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140 CBnothera Drummondii Hook. Corpun Christi. 



141. CBnothera Hartwegi Bonth. Pena (Duval couuty). Petals purplish veiny 



outside. „ 



142. CBnothera Hartwegi Bentli., var. lavandulaefolia Watsou. "Screw Bean 



(Presitlio county). 



143 CESuothera Jamesii Torr. & Gray. Chenate Mountains (Presidio county). 



144 CEnothera rosea Ait. Santa Maria (Cameron county). Some of the specinionfi 



are simply pubernlcnt, while others are quite villous. They all have ratlier 

 broad ]ancrf>.olate leaves. This South American and Mexican species has here- 

 ' ■ totore been reported from Arizona and New Mexico, but not from Texas. 



145 CE3nothera rosea Ait., var. parvifolia Coulter, «. var. Low and diffusely 



brauchin-r, 7.5 to 15<"' hi-h, villous: leaves very much smaller than in the 

 species, seldom 12-" lony : calyx purple.^Liinpia canon (Presidio couuty). 

 Quite different in appearance from the species, being much smaller m all its 

 parts. The red purple of the calyx and the lilac-purple of the corolla give 

 a fuchsia-lilvc look to the tlowers. 



146 CEnothera serrulata Nutt. lirazos Santiago. Petals purplish-veiny outside 

 147, CEnothera serrulata Nutt., var, spinulosa Torr. & Gray. Uevil's River (Val 



V'^erde county). 

 148 CEnothera speciosa Nutt. Santa Maria (Cameron county). 

 149' Gaura coccinea Nutt., var. parvifolia Torr. & Gray. Santa Anna (Coleman 



county). This variety at best seems to he a poorly defined one, as there is 



mnch intermingling of lanceolate and linear, denticulate and entire loaves 



upon individual specimens. 



150 Gaura Nealleyi Coulter, n. sp. Ne.ir to G. suffidla Engelm.; hut lower part of 



thestem sparingly hirsute, the rhachis, calyx, and br.actsglandular-pubescent: 

 leaves ratlxsr crowded below, linear, acute, entire, closely .sessile or somewhat 

 tapering at base, glabrcuis excejit the minute and rigid more or less hooked 

 hairs on the margins and midrib beneath, 12 to :56""'> long, hut 2 or 3""" 

 broad: inilorescence fewllowered, rather losso: fruit as in G.HuffiiUa, hut 

 with a tapering base or short stipo.-Chenate Mountains (Presidio county). 



151 Gaura parviflora Dougl. Santa Maria (Cameron county). 



152! Gaura sinuata Nutt. Camp Charlotte (Ixion county). Both the glabrous 

 and hairy forms. 



153. Cevallia sinuata Lag. Koma (Starr county), .and Limpia canon (Presidio 



(Humty). 



154. Mentzeiia multiflora Clray. Camp Charlotte (Txicm county). A low form, 



with sharply acute petals and short turbinate capsules. 



155. Mentzelia oligosperma Nutt. Limpia cafion (Presidio county). 

 3 56. Mentzelia Wrightii Gray. Limpia canon (Presidio county). 

 157 Eucnide bartonioides Zucc. Devil's River (Val Verde county). 



158. Turnera diffusa (f), var. aphrodisiaca Urban. (T. aphrodisiaca Ward.) 



Koma (Starr county). This is the first record of the discovery of the some- 

 what famous " Damiana" within our borders. Itgrows abundantly through- 

 out western Mexico and Lower California, and more sparingly in eastern 

 Mexico. The original description of Prof. L. ¥. Ward appears iu the Vir- 

 tjinia Mvdieal Monthh/ for April, lf576. 



159. Passlflora foetida L. Near Rio Grande City (Starr county). 



160. Paaaiflora inamoena Gray. Hidalgo (Hidalgo county). 



161. Passiflora tenuiloba Engcdm. Koma and Rio Grande City (Starr county). 



162. Melothria pendula L. Santa Maria (Cameron county) a^id Hidalgo (Hidalgo 



county), 



163. Cyclanthera dissecta Aruott. liimpia canon (Presidio county). 



164. Sesuvium Portulacastrum L. Corpus Christi (Nueces county) and Camp 



Charlotte (Ixiou county). 





