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BOTANY. 
or ovate, often curved or falcate, piiberiilent ; tlowcrs 9" in diameter, the 
rounded sepals silky-pubescent; scale s()ih('\\ liat lacei'aie-tooiluMl, a little 
shorter than the filaments. — The well-known " Kreasote plant," often abun- 
dant in Northern Mexico and the territories bordering upon it, from Southern 
California to Western Texas and the head-waters of the Arkansas Uiver. 
Southern Nevada, (Frt'mont.) 
Fagonia^ Califorkica, Bcnth. Bot. Sul2)h. 10. liigh or more, 
rough on the angles or glabrate, the branches diffuse, repeatedly dicliotomous ; 
stipules 0-2" long, spinescent, spreading or reflexed; leaflets 3, ovate or 
oblong-lanceolate, 1-4" long, articulated, naked on the margin, shorter than 
the petiole or about equaling it; sepals ovate-oblong, terminating in a spread- 
ing awn, minutely serrulate; petals l.J-2.y long, pinkish or yellow; fruit 2" 
long, exceeding the peduncle, scabrous. — Southeni California and Arizona, 
and probably occurring in Southern Nevada. 
Page 50, under Rutace^e. Thamnosma^ montanum, Torr. & Frt^m. 
Shrnbby, 1-2° high, very much branched, the branchlets spinescent at the end; 
leaves scattered, rather thick, liuear-spatulate, 4" long; flowers dark-purjdc (?); 
disk much shorter that the (1-2") stipe ; fruit yellow, 3-4" long. — Sonora, 
Southern California and Arizona ; Southern Nevada, (Fremont ;) Southern 
Utah, (Palmer.) 
Page 51. Ceanothus Greggii, Gray. Plant. Wright. 2. 2S. Branchlets 
.5-00116(1, attenuate into a subulate sometimes 5-partilile style; stigmas 5, minute ; ovules aljout G in each 
cell, i)entlcnt in pairs. Fruit globose, villous, 5-bervie(l, tlie beri-ies separating from the axis, iudchis- 
ceut, l-seetled. Seeds oblong ; testa thin and smooth ; albumen horny ; cotyledons narrowly oblong. 
Evergreen heavy-scented shrubs, coated with resin, the branches disticlions, alternate, nodose ; leaves 
opposite, 2-foliolate or pinnate, leailets unequal, often connate ; stipules persistent ; pednncles inter- 
stipular, short, terminal, 1-llowered ; flowers yellow. I5KXTn. & Hook. 
1 FAGONIA, L. Sepals 5, deciduous, imbricated. Petals .5, unguiculate, caducous, imbricated. 
Disk sliort, iiiconspicnons. Stamens 10, inserted on the disk ; filaments flliform, naked ; antliers short- 
oblong. Ovary sessile, 'i-angled, .'^-celled, attenuate into a subulate .5-angled style ; stigma simple ; ovules 
2, collateral, near the l>ase <if th(! cell, each pendent from an ascending funiculus. Fruit pyramidally 
,5- angled, r)-berrit <l, the ben ics 1 seeded, at length free from the axis, dclnscent on the inner side, the fleshy 
endocarp separating. Seeds erect, cnmpresscd, broad-oblong: testa nmcilaginous; albumen horny; coty- 
ledons broad, tlat. ovate.— Miu li-bi anche<l herbs, woody at i)ase, diffuse or prostrate, rough Avith sliorf liairs 
often tnberculated at top, or glabrous; leaves o].posi1e, l-:!-foliolate, leaflets entire, mucronate ; stipides 
often spinescent; peduncles solitary, intevst ipuhii-, l-iiowercd ; floAyers rose-color or violet, rarely l)ecom- 
ing yellowish. Hkntii. tfe HoOK. 
2THAM\()SMA. Torr. &. Tuv.m. Calyx short. 4-l(d)cd. Petals 4, sessile, entire, imbricate. 
Disk cui.-sli,ipe.l.( reiiate orlobed. Stamens inserted at the base of tlic disk ; fliaments filiform, equal ; 
auth. rs short. Ovary stipifafe. didymous, 2-celled : cells dehiscent on the inner side, 4-r)-seeded' 
Seed- si,l,v,.|,if..nu. smooth or niuiieati' : testa ciustaceous : albumeu fleshy; embryo terete, eury<'d — 
Siiwdi -hrul>s or sutrruteseent li< rbs. sublealless or leafy. gl;nulular and heavy-scenfed ; leaves alternate 
sinii-i.'. entire, liu.'ar or ci;n( ate : llowers yellow, ju dicelle.l, tow.ird the ends of the brancldets."— Bexth! 
&. llo«>K. 
