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present only on the lower part, sometimes near the upper end, and 

 occasionally most marked in the middle; the first two or three 

 pairs oblong, on rather short, margined petioles, the others sessile, 

 becoming shorter and broader as they ascend the stem, the upper 

 pair especially, which are usually ovate lanceolate and clasping ; in- 

 florescence glandular puberulent and viscid ; peduncles slender, less 

 than an inch in length, usually three flowered ; pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx as a rule ; calyx equalling or slightly exceeding the slen- 

 der tube, the slender, oblong or lanceolate lobes glandular ciliate ; 

 flowers bright rose-purple, paler inside and marked with dark 

 stripes, an inch or more in length, gradually dilated, the lobes 

 spreading ; sterile filament smooth, slightly dilated at the tip. 

 Some leaf forms of this striking plant are much like those of the plant 

 referred to P. Cobaea, but are thinner, dark green and shining; be- ides, 

 the flowers are more slender and longer. The color of the flowers is 

 much like that of the beautiful P. Smallii of the Carolina mountains. 

 It was found only along the summit of one hill northeast of Kerrville, 

 altitude 2000 feet, an elevation not reaches by the two other species. 

 April 26 (1654). 



CONOBEA Aubl. PI. Guian. 2 : 639, /. 258 (1775). 

 Conobea multifida (Michx.) Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 391 (1846). 



Capraria multifida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 22, /. J5 (1803). 

 In moist, sandy ground, right bank of the Guadalupe, at Kerrville, alti- 

 tude 1600 feet; plentiful. 



July 2 (1926) ; type locality, Tennessee and Illinois. 



MONNIERA P. Br. Civ. & Nat. Hist. Jam. 269, /. 28, f. j (1755). 

 Monniera- Monniera (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 292 (1894). 

 Gratiola Monniera L. Cent. PI. 2 : (1756). 

 Limosella calycina Forsk. Fl. JEg. Arab. 112 (1775). 

 Herpestis cuneifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 418 (1814). 

 Herpestis Monniera H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 2: 366 (1817). 

 Monniera calycina Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 462 (1891). 

 Along the beach at Corpus Christi in wet sand, growing in thick mats. 

 June 5 (1823). 



Monniera procumbens (Mill.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 463 (1891). 

 Erinus procumbens Mill. Diet. (1768). 

 Herpestis chamaedryoides Benth. 

 Scattered about Corpus Christi in rich ground, sea level to 40 feet ; 



