VI 



PLANT^ 'WRIGHTIAN.E. 



53 



bus (8-12 lin. longis.) — Stony soil, between tlie copper mines, Ncw Mexico, and 



We 



Cliiricaliui Mount 



Texas ; July 



3; Sept 

 (1367.) 



(10-43.) Also betwecn tlie Lcona and Eio P 



Stems 



ht 



foot 



or more 



thick woody caudex. Pods 2-3 or 



hig 



ilky 



fr 



a 



from the middle to the base,but not truly stipitate. — Engelmann dcscribed 



the species from Gregg's stuntcd specimens : these 



from New Mexico 



more silky-pubesce 



so 



distinct from C. eriophylla, Be 



well-developed ones ; those 

 I fear tlie species is hardly 



C^ conf; 



Western T 



Benth. in Pl. Wright. 



Limcstone hills near the San Pedro 



3xas; July 

 C. HUMiLis, Benth. 



(1368.) 

 Lotid. Joiir, Bot. 5. » 



C. herb 



E 



in Pl 



Fendl. j). 39 ; Grai/, Pl. Wright. p. 63. Hill-sides of the Limpio, and westward 



June 



Also at the coDDer mines 



Santa Cruz. Sono 



Sept 



The stems are herbaceous neaiiy to the base, at most a span hiffh, fr 



(1044.) 



very long and ho 



The pubesc 



either copious 



rly 



Pinna3 3-6 pair 



2 inches long 



or at length 

 Most of the capitala 



pedUncles of about an inch in lcngth, while others are sessile or ncaiiy so. 



The very young pods are hirsute ; the mature ones hirs 

 valves coriaceo-membranaceous. with verv thick marffins 



puberulent or glabrate 

 ' Stamens nale rcd." 



C. EETICULATA (sp. UOV.) I pi 



mox 



g\ah 



caulibus spithama^is difFusis 



ma 



foliolis 4 



^nalignesccnte; stipulis ovatis nervosis; pinnis 1 - 3-jugis ; 

 ■jugis ovalibus obtusissimis obliquis 3 - 5-iierviis laxe reticulatis supra 

 is ; pedunculis petiolo communi suba;quilongis ; calyce ad medium fere 



fido hir 



corolla glab 



membranaceo-conaceis margini 



New Mexico ; Aug. 



same low and neaiiv herbaceous stems fr 



(1045.) 



dimidio breviore ; legumine glabello, valvulis 



Stony hills at the copper mines, 

 Manifestly related to the foregoing, and with the 



o 



hich 



feet long 



pinnae (1 to 2 2 inches long) 



than 



leaflcts are frora 3 to 5 lines long 



conspicuously 



cd and 



and the calyx is fully half the length of the 



Sti 



pules rigid, 2 lines long, ovate, or the uppermost oblon 



i 



pink," exserted 3 or 4 



Immature legumes as in C. humilis 



Leu 



BentJi. in Pl. Wright. p. 64. Pebbly banks of the Rio Frio 



Texas, and west to the Limpio, May, June 

 from the root. 4-6 feet high." 



(1046.) 



c; 



Stems much branclied 



ACACIA Wk 



Los Moros* Te 



3 



Ben th 



im) 



Pl. Wright. p. 64. Pr 



of the Eio Fi 



to 



A spreading bush, 4 to 10 feet high 



A. Greggii, Gray, Pl. Wright. 



Hills of Live Oak Creek. Western Texas 



May 



Also between Yan Horne's Wells and the Rio Grande ; June 



1048 



A. CouLTERi, Bentk in Pl. Wright. p. QQ. Prairies betwcen Piedra Pinta Creek 



and Los Mor 



July 



(1369.) 



The spcffimens 



flower, with a sinirle 



T 



shriib 



pod of the preceding year. 



branches are amicd with a few minute pricl 



densely-flowcred spikes are oblong or cylindrical 



said to be f 



4 to 



fcet hiirh : the 



& 



The pinniE are 5 



6p 



The 



inch iu length 



PL. WR. 



8. 



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