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Antirrhinum junceum = Mauraudia jnncea, Benth. Bot. Voy. 

 tSulpli. p. 41. From San Diego to the Bay of Magdalena, Hinds. — 

 I have iot seen this ; but, it seems to be a congener of the last, but 

 with smaller flowers and leaves, the uppermost reduced to minute 

 scales. The seeds as described are those of Antirrhinastrum. 



MAURANDIA, Ort. 



This genus, relieved of the section Antirrhini florae Benth., and con- 

 nected through the wing-seeded M. Wislizeni with Lophospermum, 

 now secures more definite characters. 



§ 1. Eumaurandia. (Maurandice Galvesiceflorae, Benth.) Semina 

 tuberculata, aptera. Calyx fructifer stylusque fere immutati, segmen- 

 ts angustis. 



M. Barclayana, Lindl. — Calyx insigniter glanduloso-pilosus, seg- 

 ments longe attenuatis. 



M. semperflorens, Ort. — Calyx glaberrimus, brevior. 



§ 2. Epixiphium, Engelm. Semina aia integerrima cincta. 

 Calyx fructifer auctus, coriaceus, basi 5-angulatus, segmentis triangu- 

 lari-lauceolatis vakle reticularis. Capsula stylo toto indurato subulato 

 superata, loculis rima ex apice dehiscentibus. 



M. Wislizeni, Engelm., Gray in Bot. Mex. Bound, p. 111. 



§ 3. Lophospermum. {Lophospermum, Don.) Semina ala lacera 

 seu irregulari cincta. Calycis segmenta foliacea, fructifera stylu- 

 sque immutata. 



M. erubescens = Lophospermum erubescens, Zucc. 



M. scandens (nec Pers.) = L. scaudens, Don. An praecedentis var. 



MOHAVEA, Gray. 



Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis lanceolatis fere aequalibus. Corolla 

 personata ; labiis amplissimis obovato-flabelliformibus campanulato- 

 suberectis vel patentibus tubo basi hinc gibbo multo longioribus, infe- 

 riore breviter trilobo, superiore bilobo, lobis eroso-subdentatis saepius 

 acutatis, palato prominente (quoad labium parvo) medio barbato. Sta- 

 mina 2 antica fertilia, antheris confluenti-unilocularibus : filamenta 2 pos- 

 tica abortiva. Stigma depresso-capitatum. Ovarium, stylus, capsula 

 (subasqualis) Antirrhini, semina hinc cyathifera § Orontii. — Herba 

 annua, erecta, simplex vel laxe ramosa, viscido-pubescens ; foliis" lanceo- 

 latis in petiolum attenuatis, superioribus alternis ; floribus axillaribus 

 paucis subracemosis ; corolla ampla luteola intus purpiireo-punctata. 



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