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of his deadly rifle. Among those which skirt the Bay of Matagorda, 

 and extend in the vicinity of Victoria, Gonzales, and Seguin, M. Tre- 

 cul discovered an ample variety of Composite ; of Graminese, more 

 especially those belonging to the generse Poa, Spartinci, Dactyloc- 

 tenium ; Cyperacese, Euphorbias, Cucumbers, and Gourds. From the 



VEGETABLE LIFE IN TEXAS. 



1. Nelumbium calophyllum. 



2. Sarracenia purpurea. 



3. Eriocaulon flavidulum. 



4. Lauras sassafras. 



Texan Prairies our European gardeners have of late years received a 

 Graminea of the genus Panicum, the Black Mosquito Grass, which 

 by its long creeping rhizomes may be employed with undoubted suc- 

 cess to arrest the inland movement of the Dunes and shifting sandy 

 shores. The yellow water-lily (Nupha/r lutea) spreads its fine leaves 

 on the surface of the Texan streams, in beautiful companionship with 



