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45, CEnoruera (Godetia) purpurea, Curt.—Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. Amer. 1. p. 504.—Bodegas. 
46. Ginoruera (Spherostigma) cheiranthifolia, Hornem.—Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. Amer. 1. p. 509. 
— Bodegas. 
47. Gaura? fruticulosa, sp. n., fruticosa, humilis, ramosissima, foliis oblongo-linearibus inte- 
gerrimis basi longe angustatis crassis glabris, spicis foliatis abbreviatis, calycis tubo longissimo tenui, 
laciniis anguste lanceolatis acutis reflexis, stigmate capitato, (ovario fructuque cauli immersis).—Bay 
of Magdalena. 
Frutex humilis, tortuoso-ramosus, cortice ramorum albido levi, ramulorum cicatricibus folioram delapsorum 
verrucoso. Folia pollicaria, 1-2 lin. lata, subcarnosa, enervia, basi in petiolum angustata, floralia omnia caulinis 
conformia, 6-8 lin. longa. Ramuli floriferi 3-4-pollicares, dense foliati, superne (difformes?) incrassati. Flores 
in axillis superioribus solitarii. Ovarium ramo incrassato immersum, parvum, biloculare, ovulis in quoque 
loculo solitariis pendulis. Tubus calycis filiformis, 9-10 lin. longus ; lacinize limbi 4 lin. longee, membranaceo- 
virides. Petala (ex sicco rosea) obovata, 2 majora semipollicaria basi breviter angustata, 2 paullo minora. 
Stamina 8, parum declinata, 4 petalis alterna paullo longiora. Anthere oblong, prope basin affixes, circinnato- 
revolute. Stylus staminibus et petalis subeequilongus, stigmate late capitato obsolete 4-lobo. In ramis 
vetustis fructus nonnullos vidi difformes, in ramo semiarticulato immersos, induratos, biloculares, seminibus in 
loculis solitariis linearibus incurvis imperfectis. Specimina alia glaberrima, alia superne molliter pubescentia. 
In all the specimens there is the same semiarticulation and thickening of the 
flowering part of the branches so as to enclose the ovaria, which Chamisso and 
SchIchtendal observed in an allied Mexican species, and which appeared to them 
to justify the constituting a distinct genus under the name of Gongylocarpus. 
It is, however, much more probably the effect of some disease or parasite. I 
could not indeed, any more than the above quoted authors, discover any traces of 
fungus or insect, but the distortion of the ovaries, as well as of the more enlarged 
capsules and seeds which may be found still remaining in their hardened state in 
the old woody branches, show that this is not -the healthy natural form of the 
plant. The flowers appear in all other respects perfect, and are evidently showy. 
48. Zauscunerta californica, Presl.—Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. Amer. 1. p. 486.—San Pedro and 
Estrecho de Carquines. 
One or two Cucurbitacee, from Magdalena Bay, are not in a state to enable 
their being determined. 
Loasacez. 
49. Menrze.ia adherens, sp. n., caule erecto a basi ramoso albo, foliis petiolatis ovatis grosse 
dentatis vel sinuato-lobatis basi cuneatis, floralibus oppositis, filamentis 30-40 omnibus filiformibus, 
capsula oblongo-turbinata, seminibus 10-12.— Magdalena Bay. 
Pili crebri, biformes, iis ceeterum specierum similes. Caules 1-2-pedales, basi opposite superne dichotome 
ramosi, ut in M. albicauli cortice tenui albido demum detergibili tecti. Folia subbipollicaria, basi in petiolum 
3-6 lin, longum angustata, seepius irregulariter 3-5-loba, interdum simpliciter et ineequaliter dentata, floralia 
conformia sed gradatim minora. Flores in dichotomiis breviter pedicellati, minores quam in M. hispida. 
Calycis tubus 4 lin. longus, turbinatus, valde hispidus. Lacinie lanceolato-lineares, reflexe, tubo parum 
