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132. D. Formosa, Torr. in Ann. Lye. Neiv York, 2. p. 173, and in Emory's Re- 

 port, cum ic. Dry, gravelly hills, in sunny places, Santa Fe ; May to June. A dwarf 

 shrub, from half a foot to one foot high ; the stem and branches xery crooked and intri- 

 cately entangled. 



133. D. Jamesii, Torr. &■ Gray, Fl. 1. p. 308. Gravelly hills, in sunny places, 

 from Santa Fe east to McNees Creek ; May (in flower) and August (in fruit). — The 



D. laxiflora; but the spikes (one inch long) are thicker and denser, the bracts of a different form and not so 

 coriaceous and black-glandular; the petals are purple, and the tenth stamen is present. (While this sheet is 

 passing through the press, I am furnished with specimens from Western Texas, collected by Mr. Wright, who 

 informs me that it occurs rather abundantly from Seguin to the Rio Grande.) 



From Dr. Engelmann I have received the following apparently undescribed species of this genus, collected 

 by Dr. Wislizenus, namely : — 

 s Dalea leucostachvs (sp. nov.) : suffruticosa, humilis, cinereo-puberula ; caulibus ramosis glandulis pro- 

 minulis conspersis ; stipulis setaceis caducis; foliolis 5-7 oblanceolatis cuncato-oblongisve obtusis petiolulatis 

 glabratis utrinque (supra crcberrime) glanduloso-punctatis ; spicis ad apicem paniculatis pedunculatis cylindri- 

 cis densis ; bracteis subulatis calyce pubescente breviler 5-fido brevioribus deciduis; petalis albis, vexillo sub- 

 orbiculari alas et carinalia consimiles fere ajquante. — At Cosiquiriachi, in the Sierra Madre, Dr. Wislizenus ; 

 flowering in September. — Shrub 2 or 3 feet high; branches leafy to the top, where it bears several handsome 

 spikes (which may be likened to those of Eysenhardtia) of white flowers : the petals are two or three lines in 

 length, besides the slender claw. Leaflets one half to three fourths of an inch long. In a single flower I 

 found six petals and two pistils. The claws of the wings and keel-petals are adnate to the stamineal column 

 only at the base (not to the middle, as the genus is characterized) ; and the insertion is little higher in the fol- 

 lowing and in several other species. The anthers are commonly tipped with a gland, which in this species is 

 remarkably conspicuous. 



D. Wislizeni (sp. nov.): sericeo-villosa ; caulibus seu ramis gracilibus erectis ; stipulis setaceis ; foliolis 

 7-9-jugis parvuiis (2 tin. longis) oblongis obtusiusculis pulchre sericeis subtus cauleque parce nigro-glandu- 

 liferis ; spicis solitariis pedunculatis oblongis; bracteis lanceolato-setaceis calycibusque asquilongis sericeo- 

 villosissimis ; laciniis calycis tubo longioribus subulato-aristatis basim versus utrinque unisetulosa; petalis albo- 

 purpureis omnibus juxta apicem glandula lineari notatis, carina alas dimidio vexillum multo superantibus. — 

 Llanos, in the Sierra Madre, west of Chihuahua, Dr. Wislize7ius ; flowering in October. — Stems or branches 

 a foot high. Flowers showy, one third of an inch long. 



D. scopakia (sp. nov.) : cano-tomentulosa deinde glabrata, undique pustulato-glandulifera ; caulibus (busi 

 fruticosis ?) ramosissimis gracilibus rigidis inferne denudatis ; foliis ramealibus plerumque simplicibus spathu- 

 lato-linearibus subsessilibus margine revolutis parvuiis rariusve trifoliolalis ; stipulis minimis ; capitulis 5- 10- 

 floris laxiusculis pedunculatis corymboso-paniculatis ; bracteis minimis ovatis caducis; calycibus incanis 

 breviter 5-dentatis gibboso-arcuatis ; petalis pulchre violaceis omnibus ad apicem uniglandulosis suboequilongis. 

 — Jornado del Muerto, between Santa Fe and El Paso del Norte, Dr. Wislizenus; August. — A remarkable, 

 Broom-like species ; the rigid stems, &c, roughened all over with large, pustulate glands ; the diffuse branch- 

 lets terminated by small and globular heads of (iii the specimens) deep violet flowers. Petals two lines long ; 

 the oblong-oval vexillum as long as the keel. 



