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GiLiA (Lfptostphox) brevicula. Inter Tenuiforas notabilis 

 tubo corollaj (cajruleae seu violaceae) limbo parum sesquilongiore, foliis 

 brevibus calyceque subglanluloso-liirtellis. — On the INIohuve River, 

 S. E. California, Dr. E. Palmer, 187G. — Stem barely a span liigh, 

 more branching than in G. unJrosacea, which it much resembles; the 

 branches becoming c^nnose. Leaves only 3 lines long ; the divisions 

 acerose-subulate, the j^nbescence short-hirsute and glandular. Tube 

 of the corolla barely 5 lines long, nearly double the length of the 

 calyx and bracts ; the oval lobes fully o lines long. Stamens ex- 

 serled from the very short cyathiform throat. Style exserted: 

 stigmas long and slender, almo>t capillary, fully equalling the lobes 

 of the corolla. The latter appears to have been blue, or violet-purple. 

 The flowers are abundant, and the species would be attractive in 

 cultivation. 



GiLiA (Ipomopsis) Haydeni. G. subniidcB affinis, ramosior, fere 

 glabra ; ramulis peduncidis (corymbosis longioribus) calycibusque 



G. PARViFLOROS. Lnchnostoma ? pnrviflorum, Torr. 1. c. This remarkable spe- 

 cies closes tlie series. Its principal corona is somewhat Hlce that of G. Bitldwini- 

 anits, which is a genuine Gonolofiits. It is diviileil into five short and broad 

 membranaceous h)bes, wliicti from tiie apex are produced into a pair of slender 

 subulate processes, witii a wide sinus between : opposite eacii lobe within, and 

 separately inserted, is a simihir and longer process, which may answer to the 

 lignle or otiier internal appendage of the foregoing species, become wholly free. 

 Tlie follicle is ovate ami tuberculate-muricate. 



(G. PROSTRATUS, R. Br., the Lnchnostoma prostratum of Decaisne, is also a 

 Chtliainalia, with lobes of the corona nearly distinct, each produced into a pair 

 of processes like those of the preceding, but also with a shorter intermediate 

 one, and still another before this, the latter answering to the internal ligule 

 adnate up to the notch of the lobe.) 



To Pl//ra»f!tpra — a little known genus, well referred by Bentham (who had 

 not seen specimens) to the Gonolobece, and marked by the direct adhesion of the 

 corona lobes by the whole length of the middle of tlie inner face to the column 

 — there are two Cuban species to add, both with flat-top(ied stigma: viz., — 



rxTCANTHERA ACCMiNATA = 0/ i/io.sM acKiiiiiKita, Griscb. Cat. PI. Cubens. 

 175. In this the Io])es of the deeply G-parted corona are ovate-oblong, attached 

 along the middle only to the whole length of the column, the sinuses rounded 

 and open. Pollinia obliquely short-pyriform, pellucid at the insertion of the 

 caudicle. 



Ptycan'tiiera OBLONGATA = OrlJiosin ohlongntn, Griseb. 1. c. Lobes of the 

 disk oblately oval and emarginate, with thinner free edges, the centre adnate to 

 the whole length of the column, wliicli is considerably shorter than in the pre- 

 ceding species, the sinuses somewhat auriculate. Pollinia nearly oblong, 

 strongly arcuate. 



