﻿Wooton: New Plants from New Mexico 453 



subaristate, with one prominent central vein and two lateral ones, 

 persistent in fruit: petals broadly obovate-cuneate, 12-15 mm. 

 long, 10-12 mm. broad, golden yellow, with a brownish-red blotch 

 at the base forming an " eye" to the flower, early deciduous and 

 very delicate : stamens slightly shorter than the 7 mm. long almost 

 completely united styles : capsule a little shorter than the sepals, 

 ovoid ; callus at base of proper septa very small, false septa hardly 

 complete, thickened only a little at the very base. 



My specimens of this plant come from a single locality — the 

 base of a small mountain, generally called Tortugas, standing 

 alone on the mesa about five miles east of Las Cruces, Dona Ana, 

 Co. in dry soil. I collected it in flower Apr. 22, 1893, and sev- 

 eral times about the same season at this place. A few specimens 

 were taken there in fruit July 1, 1897, no. 589. 



Thurber's no. 561 from El Paso, Texas, in bloom April, 



z 85i, and labeled L. rigidutn Pursh., M. E. Jones' no. 3721 from 



El Paso, Texas, April 17, 1884, also in flower and labeled L. Boottii. 



Hanchon, as well as some Mexican Boundary specimens without 



data but labeled L. Berlandicri Hook., are all to be referred here 



The flowers and habit show our plant to be related to L. Bcr- 



landien and L. multicaide. It is separated from the former by 



narrow leaves, smaller and more numerous flowers, persistent 



se pals and very slightly thickened false septa. From L. multicaide 



rt is distinguished by a more erect habit, more numerous flowers, 



leaves not crowded above, plant glabrous throughout and sepals 



glandular-dentate. 



Our plant has possibly been included with L. aristatum Engelm. 

 ut can hardly belong there if Dr. Engelman's description of the 

 Plant is to be relied upon for our plant is rarely one foot high, has 

 nowers which are not at all sulphur yellow and sepals which sur- 

 pass the pod but a very little. 



The fact that our plant seems to bloom in the spring, a season 

 at wn ich the other species of the genus of that section are not 

 lke ly to be in flower, has been of especial interest and attention is 

 c alled to the fact in the name now proposed. 



Martvnia parviflora. 



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Coarse, rank-scented clammy viscid annual : stems decumbent, 

 ^cending at the ends, 1 m. or more long, branching at the base, 



