436 SOLANACEZ. 
24. PETUNIA. 
Petunia, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. ii. p. 214, t. 47; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 907. 
From twelve to fifteen herbaceous species, ranging from the southernmost States of 
North America to extratropical South America. 
1. Petunia parviflora, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. ii. p. 216, t. 47; Miers, Til. 
S. Am. Pl. i. t. 23; DO. Prodr. xiii. 1, p.575; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 243. 
Nicotiana parviflora, Lehm. Nic. p. 48. 
Callibrachoa procumbens, Lay. et Lex. Nov. Veg. ii. p. 3. 
Leptophragma prostrata, Benth., ex Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 575. 
Fiormpa and Texas to CaLirornta.—Norta Mexico, Monterey (Eaton & Edwards), 
Sonora Alta (Coulter, 1292); SourH Muxtco, Tacubaya (Bourgeau, 70), Vera Cruz 
_(Gouin).—Widely dispersed in Sourn AMERICA; also in Cusa. Hb. Kew. 
2. Petunia villadiana, Barcena. 
Herbacea, erecta, 4 poll. alta, dichotoma, viscosa, ferrugineo-pubescens. 
Folia alterna, sessilia, spathulata, utrinque viridia, circiter 1 poll. longa et 23 lineas lata. Flores 
sessiles, solitarii; calycis lobi aperti, spathulati, crassiusculi, pilosi, 2 lineas longi ; corolla 
campanulata, 5-lobata, albo-ceerulea, fere 14 poll. longa, lobis rotundatis, leviter revolutis ; 
stamina 5, basi corolle inserta, inclusa; ovarium ovoideum, viride, pilosum, 2-loculare, multi- 
ovulatum. Capsula septicida, 2 lineas longa, polysperma; semina reticulata, fusca. 
SoutH Mexico, Chapultepec (Barcena). 
The foregoing description is a translation from the original Spanish, which appeared 
in a Mexican newspaper in 1878, and was communicated to us by the author, Don 
Mariano Barcena, without the title of the paper. It may be the same as the next. 
8. Petunia viscidula, Miers in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 189; DC. Prodr. 
xiii. 1, p. 575. 
Nierembergia viscidula, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vil. p. 205. 
Mexico. 
25. BOUCHETIA. 
Bouchetia, DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 589; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 908. 
Two herbaceous species. 
1. Bouchetia erecta, DC. Prodr. xiii. 1, p. 589; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 
ii. p. 908; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 244. 
Nierembergia anomala, Miers, Ill, 8. Am. Pl. i. t. 20. 
Nierembergia staticefolia, Sendt. in Fl. Bras. x. p. 179. 
Leucanthea remeriana, Scheele in Linnea, xxv. pp. 258, 259. 
Trxas.—NortH Mexico, Monterey (Katon & Edwards, 73), region of San Luis Potosi, 
6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer; Schaffner, 611, in part); Sourn Mexico, valley of 
Mexico (Bourgeau, 498).—Braziu; Buenos Ayres; Uruevay. Hb. Kew. 
