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Upon a Collection of Plants made by Mr. G. C. Nealley in the 



region of the Rio Grande in Texas, from Brar^os Santiago to 

 El Paso County. John M. Coulter. (Contrib. Nat. Herb. 

 No. 2, pp. 65, Washington, 1890). 



Mr. Nealley lias been emplo>'cd by Dr. Vasey for several 

 years in the collection of the plants of southwestern Texas. He 

 has succeeded in finding many of the rarer species, not obtained 

 since the time of the Mexican Boundary Survey, and in addition 

 to this has discovered a considerable number of undescribcd spe- 

 cies. Among the most interesting of the plants enumerated by 

 Professor Coulter, are Castalia elcgans, found in considerable 

 abundance in a new locality. Castalia fava, to which is doubt- 

 fully referred all the Texano-Mexican yellow water-lily speci- 

 mens, including Bourgcau's No. 4, from Santa Anita, and IVingle's 

 No. 1,956, from Brownsville, distributed Vi.^ Nymplum Mexicana ; 

 Thcly podium Vaseyi, n. sp., Abntilon Nealleyi,n. sp., Spho'ralcca 

 subhastata, n. sp., Cardiospermum molle, and Dcsmodinm spirale, 

 new to the United States, Pithccolobium Texensc, n. sp., Gaura 

 Nealleyi, n. sp'., Turnera diffusa, var. aphrodisiaca, new to the 

 United States, Aplopappus Nealleyi :\\-\(^ A. Texensc, n. sp., Vig- 

 iiiera longipes, n. sp., Ferity le Vaseyi, n. sp., Tponura Nealleyi, 

 and /. Texana, n. sp., Eriogonum Nealleyi, n. sp.' and 

 Euphorbia Vaseyi, n. sp. The Juncacea; and Cyperacea;, 

 named by Mr. Covillc, include several species heretofore only 

 sparingly collected. Dr. Vasey enumerates the Gramine;e and 

 describes the following new species: Panicum capillarioides, 

 Muhlenbcrgia Lemmoni, Scnhn., Sporobolns Nealleyi ^\-\i^ S. Tex- 

 anus ; Trisetum Ilallii, Scribn., Boutcloua breviseta, Triodia 

 eragrostoidcs, Vasey and Scribn.; T. grandijlora and Poa Tex- 

 ana. The Pteridophyta were named by Mr. Henry E. Scaton, 

 Notholcvna Nealleyi, being described as new. 



Altogether this is the most valuable and interesting collection 

 recently made in the United States, and a very satisfactory re- 

 sult of the work of the Division of Botany In exploration. The 

 original specific names of the plants enumerated, have been re- 

 tained in many instances. We wish that this had been uniformly 

 carried out, and the parenthetic citation of authors employed. 



N. L. B. 



