206 



Dr. B. Dowler on Viviparous Fish in Louisiana, 



111. So. Am. PI. 



9. Sarracha jaltomata, Schl. (Witheringia id.)... ii. 16 



10. allogona, Schl „ ii. 16 



11. dentata, E. 4" P „ ii. 16 



12. viscosa, ScAr „ ii. 16 



13. ciliata, no6 „ ii. 16 



14. propinqua, noh „ ii. 17 



15. diffusa, no6 „ ii. 17 



16. laxa, wo6 „ ii. 18 



17. auriculata, noJ „ ii. 18 



18. conspersa, woft „ ii. 19 



19. glabrata, W06 „ ii. 19 



20. acutifolia, no6 „ ii. 19 



21. vestita, W06 „ ii. 20 



22. glandulosa, W06 „ ii. 20 



23. Miersii, Dun. (S. diffusa, nob. his) ... ii. 22 



111. So. Am. PI. 



1. Poecilochroma punctatum, W0& i. 153 



2. frondosum, M06 i. 154 



3. guttatum, W06 ,. i. 155 



4. maculatum, noh i. 156 



6. Lobbianum, nob i. 157 



6. Lindenianum, nob i. 167 



7. Quitoense, noh i. 157 



8. Boisseri, Dun 



9. Funkiana, Dmw 



IG. J,' Sellowiana, noh. (Witheringia id., Sendt.) 



-^ 111. So. Am. PI. 



DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. 432 

 xiii. 432 

 xiii. 432 

 xiii. 433 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 



DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. 495 

 xiii. 495 

 xiii. 495 

 xiii. 495 

 xiii. 496 

 xiii. 496 

 xiii. 496 

 xiii. 495 

 xiii. 687 

 iii. 403 



DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 5 (Athensea id., Sendt.) . xiii. 458 



1. Witheringia picta. Mar?. 



2. pogogena, W06 ii. 5 „ „ ... xiii. 459 



3. micrantha, noh ii. 5 „ „ ... xiii. 460 



4. Schottiana, nob ii. 5 „ „ ... xiii. 461 



5. Pohliana, woi ii. 5 „ „ ... xiii. 461 



6. Martiana, W06 ii. 6 „ „ ... xiii. 462 



7. hirsuta, W06 ii. 6 „ „ ... xiii. 463 



8. anonacea, «o6 ii. 6 „ „ ... xiii. 463 



The seven new species of Witheringia from Chile enumerated 

 by Remy (Walp. Ann. iii. 160) do not appear to belong to this 

 genus : the four last seem related to Solanum tuberiferum, Dun. 

 (olim Witheringia montanaj Dun., Solanum montanum, R. & P.), 

 but the floral characters there given are not sufficient to deter- 

 mine their true place. 



XVIII. — On the Discovery of Viviparous Fish in Louisiana*. 

 By B. Dowler, M.D. 

 In the month of October 1854, through the politeness of 

 J. C. B. Harvey, M.D., of Tchoupitoulas Street, I received a 

 small osseous fish, caught in the New Orleans Canal, which 

 connects the city with Lake Pontchartrain. This fish had been 

 placed in a basket containing crabs, one of which wounded it 

 slightly in the abdomen near the cloaca, thereby exposing 

 * From Silliman's Journal for Jan. 1855. 



