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subfequantibus ; floribus (fiavis) brevissime pedunculatis folio brevioribus ; carpeUif 

 5 pubescentibus membranaceis turgidis apice inter rostra brevia moUia demum bi 

 valvibus ; semine globoso. — In subsaline soil, Texas, about thirty-five miles north- 

 east of Eagle Pass, on the Rio Grande ; September. — A well-marked, low, procum- 



bent species, in foliage and habit not unlike a Hermannia 



The soft, downy leaT 



nly about half an inch in length and breadth, on petioles of three or four hnes 

 long ; the flowers are soUtary, or often clustered in the axils, and sometimes scarce- 

 ly exceed the petioles. The yellow corolla is twice the length of the calyx, and is 

 half an inch in diameter when expanded. 



The ovate carpels are membr 

 slightly inflated; the seed is proportionally large and spherical, as in Abutilon, 



Gray, PL Lindh. 2.^. 165. adnot 

 caule erecto gracili herbaceo e radice 



th the micropyle some-v 

 49. S. FiLiPEs: furfur 



perenni; foliis brevissime petiolatis lanceolatis basi cord 



siusculis supra velutino 

 fulvis vel ferru 



subtus ramuUsquc 



um 



ato-serratis obtu- 

 tomentosis nunc 

 luncuUs unifloris 



iVio vcj. icii uiiiiicAo , oi/i.jji.ii.1.0 o^^ijttv.^-iij ^v-v...w*-.."^-. ^—-^ 7 i: 



piUaribus (2-3-polUcaribus) foUis longioribus paulo sub flore pendul 



calycem 



7 reticulato-rugosis 



superne pubescentibus dorso canaUculatis bivalvibus. Gray, Pl Lindh. 2. p. 164. 

 adnot. — HiUs of Turkey Creek, near Austin, Texas. Very ncar, I fcar, to S. ve- 



nusta, Schlecht, from Mexico. 



50. S. LONGiPES (sp. nov.): pubero-scabreUa ; caule graciU stricto e radice Ugnes- 

 cente ; tubercuUs infrafoUaribus nuUis ; foUis Uncaribus imisve lanceolatis longiuscule 

 petiolatis utrinque obtusis superioribus crebre serratis, serraturis juniorum glandu- 



losis ; stipulis setaceis petiolo muUum b 



peduncuUs soUtariis elong 



fructiferis folia ter-quaterve superantib 



longio 

 Creek 



peUis 10 acutis erostratis omnino muticis 



plo 

 Prairies of Live Oak 



mostly in fruit 



Stem 



high 



Lea\ 



U 



ches 



lon^, one or two Unes wide, or the lower 6 or 8 Unes wide, and only repand 



tly puberulent beneath 



of the lower ones half the length of 



the blade. Fructiferous peduncles 3-6 inches long 



Flowers as lar 



of S. Lindheimeri. Carpels nearly smooth on the back, obtusely somewhat 



pointed at the apex, but not at aU 



bimucronate, dorsally de- 



hiscent at the apex. — This is probably the same as No. 830 of CouUefs Mexican 



on, from Zimapan, and I think I have seen it in other coUections from that re- 

 I had supposed it might be S. Uncaris, Cav. ; but the short peduncles, smaU 

 - and sninose tubercle under the leaves, which that species is represented to 



gion. 

 flowers , 

 have, point 



plant Uke S 



o 



ustifoUa, Lam.* only with mor 



* S. heterocarpa, Engelm. m Pl. Lindh. 2. p. 163 (note), is tbls cosmopollte S. angustifolla, Lam.{S. 



minor 



McFadyen in herh. Hook 



of S. spinosa. The avvns or cusps of the carpels vary much in length. 



Nutt 



ta, Burm., DC. ; a species now widely scattered over the warmcr parts of the world. Varieties of it (S. 



& Gray 



with smooth and even, biaristate carpels. 



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The S. carpinifolia is a related but distinct species 



