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GoNOLOBUs STENOPETALUS. G. ohUquo pei'affiiiis, multo humilior, 

 pedalis ad orgyalem e basi lignosa, ^irimum erecta, pariim volubilis, 

 hispidior ; foliis profunde cordatis subito-acumiuatis 2-4-pollicaribua 

 et petiolo fere a?qiiilongo ; cyinis i^lurifloris cum pedunculo brevi 

 petiolo brevioribus ; calyce hispidulo ; corolla glabra vel extus gla- 

 briuscula virido-purpurea 5-partita, segmentis lineari-ligulatis {\-\- 

 pollicaribus) ; corona antheris breviore atropurpurea anuuliformi 

 carnosa 5-lobata, lobis crassis (apice brevi inflexis) subglobosis ; folli- 

 culis turgido-ovatis brevi-acuminatis hirsutulis rauriculatis ; seminibus 

 baud comosis ! — Shaded and rocky hills near Chihuahua, Pringle^ 

 55, 696. 



GoNOLOBUS Chihuahdensis. Facies omnino Ohthamalice, corona 

 simplici Eugonolohi, procumbenti-difFusus, nee volubilis, undique hir- 

 sutus ; caulibus subpedalibus foliosissimis ; foliis ovatis subcordatis 

 acutis (baud ultrapollicaribus) petiolatis margine sa-pius uudulato- 

 crispis ; pedunculo 1-3-floro folium a^quante ; corolla (purpurascente) 

 glabra 5-partita, lobis oblongis lin. 2 longis tenuiter nervosis et versus 

 apicem reticulatis ; corona brevi patelliformi margine lobis 5 angustis- 

 sime linearibus puberulis antheris crassiusculis oppositis super eunique 

 incumbentibus instructis ; folliculis turgido-ovatis acuminatis hirsutulis 

 muricatis. — On hills and mesas around the city of Chihuahua, Prin- 



dulis ; foliis crassiusculis nunc angusto- nunc oblongo-Hnoaribus ; fioribus ob 

 pedunculum pedicellosque brevissimos in axillis glomeratis ; calj'cis lobis sub- 

 ulatis rigidulis corolla dimidio brevioribus ; corollae profunde 5partite lobis 

 crassiusculis lineari-Ianceolatis intus creberrime villoso-pubescentibus ; coronas 

 squamis lineari-subulatis discura umbonatum stigmatis pauUo superantibus. — 

 Proc. Am. Acad. xix. 85, & Syn. Fl. ii. 403. — S. Arizona, near Tucson, Pringle. 

 M. Blodgettii, Gray. Volubilis, glabrum ; caulibus filifomiibus ; foliis 

 tenuioribus angustissime lanceolatis ; floribus pedicellatis in cymula 1-5-flora 

 laxa brevipedunculata ; calycis lobis ovatis brevibus ; corolla lobis lineari- 

 Ianceolatis intus basi nudis supra medium hirsutulo-barbatis ; coronte squamis 

 lineari-subulatis discum stigmatis aquantibus. — Proc. Am. Acad. xii. 73, & Syn. 

 Fl. ii. 101. M. parviflorum, Cliapm. Fl. 367, non R. Br. 



M_ H_ H_ Corolla lin. 2-3 longa, profunde 5-partita, lobis linearibus intus cre- 

 berrime villosn-barbatis : folia ovato-oblonga seu lanceolata corona squamae 

 attenuato-subulatEe. 



M. BARBiGERUM, Scbeclc in Linna;a, xxi. 760, &c. — Texas; first coll. by 

 Berlandier. 



* * * * Columna antheris a?quiIonga, nuda : corona (e squamis angustissime 

 linearibus) basi corollaj fere 5-partitae inserta : folia ovato-oblonga. 

 M. ScnLEcnxENDALii, Decaisne. Said to be Mexican as well as West 

 Indian. Tlie original was from St. Thomas, and has been recently distributed 

 by Eggers. 



