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spreading, straight or slightly curved, 4-valved, exactly like tbat of an Epilobium ; 

 but tbe seeds are not comose. 



Gaura sinuata, Nutt in DC. Prodr. 3. jp. 44. Valley of tbe Limpio ; May. 



G. suffulta, Engelm. in Pl. Lindh. 2. p. 190. Valley of tbe Pecos; May. 

 Also valley of Coppermine Creek, New Mexico; Aug. (1078.) 



G. viLLOSA, Torr. ; Graij, Pl. Wright. p. 73. Valley of tbe Limpio, in alluvial 

 soil; June. (1079.) 



G. cocciNEA, Nutt., var. Grai/, Pl. Wright. p. 73. Prairies from Zoquete Creek, 

 Texas, to tbe Limpio and tbe Uio Grande near El Paso. (1080.) 



G. PARViFLORA, Dougl. Aloug tbe Eio Grande below El Paso ; Jime. 



Proserpinaca palustris, Linn. Margins of Cbicon or Elm Creek, Western 

 Texas; July. (1378.) 



Myriophyllum heterophyllum, Michx. ; var. foliis emersis parvulis. — Witb tbe 

 preceding. (1379.) — Tbe same as No. 202 of tbe former collection. 



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LOASACE^. 



Mentzelia oligosperma, Nutt. Pass of tbe Cbiricabui Mountains, Sonora; 

 Sept. (1081.) 



M. (Bartonia) multiflora, Niift. ; Grag, Pl. Fendl. p. 48, ^ Pl. Wright. p. 74. 

 Valleys near Eagle Spring, east of tbe Rio Grande ; June. Mountains uear El 

 Paso ; April, in fiower. (1082.) — Petals ocbroleucous, or pale yellow, 7 or 8 

 lines long, opening at evening. 



M. (Trachyphytum) albicaulis, Dongl. ; Gray., Pl. Wrighf. p. 74.' adn. Sides 

 of mountains near El Paso ; April. (1380.) 



Eucnide bartonioides, Zucc. ; Gray, PL Lindh. 2. p. 192. On tbe Rio Blanco, 

 and Guadalupe, Texas. 



Cevallia sinuata, Lagasca. Stony prairies, on San Felipe Creek, and tbe 

 Limpio; May, June. (1381.) 



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PASSIFLOEACEJE. 



Passiflora tenuiloba, Engehn. in Pl. Lindh. 2. p. 192; Gray, Pl. Wright. p 

 74. Stony prairies, Cbicon Creck to tbe San Pedro. (1083.) 



P. affinis, Engelm. in Pl. Lindh. 2. p. 233. On tbe Sabinal, Western Texas 



July ; in fruit. 



P. inam(ena (sp. nov. § Cieca) : berbacea, pilis bamatis birsuto-pubescens ; foliis 



membranaceis basi cordata trinerviis profunde trifidis, lobis ovali-oblongis subser- 

 ratis, lateralibus paullo brevioribus plerumque bilobis seu grosse 2- 3-dcntatis; 

 petiolis apicem versus biglandulosis ; pedicellis solitariis ; bracteolis 2 setaceis ; 

 calyce quinquepartito viridulo. — Sides of mountains near Santa Cruz, Sonora ; Sept. 

 (1084.) — " Climbing among rocks, one or two feet bigb." Leavcs 2 or 3 inches in 

 diameter, vcry tbin, rougbisb-pubesccnt ; tbe terminal lobe narrowed at tbe base. 

 Stipules lunate, acuminate. Tendrils axillary, simple. Lobes of tbe calyx about 

 balf an incb in lcnj^ftb, triangular-lanceoLate. Berry ovoid, an inch and a balf 



lengtb ; tbe stip 



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