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laterales, pedunculati, pedunculis gracilibus ebracteatis 9-15 lin. longis; sepala oblongo- 
elliptica, sesquilin. longa, apice rotundata, extus parce pilosa; petala sepalis duplo longiora, 
venosa, lata, profunde bilobata, lobis divergentibus oblongis, apice rotundatis ; stamina 10, fila- 
mentis filiformibus; styli 8, longiusculi, basi liberi, stigmatibus capitatis. Capsula oblonga, 
3-valvis, calycem superante, seminibus circiter 12 reniformibus eleganter tuberculatis. 
Mexico (Palmer, 1034) (Harris, 20). Hb. Kew. 
12. Drymaria palustris, Ch. ct Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 232. 
SoutH Mexico, in marshy places near Jalapa (Schiede & Deppe). 
13. Drymaria paucifiora, Bartl. in Presl, Reliq. Henk. ii. p. 8. 
Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 56).—PERu ; 
Ecuapor. Hb. Kew. 
14. Drymaria polycarpoides, A. Gray, Pl. Fendl. i. p. 12, in adnot. 
Nortu Mexico, valley of Bolson de Mapimi (Gregg). 
15. Drymaria ramosissima, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 205. 
SoutH Mexico, near the city of Mexico (Hegewisch, Mihlenpfordt). 
16. Drymaria villosa, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 232. 
South Mexico, the watery places near Jalapa (Schiede & Deppe); cultivated speci- 
men in Hb. Kew. 
17. Drymaria xerophylla, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 11, in adnot.; Hemsley, 
Diag. Pl. Nov. i. p.2. (Tab. ILL figg. 7-18.) 5 / 
Foliis sessilibus rigidis ovatis cuspidato-mucronatis venosis, floribus parvis cymulosis, cymulis in 
axillis foliorum fere sessilibus, petalis minimis integris (interdum emarginatis bilobatisve, 4. 
Gray), staminibus 3, filamentis basi cohzrentibus, capsula monosperma. 
Herba decumbens, glaberrima (annua ?), ramosa; ramis gracilibus virgatis. Folia rigida, sessilia, 
ovata, 3-6 lin. longa, cuspidato-mucronata, venosa, 38-5-nervia ; stipulis setosis. Flores parvi, 
in cymulas axillares pauciflores parvi-bracteatas fere sessiles dispositi; sepala paleacea, per- 
sistentia, oblonga, mucronulata (obtusa, 4. Gray), 1} lim. longa, indistincte 3-nervia; petala 
anguste lineari-spathulata, $ lin. longa, emarginata; stamina 3, petalis zquilonga, filamentis 
basi leviter dilatatis ; ovarium 3-ovulatum (A. Gray); styli 3, brevi. Capsula globosa, 3-valvis, 
l-sperma; semen minimum, punctulatum. 
. Norra Mexico*, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 
50); Sour Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 722). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. III. Free. 8-13. 
Fig. 8, portion of plant, natural size; 9, enlarged leaf; 10, enlarged flower; 11, the same spread 
open; 12, calyx removed, and the other parts much more enlarged; 13, a seed. 
* Parry and Palmer’s specimens were received after the Plate was drawn, and are much more vigorous 
than the plant represented, the stems being as much as 15 inches long, and the leaves nearly half an inch long 
and broad. 
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