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or ovate lanceolate, barely half the length of the calyx ; calyx-teeth 

 oblong-lanceolate, equalling the tube of the corolla ; corolla small, 

 yellowish white, its lobes ovate or triangular-lanceolate, pubescent 

 externally, especially at the tip, with white silky hairs; stamens and 

 styles exserted ; upper part of ovary pubescent with white silky 

 hairs. 



A handsome little plant, remarkable for its absence of proper leaves. 

 Ashy in color, due to the scale-like covering and pubescence on the 

 stems. Found on the "Flats" at Corpus Christi, on the east side of 

 the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad, a short distance beyond the 

 freight station. In March, when the plants were only an inch or two 

 high, they were found infested with a fungus, &cidium Cressae. 

 May 31 (1811). 



CUSCUTACEAE. 



CUSCUTA L. Sp. PI. 124 (1753). 

 Cuscuta arvensis Beyrich; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 77 (1834), as 



synonym. 



In sand on the beach at the Oso, on Lycium Carolinianum, Lepidium 

 Virginicum, and other low plants, growing in a thick, tangled mass. 



April 12 (1549), type locality, "N. W. America." 



POLEMONIACEAE. 



PHLOX L. Sp. PL 151 (1753). 

 Phlox Drummondii Hook. Bot. Mag. /. 3441 (18 ). 



In rich soil about Kerrville, especially in damp places. A plant col- 

 lected in sand along Nueces Bay, called P. Drummondii villosissima is 

 apparently only a form of the species. When growing directly in the 

 sand it was weak procumbent, with stems almost two feet long and viscid 

 pubescent, but plants growing only a few feet distant in sod were erect, 

 only three or four inches high and much less pubescent (1435). 



April 24 (1641). 



GILIA R. & P. Prodr. Fl. Per. 25, /. 4 (1794)- 

 Gilia rubra (L.). 



Poiemonmm rubrum L. Sp. PL 163 (1753). 



Cantua coronopifolia Willd. Sp. PL 1 : 879 (1798). 



Gilia coronopifolia Pers. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. /. 1691 ( ). 



