206 Dr. B. Dowler on Viviparous Fish in Louisiana. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 



111. So. Am. PI 

 Sarracha jaltomata, Schl. (Witheringia id.)... ii. 16 

 allogona, Schl. 



dentata, R. Sf P. 



viscosa, Schr. ... 



ciliata, nob 



propinqua, nob. 



diffusa, nob 



laxa, nob 



auriculata, nob. 



18. conspersa, nob. 



19. glabrata, nob. 



20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 

 7. 

 8. 

 9. 

 10. 



acutifolia, nob „ 



vestita, nob „ 



glandulosa, nob „ 



Miersii, Dun. (S. diffusa, nob. bis) 



Poecilochroma punctatum, nob 



frondosum, nob 



guttatum, nob 



maculatum, nob 



Lobbianum, nob 



Lindenianum, nob 



Quitoense, nob 



Boisseri, Dun 



Funkiaua, Dun 



Sellowiana, nob. (Witheringia id., Sendt.) 



111. So. Am. PI. 



ii. 16 



.... ii. 16 



.... n. 16 



.... ii. 16 



.... ii. 17 



.... ii. 17 



.... ii. 18 



.... ii. 18 



.... ii. 19 



.... ii. 19 



.... ii. 19 



.... ii. 20 



.... ii. 20 



... ii. 22 



111. So. Am. PL 

 153 

 154 

 155 

 156 

 157 

 157 

 157 



DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. 432 

 xiii. 432 

 xiii. 432 

 xiii. 433 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 683 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 

 xiii. 684 

 xui. 684 



DC. Prodr. 



xiii. 495 

 xiii. 495 

 .xiii. 495 

 xiii. 495 

 xiii. 496 

 xiii. 496 

 xiii. 496 

 xiii. 495 

 xiu. 687 

 iii. 403 



DC. Prodr. 



1. Witheringia picta, iVor^ 



ii. 5 (Athenaa id., Sendt.) . xiii. 458 



2. pogogena, Mo6 ii. 5 „ „ ... xiii. 459 



3. micrantha, nob ii. 5 „ „ ... xiii. 460 



4. Schottiana, no6 ii. 5 „ „ ... xiii. 461 



6. Pohliana, nob ii. 5 „ „ ... xiii. 461 



6. Martiana, no6 ii. 6 „ „ ... xui. 462 



7. hirsuta, ?io6 ii. 6 „ „ ... xiii. 463 



8. anonacea., 7iob ii. 6 „ „ ... xiii. 463 



The seven new species of Witheringia from Chile enumerated 

 by Remy (Walp. Ann. iii. 160) do not appear to belong to this 

 genus: the four last seem related to Solanum tuberiferum, Dun. 

 (olim WitJieringia montana, Dun., Solatium montanum, R. & P.), 

 but the floral characters there given are not sufficient to deter- 

 mine their true place. 



XVIII. — On the Discovery of Viviparous Fish in Louisiana^. 

 By B. Dowler, M.D. 

 In the month of October 1854, through the politeness of 

 J. C. B. Harvey, M.D., of Tchoupitoulas Street, I received a 

 small osseous fish, caught in the New Orleans Canal, which 

 connects the city with Lake Pontchartrain. This fish had been 

 placed in a basket containing crabs, one of which wounded it 

 slightly in the abdomen near the cloaca, thereby exposing 

 * From Silliman's Journal for Jan. 1855. 



