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PLA^^T^ WRIGHTIAN.E. 



YI. 



ompty 

 which 



imflcrneath, separated by 



contains 



albumen 



firm partition from the 

 forming embryo. 



th a tapering base 



reduced to this base, the lamina bein 

 '6 nearly 3 lines in length, about thr 



t> 



ro. The leaves are 2 to 4 

 ; on many of the branches 

 )ortive. The narrow, strap-shaped 

 the length of the very obtuse and 



ghtly scarious-margined lobcs of the calyx ; they are inserted by a narrow base 



SAPINDACEtE. 



XJisGNADiA spEciosA, Encll. / Gva)/, Pl. Wright p. 38 

 Mountains, New Mexico ; April, in floAver. 



Ravines of the Org 



This has not before been found 



of the Rio IS" 



MALPIGHTACE^. 



GALriiiMiA LixiFOLiA, Grai/, Gen. III. 2. p. 196. t 173, of PL Wright p. 36. 

 From the Sabinal to the San Pedro, Texas ; May. (930.) 



AsPiCARPA HYSsoPiFOLiA, Gray, Pl Lindh. 2. p. 167, Sf Pl. Wright p. 36. 

 Stony prairies, Chicon Creek, Western Texas, May ; and on the San Pedro, July. 

 (931.) 



A. LoxGiPES, Gray^ Pl Wright p. 37. Crevices of rocks, Wild Rose Pass, val- 

 ley of the Limpio ; June. Also, mountain valleys near Santa Cruz, Sonora ; Sept. 



(93 



2 



In the later specimens, both carpels of the apetalous flowers often ripen 



Ja>'usia gracilis, Grai/, Pl. Wright p. 37. Mountains, Guadalupe Pass, and 

 heads of the Aqua Prieta, east of Santa Cruz, Sonora ; Sept. ' (933.) — Some pe- 

 taliferous flowers occur, which accord with the generic character. The petals are 

 yellow, with a rounded and nearly entire lamina, raised on a slender claw. Eertile 

 stamens 2 or 3. 



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Polygala 



POLYGALACEiE. 



Nutt ; Gray, Pt Wright p. 38. Valley of Live Oak Creek 



1 



Texas ; May, — A specimen or two of an abbreviated form occurs in the 

 fiom Sonora. 



P. SCOPA 



GuadaluDe 



B.K. 



Gray, Pl Wright p: 38. Mountains 



Pass, Sonora; Oct. Also mountains near El Paso 



April 



Stems rather taller and more branched above than in No. 100 of Wright's foi 

 collection. 



(934.) 



P. MACRADEJNiA, Gray, Pt Wrigh 

 Stony hills near El Paso ; March, May 



Hills of Live Oak Creek, Texas ; May 

 (1348.) 



Hill-sides on 



P. LixDHELMERi, Gray, Pt Lindh. 2. p. 110, §• Pt Wright t c. 



the Limpio, San Pedro, and Comanche Spring, Western Texas ; May, June. (1349.) 

 P. ovatifolia, Gray, Pt Wright p. 39. Elm Creek, Western Texas, to the San 

 Pedro; May. (935.) ^ 



P. puberula, Grag, Pt Wright p. 40. Stony ridges, and in the alluvion at their 



■^ base 

 July 



on the Pecos; May. (936.) Also near the coppcr mincs, New Mexico 



e. 



