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iiiii^liiixi ililatatiis. Sligma siipiTius (ieiiliforiiie irifi'riiis papillosuiii oblonge lotiiii- 

 daliiin. (Capsula elliptica mula, vel siihninla, se|)aln iiiferiori' subpersistpntn, |iiibp- 

 rula, striata, emarginata, 4 inin. longa 3 mm. lata. Semiiia ovali-obloiiga, pilis 

 scriceis vestita. i;aranciila coiiiea tridenlata. Dénies ventrales perpendiciilarns vel 

 partim curvatae, semine triplu breviores, dorsalis seinini adpressa duplo brevior. 



Species gracibs et piili lira. 



Var. tcnuifolid. 



Gaules abbreviali, lolialinoaria, aciciilaria, quani in spec. typ. niultoangusliora, 

 glaucescentia, dorso subcarinata, numerosissima, patentia. Racenii paucifldri, 

 brèves ut in spec. typ. Sepala niagls elongata. Alœ liaud inœquilaterab^s, si)atlm- 

 lata\ versus basin sensim altenuata\ nervis apico liberis. média parte anastomo- 

 santibus. Corolla, fructus, semina ut in spec. lypica. 



Var. valde distincta (an bona species?) leg. Leramon in Huachucha montibus Ari- 

 zonne : Pacific coast Flora n° 2641 (v. s. in Hb. Boiss). 



P. SUBSPINOSA, Wats. 



Basi suiïrutescens. Gaules abbreviati, raniosi, sœpe spinosi, folia oblonga, an- 

 gusta. Flores in racemos paucifloros spinosos dispositi. Aise quam corolla paulo 

 longiores, inaequilateralessubapiculatîfi; sepala superiora angustissima apice oblique 

 truncata, subemarginata, carinam appendiculatam œquantia, crista carinaî acuta 

 recta. 



Wats. in Am. Nat., VII, 299; A. W. Bennet in Journ. of Bot. 1879, Gray 

 Geolog. Surwey Galif. I. 59. 



Tab. noslm. XVIII, lig. 10—17. 



Radix lignosa. E caudice incrassato, oriuntur caules vel caulis unicns dnrus. 

 lignosus, crassus, perennis, caules novos ramosissimos brèves edens. Gaulis et 

 folia sunt puberula, grisea. Ranii brèves s;epe in spinam mutati. Racemi [lau- 

 ciflori, s.Tppe etiani in spinam tenuem proiongati, brèves. Bractea ovato-acuta, 

 alba, pubescens, bracteolis longior et latior, pedicello brevior. Flores rosei, parvi. 

 Sepala angusta, elongata, tubiim corollae aequantia vel superantia pilosa. Alae 

 oblongsB subfalcataB, leviter apiculat.e, nervis repetite dichotomis liberis venosœ, 

 quam carina paulo longiores. Garin;« unguiculum lineare limbo cucullato fere duplo 



