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attenuate at each end, sparingly pubescent ; flowers large, purple, disk of 

 the corolla f to 1 inches in diameter. 



CONVOLVULACEiE. 



Convolvulus (Ipomea) cad do en sis, s. n. Suffruticosus glaber, caule 

 tereti, ramosissimo erecto, foliis lineari-lanceolatis breve petiolatis apice acu- 

 minatis sen mucronatis basi attenuatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris, vel 

 multifloris folio brevioribus, sepalis ovatis, obtusis, corolla rosea infundibuli- 

 formis 2 3-policaris, stylus elongatus inclusis filamentis duplo longiore, 

 stigma bilobatum, capsula ovato-ellipsoidea, 2 4-sperma, semina ovoidea testa 

 conica pubescente. 



Northwestern Texas, near Caddo Peak. June. 



A stout plant, 2 3 feet high, apparently an annual ; leaves 2 3 inches 

 long and 2 4 lines wide, tipped with a setaceous or mucronate point ; peti- 

 oles 3 4 lines long ; peduncles 4 lines to 2 inches in length. 



Solanace^. 



Solanum (Cryptocarpum) Sabeanum, s. n. Herbaceum, raniis teretibus, 

 aculeatis, fuscis, glanduloso-pilosis, foliis profunde pinnato-lobatis, segmenti3 

 ovatis, repando dentatis, dentibus mucronatis, petiolis et venis aculeatis, 

 aculeis stramineis, glabris, rectis insequalibus, racemis subterminalibus, 5 9- 

 floris, corolla alba calyce fere duplo longiore, filamenta lin. longa, anthers 

 lineari-oblongse 6 lin. longse, calycibus aculeatis baccam includentibus. 



San Saba County. 



Stem 1 2 feet high, with few branches ; spines 2 8 lines long and irregu- 

 larly placed; leaves, including the petioles, 49 inches in length, lower seg- 

 ments divided to the midrib and lobed, or with large teeth ; sinuses of the 

 upper lobes extend about midway to the midrib, aculea of the leaves few ; 

 petioles and veins glandular pubescent ; calyx inclosing the fruit increases 

 after the fall of the petals, and is about J covered with aculea. 



Solanum (Lasiocarpa) Linsecumii, s. n. Annuum, caule erecto, tereti, 

 4 6 policari ramoso, pubescente, foliis oblongo-ovatis, vel lanceolatis, basi 

 attenuatis, breviter petiolatis, apice acutis, integris, utrinque puberulis 

 stipulis linearibus vel lanceolatis, floribus axillaribus, pedunculis solitariis 

 seu geminis, hirsutis, tarde refractis, calycibus campanulatis, hirsutissimis, 

 5-fidis, laciniis acutis, floribus campanulatis, corollse 5-fidse segmentis acutis, 

 pubescentibus, antheris inclusis cordato-oblongis filamentis brevissimis stylo 

 brevioribus, bacca 4 lin. diam. hirsuta. 



Llano County, June. 



Leaves 1 2 inches long ; peduncles 4 12 lines in length ; flowers 3 4 lines 

 in diameter. 



Physalis Sabeana, s. n. Annua, prostrata, ramosissima, glabra, foliis 

 petiolatis, lanceolato-ovatis, basi attenuatis apice subacutis, margine subre- 

 pando dentatis, dentibus lato-obtusis, corolla rotato-infundibuliforme ccerulea 

 calyce longiore, pedunculis axillaribus, filiformibus geminis, calycibus bac- 

 ciferis, inflatis, ovatis, subangulatis, acutis. 



San Saba County. June. 



Branches very numerous, trailing 6 12 inches ; leaves about an inch long 

 and 4 8 lines wide, margins entire, or with 1 2 obtuse teeth on each side ; 

 petioles 6 12 lines long; peduncles in pairs, 4 S lines in length; fruit glo- 

 bose, smooth, 3 4 lines in diameter. 



Nicotiana glandulosa, s. n. Pubescente-glandulosa, caule herbaceo, 

 simplici vel parum ramoso 6 10-policari, foliis caulinis lato-spathulatis vel 

 oblongis, obtusis, sessilibus vel subamplexicaulibus, radicalibus oblongo- 

 obovatis breviter petiolatis ; floribus terminalibus, breve pedicellatis, corollse 



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