NYCTAGINACEAE. 



ALLIONIA Loefl. Iter Hisp. 181 (1758). 

 [OxYBAPHUsL'Her; Willd. Sp. PI. i: 185 (i797)-] 



Allionia albida Walt. Fl. Car. 84 (1788). 



Calymenia albida Nutt. Gen. i: 26(1818).- 

 Oxybaphus albidus Choisy in DC. Prodr. 13 : Part 2, 433 (1849). 

 Occurring on the grassy plateau along Corpus Christi Bay, in rich 

 black land ; altitude 35 feet. 



April 9 (1545) ; type locality, Carolina. 

 Allionia nyctaginea Michx. FL Bor. Am. i : 100 (1803). 

 Calymenia nyctaginea Nutt. Gen. i: 26 (1818). 

 Oxybaphus nyctagineus Sweet, Hort. Brit. 429 (1830). 

 On the left bank of Town Creek, at Kerrville, in rich shaded ground, 

 altitude 1625 feet. 



May 17 (1757); type locality, "ad ripas fluminis Tennessee." 



MIRABILIS L. Sp. PI. 177 (1753). 



Mirabilis Jalapa L. Sp. PL 177 (1753). 



Two or three large spreading plants were growing on the bluff along 

 the Guadalupe at Kerrville. Flowers rose color. 



June 18 (1881); type locality, India. 



BOERHAVIA L. Sp. PL 3 (1753). 



Boerhavia linearifolia A. Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 15 : 322 (1853). 



Found sparingly in gravel on the right bank of the Guadalupe at Kerr- 

 ville, altitude 1600 feet. 



June 13 (1849); type locality, W. Texas. 



Boerhavia obtusifolia Lam. 111. i : 10 (1791). 



Boerhavia viscosa Lag. & Rodr. Anal. Cienc. Nat. 4: 256, No. 12 



(1801). 



Boerhavia patula Domb. ; Lag. Enum. i : 287 (1805). 

 Open ground at Corpus Christi, where it is plentiful ; altitude, sea 

 level. Flat on the ground, except the ends of the branches, which are 

 slightly ascending. The small flowers are dark rose purple in color. 

 Pena, Duval county, seems to have been its previous eastern limit. 

 May 29 (1792); type locality, Central America. 



