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Desmodium Wislizexi, Eiigelm. With the preceding and distri- 

 buted under the same number; the same as 180 Parry & Palmer. 

 Differing from D. spirale in its perennial root and more or less abun- 

 dant spreading pubescence. 



Des.modium Parryi, Hemsh In the San Miguelito Mountains 

 (797 Schaffner, in part) ; 178 Parry & Palmer. 



Dksmodium gracile, Mart. & Gal. (?) With the last (797 

 Schaffner, in part). Flowering specimens, which agree fairly with 

 the description. 



Desmodium molliculum, DC. At San Rafael, in woods (798 

 Schaffner). Leaves varying from orbicular to ovate, and from half 

 an inch to over 2 inches long. 



Desmodium orbiculare, Schlecht. In the San Miguelito Moun- 

 tains (799 Schaffner) ; 177 Parry & Palmer. 



Lespedeza repens, Barton. At Sutherland Springs, Texas (250), 

 and in the Caracol Mountains, Coahuila (249). 



ViciA Americana, Linn., var. linearis, Watson. In the Cara- 

 col Mountains (247). 



ViciA PULCHELLA, HBK. At Lerios, Coahuila (2135), and in 

 the San Rafael Mountains (823 Schaffner). 



Lathtrus parvifolius. Glabrous throughout; stem rather 

 stout, tall, not winged : stipules more or less broadly semisagittate ; 

 petiole tendril-bearing ; leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, rhombic-oblong to ovate, 

 acute, 6 to 12 lines long: peduncles exceeding the leaves, loosely 6- 

 12-flo\vered: calyx-teeth triangular, much shorter than the tube; 

 corolla purple, 6 to 8 lines long : pod sessile, linear, 2 inches long by 

 about 3 lines broad. — In the San Miguelito Mountains, San Luis 

 Potosi (812 Schaffner) ; 197 Parry & Palmer, referred to L. venosus. 



CoLOGANiA HUMiFUSA, Hcmsl. In the San Miguelito Mountains 

 (803 Schaffner) ; 194 Parry & Palmer. 



CoLOGANiA LONGiFOLiA, Gray. At LeHos, Coahuila (251). The 

 same as 189 Parry & Palmer, referred to C. angustifolia, from which 

 it is distinguished only by the closely appressed pubescence and 

 straight pod. 



CoLOGANiA PULCHELLA, HBK. In the San Miguelito Mountains 

 (804 Schaff"ner) ; 192 Parry & Palmer. 



CoLOGANiA Martia. Stems very slender, from a thick rootstock, 

 trailing, a foot long or less, retrorsely strigose-pubescent : leaflets 

 oblonjr (4 to 12 lines long by 2 to 4 wide), or the lower oblong-obovate 

 or elliptical, glabrous above and strigose beneath, usually very obtuse 

 or retuse : flowers purple, an inch long or more, on rather long pedi- 



