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Stems mostly simple, 23 feet high ; flower white, tinged with purple, 34 

 on each side, opposite, on pedicels 2 4 lines long. Cymes on the panicle 

 61 2 lines distant; tube of corolla about 6 lines long, and mouth 2 3 lines wide . 



ACANTHACEA. 



Drejera parviflora, s. n. Glabriusculus; ramis junioribus et calycibus 

 glanduloso-pubescentibus ; foliis oppositis, lanceolatis breviter petiolatis basi 

 obtusis ad apice attenuatis ; spicis terminalibus, nudis ; calyce profunde 

 5-fido ; segmentis longe subulatis, corolhe tubo angusto calyce duplo longiore ; 

 floribus oppositis sessilibus breve interupte spicatis. 



Western Texas. June. 



Shrub 3 4 feet high, with slender branches ; petioles about a line long ; 

 flowers 6 8 lines long ; bracts lanceolate, shorter than the calyx. 



BORAGINACR.E. 



Lithospermum pro s trat um, s. n. Prostrata vel parc^ ascendenti ; caule 

 longe ramoso ; ramis paucis, scabroso-hirsutis ; foliis obovatis, basi attenu- 

 atis, breviter petiolatis utrinque hirsutis et albo-punctatis ; floribus axillari- 

 bus, solitaris vel duplicibus, breve pedicellatis ; corolla calyce piloso longiore 

 nuculis albis laevissimis. 



Falls of Fall River in Llano County. 



Stems slender, 12 18 inches long. Whole plant. sparingly coated with erect 

 white hairs ; leaves 1 3 inches long and 4 12 lines wide. 



Echinospermum p i 1 o s u m, s. n. Caule erecto, incane-piloso, ramoso ; foliis 

 alternate oblougo-spathulatis, obtusis, sessilibus; floribus solitariis, axillari- 

 bus, breviter pedicellatis, corolla tubo calyce breviore ; nuculis rugosis ; glo- 

 chidiatis aculeis uniserialibus. * 



Hills Northern Texas. June. 



Stems numerous from the root, leafy to the summit and 6 10 inches high ; 

 whole plant coated with suberect white hairs ; leaves about an inch long and 

 3 4 lines wide. 



Echinospermum s c ab r o s um, s. n.- Tota planta scabroso-piloso ; caule 

 erecto, ramoso, floribus numerosis axillaribus breviter pedicellatis ; foliis ses- 

 silibus breve lanceolatis superne linearibus ; lobis calycinis linearibus acutis, 

 corolla longioribus; nuculis ovatis, aculeis glochidiatis uniserialibus. 



On the Upper Colorado of Texas. June. 



Stems numerous from the base, 4 6 inches high, thickly clothed with white 

 erect hairs; leaves alternate or opposite ; radical leaves 8 12 lines long; 

 stem leaves 4 6 lines in length and 14 lines wide ; stems leafy to the sum- 

 mit and full of fruit, leaves and flowers from near the base to the top. 



Eritriehium (Rutydocaryum) h i s p i d um, s. n Caule ramosissimo dense 

 canescenti-piloso ; foliis linearibus, sessilibus, acutis ; floribus axillaribus et 

 terminalibus breviter pedicellatis ; corolla calycem hispidissium parum super- 

 ante ; nuculis ovatis acutiusculis rugosis vel glabriusculis. 



On the Upper Colorado of Texas. June. 



Plant 3 6 inches high, with many erect branches, which are densely 

 covered from near the base to the top with leaves, fruit and flowers ; leaves 

 4 8 lines long and 1 2 lines wide. 



Hydkophyllaceje. 



Nemophilla h i r s u t a, s. n. Canescenti-hirsuta, caule decumbente, foliis 

 caulinibus sessilibus, alternis, radicalibus breve petiolatis, subpalmatis, pro- 

 funde 35 lobatis, segmentis ovatisve oblongis acutis, pedunculis axillari- 



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