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mens, which Mr. Bentham and others state that they cannot distinguish from the A. 

 Oxycedri of the Old World. 



CAPRIFOLIACE.E. 



f284. Symphoricarpus vulgaris, Michx. Pawnee Fork bottom Var. foliis in- 



cisis v. pinnatifidis. Santa Fe Creek. 



f285. S. occidentals, R.Br.; Ton. & Gray, Fl.2.p.A. Pofii Creek, between 

 Bent's Fort and Santa Fe. 



286. Sambucus pubens, Michx. Margin of Santa Fe Creek ; June, in flower. 



RUBIACEH. 



287. Galium boreale, Linn. Shady banks of Santa Fe Creek; June, July. 



/ 288. G. Fendleri (sp. nov.) : perenne ; caulibus e basi sublignosa adsurgentibus 

 gracilibus pube minuta scabrida subcinereis; foliis quaternis linearibus (i unc. longis) 

 acutis uninerviis undique hispidulo-scabridis subcinereis internodio multum brevioribus ; 

 pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus brevibus 3-7-floris ; floribus pallide luteis breviter 

 pedicellatis ; ovario fere glabra (fructu ignoto). Var. /3. superne subglabra ; foliis paulo 

 longioribus. — Sunny side of high mountains, valley of Santa Fe Creek ; July, in flower 

 only. — Plant 9 to 12 inches high ; the leaves and stems more or less cinereous with a 

 minute and close scabrous pubescence. This, however, is nearly wanting, except on the 

 lower leaves and the main stems, in the var. £., which is a more developed state, and a 

 good deal resembles G. trifidum. The ovary shows a few minute bristly points, so that 

 perhaps the fruit is not smooth. The flowers are about as large as in G. trifidum and 

 are said by Fendler to be " pale yellow." 



289. G. asperrimcm (sp. nov.) : annuum ? caulibus diflusis angulis retrorsum acule- 

 olatis ; foliis omnibus senis lanceolatis basi attenuatis vel inferioribus obovato-lanceolatis 

 apice setigero-acuminatis glabris nitidis marginibus carinaque subtus retrorsum aculeolatis 

 asperrimis, ramealibus parvis pedunculo multum brevioribus ; cymis paniculatis plurifloris 

 trichotomis; petalis albis majusculis; ovario pilis brevibus uncinatis dense tecto (fructu 

 ignoto). — Wet places, near irrigating ditches, Santa Fe ; June. — Plant in aspect be- 

 tween G. Aparine and G. asprellum. The specimens, not yet in fruit, are apparently 

 erect, and only 7 to 14 inches high. The lower leaves are three fourths of an inch long, 

 but the upper and those of the flowering branches much reduced in size, so that the 

 flowers, which are larger than in G. spurium (corolla two lines in diameter; petals 3- 

 nerved, ovate, acuminate), form a somewhat naked pyramidal panicle, occupying the 

 upper part of the stem. The capillary peduncles are one half to three fourths, the pedi- 



