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imisve spathulatis, summis subulatis basi baud angustatis ; peduncuHs 

 gracilibus flore longioribus ; filamentis sub apice barbatis inferne 

 nudis ; autbera3 loculis basi subacutis (corolla caerulesceute). — In 

 mountain swamps, San Luis Potosi, Schaffner. 



lY. MiscellanecB of the North American Flora. 



Astragalus Greenei. Phaca, inter Injlatos et Scytocarpos, sub- 

 pedalis e radice perenui, cinereo-pubescens ; stipulis deltoideo-subu- 

 latis ; foliolis multijugis obovatis oblongisve retusis confertis (lin. 3 

 longis) ; pedunculis folio longioribus ; sjjica oblonga confertim multi- 

 flora ; floribus lin. 4 longis parvibracteatis brevissime pedicellatis 

 patentibus ; calyce campanulato pilis nigricantibus albidisque sericeo- 

 hirsutis, dentibus angustis subacutis tubo dimidio brevioribus ; corolla 

 purpurea basi alibda, carina obtusissima ; legumine turgido ovali 

 semipollicari cinereo-puberulo prorsus uuiloculari in calyce sessili 

 polyspermo. — Foothills of the Mogollou Mountains, New Mexico, 

 April 20, 1880, E. L. Greene. 



Some other Astragali remain to be characterized ; and a new con- 

 spectus of the North American species will be needed. 



Dalea Wislizeni, Gray, PI. Fendl. var. sessilis. Lateriflora ; 

 spicis brevibus sessilibus ramulos breves foliosos secus caules prolixe 

 dispositos terminantibus. — New Mexico and Arizona, Greene, 1877, 

 Lemmon, 1880. 



Seuum Meehani. Glaucescens, 2-3-pollicare, radicibus fibrosis 

 perennans, foliosum ; foliis teretibus (subsemipollicaribus, floralibus 

 minoribus) ; ramis calycibus ovariisque tenuiter glanduloso-hirtellis ; 

 floribus omnibus 5-meris ; petalis albis (lin. 2 longis) lanceolato-ovatis 

 tenuiter acumiuatis calycis lobis ovatis plus duplo longioribus. — Utah, 

 on City Creek, north of Salt Lake City, at the base of the mountains, 

 coll. by Mr. John Reading, the live plant communicated by Professor 

 Thomas Meehan. It is so desirable to connect in this way the name 

 of Mr. Meehan with the botany of the country which he has done so 

 much to illustrate, that the actual collector will probably join us in 

 wishing it to be commemorated by this pretty little species of Sedum. 

 It will not make much show among Meehan's " Flowers of the United 

 States Illustrated," of which four goodly volumes have already ap- 

 peared under his editorship ; but it is to be hoped that it will find a 

 place in the fifth volume. 



DouGLASiA L^viGATA. Depressa ; pedunculo pedicellisque pu- 

 berulis, ciBterum glaberrima ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis crassis 



