60 PLANTE FENDLERIANZ. 
mens, which Mr. Bentham and others state that they cannot distinguish from the A. 
Oxycedri of the Old World. 
CAPRIFOLIACEZ. 
7284. Sympnoricarpus vutecaris, Michr. Pawnee Fork bottom. — Var. foliis in- 
cisis v. pinnatifidis. Santa Fé Creek. 
f2e5. S. occwentauis, R. Br.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p.4. Poti Creek, between 
Bent’s Fort and Santa Fé. 
286. Sampucus pusens, Michx. Margin of Santa Fé Creek; June, in flower. 
RUBIACEZ. 
287. Gatium BorEALE, Linn. Shady banks of Santa Fé Creek; June, July. 
288. G, Fenpieri (sp. nov.): perenne; caulibus e basi sublignosa adsurgentibus 
: gracilibus pube minuta scabrida subcinereis; foliis quaternis linearibus (+ unc. longis) 
acutis uninerviis undique hispidulo-scabridis subcinereis internodio multum brevioribus ; 
pedunculis axillaribus et terminalibus brevibus 3 —7-floris ; floribus pallide luteis breviter 
pedicellatis ; ovario fere glabro (fructu ignoto). Var. 8. superne subglabra ; foliis paulo 
longioribus. — Sunny side of high mountains, valley of Santa Fé Creek ; July, in flower 
only. — Plant 9 to 12 inches high; the leaves and stems more or less cinereous with a 
minute and close scabrous pubescence. ‘This, however, is nearly wanting, except on the 
lower leaves and the main stems, in the var. 8., which is a more developed state, and a 
good deal resembles G. trifidum. The ovary shows a few minute bristly points, so that 
pethaps the fruit is not smooth. The flowers are about as large as in G. trifidum and 
are said by Fendler to be “ pale yellow.” 
289. G. ASPERRIMUM (sp. nov.): annuum? caulibus diffusis angulis retrorsum acule- 
olatis ; foliis omnibus senis lanceolatis basi attenuatis vel inferioribus obovato-lanceolatis 
apice setigero-acuminatis glabris nitidis marginibus carinaque subtus retrorsum aculeolatis 
asperrimis, ramealibus parvis pedunculo multum brevioribus ; cymis paniculatis plurifloris 
trichotomis; petalis albis majusculis; ovario pilis brevibus uncinatis dense tecto (fructu 
ignoto). — Wet places, near irrigating ditches, Santa Fe; June. — Plant in aspect be- 
tween G. Aparine and G. asprellum. The specimens, not yet in fruit, are apparently 
erect, and only 7 to 14 inches high. The lower leaves are three fourths of an inch long, 
but the upper and those of the flowering branches much reduced in size, so that the 
flowers, which are larger than in G. spurium (corolla two lines in diameter; petals 3- 
nerved, ovate, acuminate), form a somewhat naked pyramidal panicle, occupying the 
upper part of the stem. The capillary peduncles are one half to three fourths, the pedi- 
