74 CARYOPHYLLEZ. 
8. Drymaria laxiflora, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 73. 
South Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 710); Guatemaua, rocks near Zunil 
(Hartweg, 523). Hb. Kew. 
9. Drymaria leptoclados, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 2. (Tab. III. 
figg. 1-7.) 
Glabra, ramis gracillimis, foliis brevissime petiolatis membranaceis rotundato-ovatis cuspidato- 
acuminatis 5—-7-nerviis, floribus fere sessilibus in-cymulas densas terminales dispositis, sepalis 
mucronulatis, petalis angustissimis bipartitis, staminibus 5, capsulis oligospermis. | 
Herba annua, erecta, 3-6-pollicaris, glaberrima; ramis teretibus fere filiformibus, internodis elongatis. 
Folia brevissime, petiolata, membranacea, late ovato-rotundata, acuta vel mucronulata, 5-7- 
nervia, 3-5 lin. lata, stipulis setosis. Flores parvi, in cymas congestas terminales dispositi ; 
sepala persistentia, paleacea, oblongo-lanceolata, mucronulata, ad 2 lin. longa, costa media 
prominente, nervis duobus lateralibus inconspicuis; petala angustissima, sepalis breviora, pro- 
funde bipartita; stamina 5? Capsula oblonga calycis fere longitudine, 3-valvis, oligo- 
sperma, seminibus minutis hippocrepiformibus punctulatis. 
GuaTEMALA, Camino del Sapote (Bernoulli, 240). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. III. Free. 1-7. 
Fig. 1, entire plant, natural size; 2,enlarged leaf; 3, enlarged flower; 4, calyx and petals removed, 
revealing the union of the filaments at the base; 5, a petal;.6, an ovary; 7,a seed. 5,6, and 7, 
all enlarged. 
10. Drymaria nodosa, Engelm. in A. Gray, Pl. Fendl. i. p. 12, in adnot. 
Nort Mexico, Chihuahua (Wislizenus) ; Soura Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 
697), near Tacubaya, very rare (Schaffner). Hb. Kew. 
Var. ? gracillima, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 22. 
Ramosissima, ramis valde filiformibus glaberrimis ad nodos tumidis, foliis linearibus planis, stipulis 
subulatis, floribus numerosissimis circiter 1 lin. longis, petalis quam sepala dimidio brevioribus, 
capsulis trivalvis, seminibus circiter 6. 
Nort Muxico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 60). 
Hb. Kew. 
11. Drymaria palmeri, n. sp. Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 22. 
Annua diffusa strigilloso-pilosa, ramis angulatis procumbentibus elongatis, folis breviter petiolatis 
ovato-rotundatis vel basi leviter cordatis cuspidatis reticulato-venosis et nervo leviter intramar- 
ginali ornatis glabrescentibus. crassiusculis, floribus grandiusculis in nodis solitariis sed vere 
terminalibus, sepalis oblongo-ellipticis quam petala duplo brevioribus, petalis latis profunde bilo- 
batis venosis, staminibus 10, filamentis filiformibus, stylis 3, stigmatibus capitatis, capsula 
trivalvi, seminibus circiter 12 eleganter tuberculatis. . 
Herba annua, diffusa, strigilloso-pilosa ; ramis angulatis, procumbentibus pedalibus vel ultra. Folia 
breviter petiolata, ovato-rotundata, basi rotundata vel leviter cordata, apice cuspidata, maxima 
9 lin. diametro, reticulato-venosa et nervo leviter intramarginali ornata, glabrescentia, crassius- 
cula, margine undulata. Flores pentameri, albi, in nodis solitarii sed vere terminales, subuni- 
