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PLANT^ WRIGHTIAN-E. 



VI. 



9-speimo inter semina interstlncto. — (Near Monterey, Mexico, Dr. Edwards 



in lierb. Torr.) Valleys in the mountains between the San Peclro and the Sonoita, 

 Sonora (in flo^vcr and witli young fruit); and on hills bet\yeen the Barbocomori 

 and Santa Cruz (with ripe pods); Sept. (963.) — Plant a foot high. Lobes of 

 the calyx elongated-subulate, a little shorter than the corolla, Legumes 2 to 

 2\ inches long, a line and a half wide, straight or nearly so, perfectly glabrous in 

 the spccimens from the first-named locality ; but minutely pubescent in tl 

 The lattcr likewise have smaller leaflets (only half an inch in length) witli 

 mucro, and the soft silky pubescence deciduous, except that 



others. 



!scence deciduous, except that of the margins and 

 midrib. — The genus is a yet unpublished one of Mr. Bentham, equivalent to 

 Tephrosia § Craccoides of De CandoUe, including also T. Caribsea, &c. ; but is 

 ncarer Coursetia than Tephrosia. 



Tephrosia leucaxtha, ILB.K, Nov. Gen. 8f Sj). 6. p, 460. t. 577? Hill-sides 

 between Barbocomori and Santa Cruz^ Sonora; Sept. (964.) — The stems are one 



feet high, from a thickened root, terminated by a sing 



hich 



bears ripe pods only. The foliage, calyx, &c. accord very well with Kunth^s 

 figure. The legumes are widely spreading, ly to 2 inches long, 2 lines wide, linear, 

 straight or nearly so, pointed, thickly clothed with a yellowish villous tomentum. 

 Seeds 8 - 10. The flowers not seen. 



T. LEiocARPA (sp. nov.): caule erecto subsimplici petiolis calycibusque pube 

 minuta appressa cinereis ; stipulis setaceis ; foliolis 8- 10-jugis cum impari lineari- 

 oblongis obtusis mucronatis supra glabris subtus sericeis juventute canescentibus ; 

 pedunculis terminalibus et in axillis summis brevibus plurifloris; calycis lobis 



o 



subulatis tubo longioribus; legumine recto 10-14-spermo glab 



On the Souoita, near Deserted Rancho, Sonora; Sept. (965.) — Stems a foot 

 or more in height, rather slender, very numerous from a thick and lignescent root. 

 Leaflets 9 to 14 lines long, 3 lines wide, often a little narrowed towards the base, 

 thickish. Peduncle, with the rhachis, 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers not seen. Un- 

 ripe pods linear, about 2 inches long, 3 lines wide, flat, very smooth, not stipitate. 



T. TENELLA (sp. nov.): annua, glabella ; caule ramoso spithamseo ; stipulis setaceis ; 

 foliolis 1 - 3-jugis cum impari linearibus obtusis membranaceis subtus (sub lente) 

 parce striguloso-puberulis ; racemis oppositifoliis paucifloris ; pedicellis plerisque 

 geminis paribus reraotis, infimis ad basim pedunculo folio bracteatis ; laciniis calycis 

 subulatis, posticis ad medium coalitis ; staminibus diadelphis ; legumine rectiusculo 

 glabello. — Pebbly beds of mountain torrents, near the San Pedro, Sonora ; Sept. 

 (966.) — Stems slender, branched from the base, erect or diff"use. Leaflets mostly 3 

 or 0, an inch long, U to 3 lines wide, mucronate, thin, green both sides, the straight 

 veins not conspicuous underneath. Peduncle 3-5 inches long, with'an internode of 

 one to three inches between the lowest pair of pedicels (which are as if axillary) 

 and the next pair. Bracts minute. Flowers 3 lines long, simple. Legume spread- 

 ing, 12 to 16 lines long, 2 lines wide, 6 - 7-seeded. 



Glycirrhiza LEriDOTA, Niitt ; Graj/, PL Wright p. 50. G. glutinosa, Nutt 

 Along the Eio Grande above and below El Paso. Also on the Mimbrcs; July, 

 Aug. (96T.) 



