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coalita, hirsutissima. Styli vulgo 2-3, valde ineequales, uno semper validiore, stigmate capitato. Samare 
seepius 2-3, dorso superne compressee in alam margine superiore crassiorem, inferne crista brevissima callosa 
marginatee. 
Plate IV. fig. 1, flower ; fig. 2, stamens and style; fig. 3, fruit ; fig. 4, single carpel, all magnified. 
This species agrees perfectly both in habit and in character with Ad. de 
Jussieu’s genus Janusia, of which, however, all the species hitherto known are from 
South Brazil and adjoining countries. 
12, GatpurMta angustifolia, sp. n., (Plate V.) suffruticosa, humilis, ramis erectis sericeo-pilosis, 
foliis petiolatis oblongis linearibusve prope basin 1-2-glandulosis glabris (subtus glaucis ?), racemis 
paucifloris, petalis calyce subdimidio longioribus.—Cape San Lucas. 
Caules numerosi, ramosi, vix semipedales, pilis longis mollibus albidis vel in ramulis novellis ferrugineis 
obtecti. Stipule parve, ferrugineo-pilose. Folia semipollicaria, utrinque angustata, obtusa vel acutiuscula, 
margine siccitate revoluta, prope basin lamine uno latere vel rarius utrinque glandulifera, petiolo 1-2 lin. longo. 
Racemi terminales, laxi, 3-6-flori. Bractez sub pedicellis parvee, ferruginese, acutissimee. Pedicelli vix 2 lin. 
longi, sericei. Sepala 14 lin. longa, lanceolata, glabriuscula, eglandulosa. Petala obovato-oblonga, carinata. 
Filamenta glabra, basi leviter dilatata at inter se libera, omnia antherifera, antheris inappendiculatis. Styli tres, 
filiformes, acuti, stigmatibus vix incrassatis punctiformibus. Capsule calyce parum breviores, glabre. 
Plate V, fig. 1, flower; fig. 2, stamens and style ; fig. 3, fruit, all magnified, 
SAPINDACEE. 
13. CarptosPERMUM fortuosum, sp. n., (Plate VI.) fruticosum, tortuoso-ramosissimum, ramulis 
flexuosis vix volubilibus incanis, foliis bi-tri-ternatis subbipinnatisve, foliolis trifidis, segmentis 
integerrimis incisisve parvis glabris vel pilis paucis hirtellis, paniculis paucifloris, glandulis ovatis, 
fructibus parvis inflatis turbinato-trigonis glabris vel minute tomentellis——Bay of Magdalena. 
Frutex ramulis rigide flexuosis tennibus a ceteris speciebus facile distinctus. Rami lignosi, albidi, 
Tomentum in ramulis pedunculisque brevissimum, canescens. Folia longiuscule petiolata, cum petiolo 2-3- 
pollicaria ; pinnee 3-5, semel vel bis ternatim secte ; rhachides sepius anguste alate ; segmenta ultima ovata 
vel oblonga, obtusissima vel acutiuscula et mucronulata, integra vel 3-5-fida, basi cuneata et seepe in petiolum 
decurrentia, 2-8 lin, longa, 1-4 lin. lata, crassiuscula, utrinque viridia et glabra nonnisi ad venas pilis paucis 
brevibus rigidulis hirtella, Pedunculi 1-13-pollicares, rigidi, sub panicula bicirrhosi, Panicula more (. halica- 
cabi subeymosa, floribus raro plus quam sex. Flores magnitudine eorum C, halicacabi, abortu polygama, pedi- 
cellis brevissimis. Petalorum squame vix petalis ipsis breviores. Glandule breves, ovato-conice. Capsula 
magnitudine C. microcarpi, apice depresso-truncata, angulis acutissimis, basi in stipitem superne trian- 
gulato-subalatam attenuata. 
Plate VL. fig. 1, male flower; fig. 2, fertile flower, with the petals removed; fig. 3, ovary cut 
open, all magnified. 
JESCULACES. 
14, Aiscutus californica, Nutt. in Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. Amer. 1. p. 251.—Rio Sacramento. 
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