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•f — I — I— Ruhrijiori ; corollis vix ultrapoUicaribus rubris vel coccineis ; 

 foliis inferioribus oblongis, superioribus subovatis seu lanceolatis 

 araplexantibus ; caulibus sfepius elatis. 



18. P. CENTRANTHiFOLius, Benth. (Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5142.) 

 Sepalis lato-ovatis ; corolla pollicai'i kermesina tubulosa superne vix 

 ampliata, limbo brevi tequali ; filamento sterili glaberrimo. — California. 

 The corolla is bright carmine, the lobes equal, except that the two 

 upper are united higher, and equally spreading, scarcely longer than 

 the breadth of the throat. 



19. P. PUNiCEUS, Gray in Bot. Mex. Bound, p. 113. Cymulis 

 plurifloris densioribus ; sepalis ovatis seu oblongis ; corolla pollieari vel 

 minore laete coccinea tubulosa fauce leviter ampliata, limbo amplo sub- 

 £equali, lobis rotundatis ; filamento sterili sub apice barbato. — Ari- 

 zona. 



20. P. Wrightii, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4601. CymuKs paniculas 

 laxe virgataj paucifloris ; sepalis oblongis apice patentibus ; corolla 

 haud pollieari Itete roseo-rubra superne ventricoso-dilatata, limbo am- 

 plo, lobis rotundatis patentissimis, filamento sterili hinc longe denseque 

 barbato. — W. Texas and Arizona. Length of the corolla and breadth 

 of its limb about equal. 



* * Undique glaberrimus, subglaucus, elatus ; foliis crebre seu ovato- 



lanceolatis coriaceis, caulinis superioribus in laminam amplexi- 

 caulem connatis : panicula laxa, elongata, cymulis 3 - 9-floris 

 pedunculatis : corolla (pollicaris) caerulo-purpurea, tubo superne 

 inflato, limbo bilabiato, lobis latissimis patentissimis ; filamentum 

 sterile glabrum. 



21. P. SPECTABiLis, Thurber, in Pacif. R. R. Exped. 4, p. 119 

 (63), & Bot. Mex. Bound. 1. c. ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5260. — Califor- 

 nia to W. Texas. (1475, Wright.) 



* * * Glabri prjeter inflorescentiam calyces corollasque minutim 



viscoso-pubentes ; foliis lanceolatis, vel superioribus e basi dilatata 

 amplexicauli ovato-lanceolatis sensim acuminatis integerrimis : 

 panicula laxa, peduncuUs paucifloris: corolla sesqui -bipoUicaris, 

 lobis subsequalibus patentibus : filamentum sterile fere glabrum. 

 Mexicani. 



22. P. GENTiANOiDES, Don. (Cheloue gentianoides, H. B. K. Nov. 

 Gen. &. Sp. 2, t. 172.) Corolla violacea, vix sesquipoUicaris, supra 



