154 MR, J. BALL OJS- THE BOTANY 



On comparing Kellogg's figure and description with the original 

 B^eeimcvi^ of Anti7^7'hinu?7i ju7iceicm 1 was struck by a suspicion 

 that they refer to the same plant, and tliis suspicion was much 

 strengtliencd on finding, in the ' Synoptical Flora of North Ame- 

 rica/ that Asa Gray has received specimens of A. ^unccum from 

 Cerros Island, while lie makes no mention of Kellogg's Saccidaria 

 Veatchii, a plant which does not appear to have been distributed. 

 If my suspicion should be verified, it will go far to establish tlie 

 conclusion that Galvesia must be united with the Gamhelia section 

 of the genus Antirrliimtm, 



[Since the above lines wore written I have been informed by 

 Dr. Gray that, in the forthcoming Supplement to the American 

 Gamopetalje described in his ^ Synoptical Flora,' he has identified 

 Kellogfjr's Saccidaria Veatcliii with his own Antirrliinum junceum^ 



thus confirming my conjecture on this score. But he further 

 informs me tliat on examining the living plant of Gamhelia speciosa, 

 Nutt., hitherto known only from dried specimens, he has found 

 that the projecting palate closes the mouth of the corolla, as in the 

 iv\XQ Antirr]iina\ while itwould appear,as well fromKellogg's figure 

 as from the dried specimens, that the lower lip in A. junceuMy A. 

 Gr., is nearly or quite plane, as in Galvesia. This being the case, 

 it would appear that, although Galvesia is nearly allied to some 

 American species of Antirrhimtm, it may be retained as a separate 

 genus including G. Umensis and G, jimcea^ the synonyms for the 

 \vA,ioT\)QAixgMaurandiajuncea, Benth. in Bot. ^\x\])\\., Antirrhinum 

 junceum^ A. Gr., and Saccidaria VeafcJiii, KelL] 



Ltppia repta^s, JL B, K. A single j)lant without flower or 

 fruit. It is, ho\veTer, impossible to mistake the deeply plicated 

 penninerved leaves of this species, Which has a wide range in the 

 drier parts of tropical America. Zapania cuneifolia, Torr. {Lippia 

 of Steudel and recent authors), a native of New Mexico and Ari- 

 zona, which has been overlooked by Schauer in the ' Prodromus,' 

 appears to approach very near to the older species, but the leaves 

 are less deeply plicated. 



TELA>'TnERA DEysiFLOKA, Moq^, in DG Frod. xili. 2. 3G6. 

 This is said to be a native of North Chili and (on the authority 

 of Cuming) of Colombia, For the reasons stated above, no con- 

 fidence should be placed in the latter locality. A specimen in 

 Kew Herbarium from near Lima should probably be referred to 

 this species. 



