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55. A. Texense, Torr. 8f G 

 Nuttallii, Torr. 8f Gray ! l c. 



FL 1. p. 231; Gray, Pl Lindh. %p 



A. 



f /. c- Westcrn Texas, comraon. — From original si^ccimcns 

 Hookerian herbarium it is abundantly evident that A. Nuttallii and A, Tex- 



founded upon 



same 



fo 



on caulinc spccimcns 



the latter on fully developcd branches 



just alike in b 



56. A 



(sp. 



) ; pube minuta 



caulib 



radice perenni lignescente diffusis gracilibus supcrne paniculatis ; ramulis patenti- 

 pilosis; foliis parvis (6-12 lin. latis) cordatis dentatis nunc subtrilobis sa^pius ob 

 tusis subtus canescenti 



tomentosis ; pedunculis axilhiribus unifloris 



folio long 



bus 



parvis 



lyce brevi multoties longiore ; carpellis erectis 

 Calcareous hills of the San Felipe and the San 



capsula ovoidca tomentulosa apice breviter 5-loba 



2 - 3-spcrmis 



obtusiusculis muticis 



Julv 



This species 



esembles A. Texense, but it is clothed with a lax tomentose pubes 



branchlets with slender, soft 



the slender stems are diff^use, one 



or two feet long, many arising from the same wood} 

 small, the larger cauline barely an inch in diametc] 



leaves are rcmarkably 



much sm 



the flowers are of 



r, and the numcrous ramea 

 and the carpels are only fi\ 



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Shiittleworth 



58. Svhje 



(Gayoides) crtsfum, Don; Gray^ Gcn. IIL 2. t 126. 

 * Mountains east of the Eio Grande, Ncw Mexico. 



Beloei 



ispa 



ANGUSTiFOLiA, 13. floribus fructibusque minoi 



S 



Torr. 8r Grai/, FL 1. p. 228. Low giounds, near Zacate Creek, July ; and in Tcxas 



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E.io Grande 

 on of 1851. 



The typical foim of this species also occuis in Mr. Wrig 



59. S. iNCANA (Torr. in PL Fendl p. 23): suffruticosa, undique pube minuta ap 



pressissima cano-velutina; caule ; 

 sis obsolcte crenulatis nunc sub 



ufFi 



foliis ovatis subtrilobis obtu- 

 (parvulis) axillaribus confertis 



paniculat 



Elisario, New 



^. 



Sept 



loculis 2 - 3-ovulatis. — Fields 

 (Also Jornada del Muerto, Wi 



Presidio de San 



foliis tiipartitis, segmentis lanceolatis plerumque lobatis. Ojo del Mu 



Nearly allied to No. 60: the flowers about 



fruit 



kno 



wn. 



Stems 2 or 3 feet hig 



Good specimens having come to hand of 



indicated by Dr. Torrey, the characters are here appended.f 



60- S. Fendleri : herbacea, minutum stellato-pubescens, subcinerea ; foliis trilob 



oblongis, infimis cordatis^ lobis incisis dentat 



floribus parvulis axil 



* Beloere, " Genus novum ab Abutilo, cujus typus milii est A. Avicennae, Garin.y distinctum, carpellls 

 vesicariis inter se demum omnino solutis, sed ad columnam centralem ner\'o llbero longe affixis et depen- 

 dentibus, serius caducis." ShuUleicorth, in sched. "Beloere cistiflora, n, sp." (Key West, Rugel)^ which, 

 according to Mr. Shuttleworth, is the Abutilon hirtum, Don. It is apparently too near A. graveolens, 



which is naturalized in Jamaica. 



t Sphxralcea Emoryi {Torr. in Pl Fendl l c.) : suffruticosa, humiHs ; foliis crassiusculis cordato- 

 trilobis triangulatis vel subhastatis supra incanis subtus ramisque furfuraceo-tomcntosis fulvis buUato-veno- 

 sis; pedunculis unifloris; floribus majusculis.; bracteolis involucelli 2-3-fiIiformibus; capsula depresso- 



tiLw^v^oi* L^iiiv.iitv.o«. ^- v^v.v>v. j ..^ , , M. Southem 



New Mexico ? Col Emory. Mexico at Rinconada and Saltillo, Dr. Gregg. 

 tals fully an inch long. Capsule half an inch in diameter. Leaves small. 



rmLs, 



Flowers reddish : the pe- 



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