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obovatis, obtusis, puberulis, capitatis ; capitibus, lanoso-tomentosis ; floribus albis 

 leguminibus? 



Limestone hills near Live Oak in S^uth- western Texas. 



Plant about a foot in height, branching from the root, very thorny ; spines 

 axillary, slender, about an inch in length. Leaves small, an inch long. Leaf- 

 lets dense, 2 3 lines long ; peduncles f of an inch long; beads globose and 

 solitary. 



Desmanthus pedunculatus, s. nov. Suffruticosa, caule tereti, pinnis 

 6 8-jugis, pilosis ; stipulis setaceis,foliolis 12 16-jugis, elliptico-oblongis, sub- 

 mucronatis, pedunculis teretis, folium subaequantibus, capitulis globosis, legu- 

 minibus umbellatis, rectis, linearis, compressis, acuminatis, glabris, 12 22 

 spermis, seminibus subreniformis. 



Northern Texas. May. 



Plant 2 3 feet high, sparingly branched, the whole, excepting the pods, 

 covered with a white, glandular pubescence. Leaves, including the petioles, 

 2 5 inches long ; peduncles 2| 3 inches long; legumes 2 3 in. in length. 



Desmanthus r ho m b i fo 1 i us, s. nov. Suffrulicosa, caulisque pedunculis 

 angulatis, subglandulosis, stipulis parvis, subulatis ; foliis 3 5-jugis ; foliolis 

 6 8-jugis, rbomboideo-ovatis, ad basi inequalibus, brevissime pedicellatis, in- 

 eqnilateralis, obtusisve submucronatis, pedunculis folium longioribus, capitulis 

 globosis, leguminibus umbellatis, falcatis, rostratis, compre.sis 8 12-spermis, 

 seminis ellip=oideis. 



Buchanan County. June. 

 Subdecumbent. It has several stems about a foot long from the root. Stems 

 and peduncles glandular pubescent. Leaves, including the petioles, about an 

 inch and a half long; peduncles 3 4 inches long; legumes 1| 2incb.es long; 

 leaflets very inequilateral, hairy on the margins, 2 3 lines long, l 2 lines 

 wide. 



Rosacea. 



Crataegus Texana, s. nov. Arbor 20 25-pedalis ; inermis; foliis lato- 

 ovatis ad basi cuneatis, inequaliter dentatis ; dentibus acutis ; subtus juni- 

 oribusque et petiolis pubescentibus ; peduncles, pedicelisque calycis dense 

 lanoso-tomentosis; petalis obovatis, calyce longioribus; calycis lacinise laLceo- 

 latae, acuminates; fructu coccinei, ellipsoidea calyce coronati. 



Common along the Brazos and Colorado Rivers. 



Bark of trunk and branches dark gray, furrowed and rough, resembling that 

 of the dogwood, (Cornus f 1 o r i d a.) Leaves large, incisely and doubly toothed, 

 neaily as broad as long; petioles not margined, about an inch in length ; old 

 leaves arachnoid, tomentose beneath, smooth above; fruit large, red and edible; 

 ripe last of October ; trunk 6 10 inches in diameter. 



ONAGRACEiE. 



Gaura triangulata, s. nov. Suffruticosus, ramosissimus, ramulisque foliis 

 parce canescenti-pilosis, floribus parvis, foliis sessilibus, liueari-lanceolatis, 

 acutis, rare dentatis, ramis floriferis nudis, parum elongatis ; bracteis minutis, 

 subulatis ; fructibus glabris valde triangularibus, basi obtusis, subsessilibus 

 apice brevper subacutis. 



Prairies northern Texas. May. 



Plant a foot high. Leaves f 1 inch long, 2 3 lines wide, crowded ; fruit 

 5 lines long and 3 lines wide, angles acute. 



(Enothera (Salpigia) Lampasana, s. nov. Caule subprostata, glanduloso- 

 pilosa ; foliis numerosis, ovato-lanceolatis, integris subsessilibus, acutis, glandu- 

 loso-pubescentibus, calycis tubo longissimo ; petalis lato-obovatis, eroso-crenu- 

 latis, stamina longioribus ; stigmati lato-discoideo, capsulis cylindraceis, sessili- 

 bus, valde pilosis. 



Prairies, Lampasas County. 



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