Fruit 4-ccll<:d, 2-lobc<l, ftnally sc·parating mto mdclusrent carpels; embryo curved, tcrcte surrounded with very thin albumen; radicle l'uperior. On the 'ncl Norte below Santa F(·. This pla.nt is clearly a congc.:Hcr of euploca convolvulacecc of Nuttall. lt 1s nearly related to Tourneforbia. 147 [ 7] Il YDROL EACElE. Eriodictyon, Benth. in bot Su,lph., p . 35 . Chois in DC, 1)1'0d. 10, P· ] 3. .A well. charactNiZCI.l c.aliforni;u: gcn.u. 'fCO!lta.in.ing thr e descrihe(l sp ctes, one of wlu ch 1s the JVtgrwdw ( al~fornua, !look and .llrn, which was found in ro cky p lates ncar th mouth of an Carlos, on the Gila, and on th' Co rdi ll ras of California. The leaves arc coriaceous, varying in form from narrowly linear to la nccolatc, an1l from being p rf' ·tly entir to strongly d n talc. The upp r surface. (as w ~I as th' b ranch.cs,). is co~~rctl with a cop i~u adh ·sive varnt h, wlul~ th under-sul' 1s wlutt ·h tomcntose, wtlh s trongly marked rcticu late ct vein ·. POL EM ON I A B i1~. Phlox, n. sp . This lik wis o ·curs in T ·xas, a nll will b <1 - scribed by Dr. Gray. It was fo un1l in various plac son the tribu-tari s of the Can<ulian . Cilia pulchclla, Douo·l. 0C'alc crt!ek, and other tribular i('S of the Canadian. U. longifolin, Benth. Ipomn' <t longifolia, Turr. In L ong's Rocky mountain plant·. Valley of th ' Dd Norte. ~ Fouquinia spinosa. ( Bronuin spino a, J(unth. nov. g('J~ . G, p . 81, {.528.) Benth. in bot . S u,lph. JJ· 16 . Ascen (lingl hc Cordille ras of C a 1i f o r n i a . A h i g h 1 y o rJ1 a nH' n t a I l' h r u b , shoot in g up I o n gsmooth simple stews, to the heig ht of from J2 to 25 f(• ·t, with a pan i e 1 of scar 1 c t flow c r s at the sum mil. It d iff t' r. · s l i g h tl y from the ftgure a n<l des cripti on of ] unth, but sc ·ms to beth' sam<' plant. T h c I e a v c s are o h ovate-o b 1 on g;, g I a L r o us and m c m bran a c <' o u ~, growin fas ci cles in the a iL of th · spin ·s. 'l'hc spines are from a half an in ch to tlt'ar an inc:h in le ngth, slen der, more o~· less sprNtcli nc,·, or ev<'n so rncwhat recurv(•(l. At tit ' has ' of <'ach is a JoJJgi tudin~l protuberance whi ch <•xtends along t he st ' Ill until it reach ·s the spine, which is on a lin · with it below. The pani('lc is usually {'Ontrad<·d and elon gated, but ~o m ctimrs short , a nc.l almost corymbosc. The flowers are on short p dicels whi ch are furni:hcd with dct'iduous b ra cts. cp als 5, nearly orbi cula r, co ncave, stro ng ly imbrirated , p c r sis t <' n t , a b o u t o n e f o u rt h t h e I e n g t h o f t h t' co r o II a . C o r o 11 a about thr<'c-fou rths of an in<'h long; the tube cyli ndri cal, and oft •n <·urvc(l; limb 5-clt·fl, with oval rather ac ute sr,gmcnts. Stamens J3 to 16 cxserted, hypogynous; the fi laments tlu cken 'd and somewhat coherent at the base; t:l nthcrs li near oblo ng, mut:ro nat<·. Ovary :3-ce lled, with about G as cc ndin~ anatropous ovules in ca('h cell, slyl· 3, part •d hclow t h' middle. Capsul ~ oblong-, antt ', obtu!H', t rian gu lar, coriaceous :uul glabrous, 3 - alv ·d, lol'uliri dal straight, or li ttle curv '(1, on '-C'<' I;ctl by the s ·paration of' th' valve~ from t he triangulnr axis. Seeds 3 to 6, white, oYatc, ]H'IIat(', much co mpress d, '\·ith a broad win ged margin , whi<'h is an expansion of 1he te~ta, nnd whic·h firwlly is n•:-.olu·d into numerous fi ue 11a irs. Th s ' ar' beautiful obj cts uudt•r the mi c rosr ot~e . They arc spiral vc · ·els con::;isting of an ext remely delicate sheath, ·ontaiuing the |