Con/FKR AND R(»SK— NoUTH AMKKICAN UMUKLLIKKKAK. .'U 



wcrs m 

 one of 

 Fkj. l>. 



?xon 30 

 rceping 

 ish; the 

 ipit'uous 



ka, Ciirtiss 

 iir Kustis, 



, 1898. 

 87'J; near 

 an forms, 



88. 



n nither 

 lit some- 



l(\ Fla.; 

 iupluate 



17iU. 



1 narrow 

 jt'.sceiu'e. 



i 



1 



l''l(i. ;!. — Bowlcsiii sriitciitrioimlis: rr, />, xK. 



('ar|u'l tiM'yid. tM'coiniiii,'' depressed on the l»aek. with neither ribs nor 

 oil tidnvs: the whoh' d<»rsal reyion inlhited. the seed eavity lu'ine- on 

 the coniinissural si(h' of the carpel section. Svi'd fattened (hnsally; 

 the face and hack, phme or convex. 



Sh'nder hranchinj'- annuals, with stellate piil)esccnc(\ opposite siniple 

 (lolled) leaves, scarious la- t'rate stipules, and simple few-tlowered 

 unihels of white flowers on axillary pedunch's. 



Type species, li. /Kilninhi Kui/ iSi l*a\(>n. V\. I'eruv. 3::.'>«. pi. -j;")!. 



ISO'J. 



A jfeiMis of ahout !'<• species, chi(>lly South .\nierican. 



( tiir Kciiciic ciiaractcfs arc ilrawii cliiclly fmin one own siircics, ami ilu nut ciilircly 

 ai'|il.\ to all tilt' Sniitli Aincrii'an forms. 



1. Bowlesia septentrionalis ('. iVi \{.. sp. nov. Fk;, W. 



Weiik, .') cm. to 15 or (>ven ti 

 dm. lono'. dichotomously hriinch- 

 ino-; l(>aves thin cordate to reni- 

 form. l."> to 15 cm. ttroiui, '.) to 

 5 l(»l)ed (lobes entire or toothed), 

 on loiiy. slender petioles: mn- 

 hels 1 to 4 Howered. on shoi't 

 pedimcles; fruit iitiout '1 mm. 

 lonjr, sessile or nciirly so. 



Type loc'ility, near Tucson, .Vri/ontr. collected l>y Mi/rth Ziich\ Mtiy 

 1(5, 1S9(;; type in V. S. Nat. Herb. 



From Texas to southern C'alifonua iind Jiorth to the Sacnuuento 

 Valley. 



■Spi I'lini'iis i:iiiiiii)i('<l: 



Tkxas: Mix. noiind. Snrr. 4\0; near Austin, /A*//, May IS, 1S7L'; ncarC ialvcston, 

 Jdor, April, 1877; San Antonio, /fanird, March, I.S84; lioimd Kock, lind'ni, 

 .Tannary, 18!)0; Austin, Bodhi, in 18(»1; Cnri.ns Christi, //</Ar 14!t:{, .March 

 2a-S0, 1894. 

 Akizoxa: Vorde Mesa, Smart I'JS, in 18(>7; hanks of the Uiliita, Pringlv, Ajtril 

 10, 1881; Tucson, I'<iri>'li, April, 1S84; same station, Toiinifi/ 19.'5, April 12, 

 1892; type specimens as cited under tyjie locality. 

 (!ai.ikouxia: ^lonterey, .l/cc BoiiihI. Snrr., in hSfiO; near Fort Tejon, X'diiliis (le 

 ]'rxi'i/, in 18r)7-ri8; Bn/a)i'l('r W.V.^, in hStiti, IImnl)nldt, Ki'lloi/ijii- Jlarjoril'J^T, 

 in 18t)8-()9; San DicKo, Jours 80(15, March 14, 1882; Santa Monica, //o.s.sv, 

 -Vpril, 1891; ("aliente, Ivern County, liniinli'ijir, \\m\ 4; Drytown, Ama- 

 dor County, Ifiitixcii ITidl, April 8, 189(); near San .lacinto, Lilhcnj S221, 

 April 1, 1898. 

 Urhan, in Flmu lirdsilictisix, states that the ahove forms are not />'. luhahi Ruiz & 

 I'avoii, as they have long ))eeu called, hut refers them to li. trncrd Spreng., which he 

 makes a variety of B. Incittt'i Ruiz it I'avon. In many ways our })lants seem nearer 

 to B. inirra Spreng. than to any other described species, hut that is a Brazilian form. 

 They were taken by Nuttall to represent a good species, and are so lal)eled in the 

 riiilailelphia Academy, lait liis name is not now tenable. 



