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natis srepe integerrimis ; pnnicula multiflora elongata virgata nuda ; 

 bracteis omnibus minimis subulatis ; pedunculis 1 -3-floris pedicellisve 

 gracilibus; sepalis ovatis glabris; corolla albo-rosen (i. e. alba roseo 

 suffusa) pollicari, fauce e tubo proprio brevi (lin. 3 longo) subito max- 

 ime ventricoso-ampliata limbo ringente duplo longiore, labys latis, 

 superior! bilobo, inferiore patentissimo basi intus parce barbato pro- 

 funde 3-lobo, lobis nequalibus conformibus ; filamento sterili ultra f'au- 

 cem exserto a pice incurve in.-igniter longe flavo-barbato. — Cultivated 

 from seeds of uncertain source, probably from Utah. Corolla almost 

 an inch broad across the spreading lips (anteriorly-and posteriorly) : 

 lower lip 7-8 lines broad: a light reddish line runs up each lobe of 

 the lower lip. 



Lycium Palmeri, n. sp. Inerme ? subpubescens; ramis gracili- 

 bus; foliis angusto-spathulatis (lin. G-8 1ongis); floribus breviuscule 

 pedicellatis tetrameris ; calycis lobis lanceolatis obtusiusculis tubo suo 

 carapanulalo parum longioribus, uno saltern paullo majore ; corolla 

 (lin. 5 longa) calycem tertia parte superante, lubis late ovalibus pube- 

 ro-ciliolatis, tubo paullo brevioribus ; filamentis ima basi intus lano- 

 sissimis; antheris oblongis. — Yaqui River, Sonora, Mexico, Dr. E. 

 Palmer. This apparently belongs to the third section in my revision 

 of the North American Lycia, in Proceed. Am. Acad. 6, p. 45. Corolla 

 broad for its length, the expanded limb being about half an inch in 

 diameter. 



Salvia platyciieila, n. sp. Brachyanthearum, aflf. S. laxce : 

 herbacea (basi ignota), minutissime cinereo-puberula ; f'oliis oblongis 

 ovatisque utrinque obtusis obsolete crenato-serratis, petiolo tenui, 

 floralibus lanceolatis deciduis ; racemo breviusculo ; verticillastris 

 paucifloris ; calyce puberulo recto ; labiis ovatis aequalibus camdeo 

 tinctis mox ampliatis tubo infundibuliformi nervoso oequilongis, supe- 

 riore integerrimo, inferiore apice bifulo ; corolla? eajrnleas tubo incluso; 

 connectivo subcrasso glaberrimo ; stylo superne bine barbato. — Car- 

 men Inland, in the Gulf of California, Dr. E. Palmer, 18G9. Corolla 

 half an inch long; the upper lip hardly, the dilated lower lip some- 

 what, exceeding the calyx. 



Coldenia (Tiquiliopsis) Palmeri, n. sp. : pube brevi et brevis- 

 sima densa molli incana ; foliis ovatis crebre plicato-nervosis petiolum 

 subrequantibus ; calyce tubo corolla? dimidio breviore, lobis lanceolatis 

 tubo ipso breviore. — S. E. California or Arizona, on the lower Colo- 

 rado, Dr. Edward Palmer, 18G9. Well distinguished from C. Nuttallii 



