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Indigofera Lindiieimeriana, Scheele. At Uvalde, Texas (232), 

 and in the mountains north of Mouclova, Coahuila (233). 



Indigofera lepposepala-, Nutt. Near San Antonio (231), and 

 in Wilson County, Texas (253). This is also 20 and 27 Eivendberg, 

 referred to /. suhulata. — Var. brevipes. With short peduncles not 

 exceeding the leaves, and very short few-flowered racemes scarcely 

 elongated in fruit, and the petals but little longer than the calyx-lobes ; 

 leaflets as in the typical form, 3 to 9, oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 

 pubescent on both sides. In the San Rafael Mountains (818 Schaff- 

 ner) ; 138 and 139 Parry «fe Palmer, — Var. (?) angustata. Re- 

 sembling the last variety in the shortness of the peduncle, but the 

 leaflets narrower and more numerous (5 to 16), mostly linear, acute 

 or obtuse, glabrous above. Near Morales (817 ScliafFner). 



Brongniartia intermedia, Moric. In the San Miguelito Moun- 

 tains (828 Schaffner). 



Peteria scoparia, Gray, var. glandulosa, Gray, in herb. Low 

 (6 to 12 inches high or less), from a thick tuberous root, with numer- 

 ous spreading branches, and the inflorescence very viscid pubescent (as 

 in P. Thompsonce) : leaves 6 to 12 lines long: seeds numerous and 

 more turgid. — Near San Luis Potosi (834 Schaffner); 172 Parry 

 & Palmer. Probably distinct. The root is esculent, and known 

 under the name of " Camote del monte." 



Tephrosia tenella. Gray (?) At Soledad, Coahuila (257). 

 Closely resembling this species, excej'jt that it appears to be perennial, 

 the several herbaceous stems ari.sing from a rather thick rootstock. 



Tephrosia Lindheimeri, Gray. At Laredo, on the Rio Grande 

 (258). 



Sesbania macrocarpa, Muhl. At San Antonio (278, mainly). 



Sesbania Cavanillesii, Watson. {Dauhentonia longifolia, DC.) 

 At San Antonio, Texas — fruit only, distributed with the last. 209 

 Parry & Palmer belongs to this species, not to S. longifolia, DC, 

 which according to the description is very different. 



Astragalus Humboldtii, Gray. At Lerios (240), at Parras 

 (242), and in the Sierra Madre, south of Saltillo (241), the latter 

 with somewhat shorter calyx-teeth; 170 and 171 Parry & Palmer. 



Astragalus ortiianthus, Gray. In the Sierra Madre, south of 

 Saltillo (243, 2137). 



Astragalus Brazoensis, Buckl. Between the Rio Frio and the 

 Nueces, Texas (244). 



Astragalus diphacus. Biennial or perennial, canescently puber- 

 ulent : stipules distinct, lanceolate; leaves 2 to 4 inches long; leaflets 



