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138 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
late or obovate, often incisely pinnatifid, always conspicuously 
toothed, often more or less auriculate at the base; flowers at 
first yellow, apparent- 
ly turning purplish on 
withering; petals 6-10 
mm. long, broad; fila- 
ments gradually dilat- 
ed at the base; fruiting 
inflorescence elongat- 
ed, open; pedicels 
slender, about 2 cm. 
long, recurved; pods 
pendent, sessile, decid- 
edly flattened contrary 
RELA puse Habit sketch X !4. Tri- to the septum, Annies 
or obovate, 7-9 mm. 
long, with small, stellately branching hairs intermixed with simple 
trichomes often enlarged at the base, young pods conspicuously 
hirsute; styles about 2 mm. long; stigmas conspicuous; septum 
membranous, nerved from apex toward the base, areolae some- 
what tortuous; ovules 10-15 in each cell, funiculi long and 
slender, attached to septum at base; seeds flat, narrowly mar- 
gined. 
Distribution: sonne Texas and No Mexico. 
Specimens examine 
Texas: railroads near Victoria, Victoria ian. April 7, 
1900, Eggert (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); Corpus Christi, March 
5-12, 1894, Heller 1405, in part (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb. and 
U. S. Nat. Herb.) ; shell marl banks along beach, Corpus Christi, 
March 8, 1917, Palmer 11215 (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); open 
ground, Alice, Jim Wells County, March 13, 1917, Palmer 11259 
(Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); Eagle Pass, May, 1883, Havard (U. 8. 
Nat. Herb.); sands, Laredo, March 20, 1903, Reverchon 3719 
(Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); sandy banks of Rio Grande, Webb 
County, April 9, 1901, Eggert (Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb.); Brazos 
Santiagos, 1889, Nealley 147 (U. S. Nat. Herb.). 
Mexico: 
Nuevo Leon: Feb.-Oct., 1880, Palmer 33 (U.S. Nat. Herb.); 
Monterey, March, 1891, Dodge 51 (U. S. Nat. Herb.); Hacienda 
