84 



<;i»N'rKIHrTH>NS V\U)M TIIK nation. \I- llllltHAKinM. 



Fio. M'l. — Miiscninpsis tcxniia: n. It, x 8. 



Icint's. no iiivoliici'f. iinoliKM-ls (»!' few siiimII l»i'at(l<'ts. ami y<'ll<»\v 

 llowns (ill ours). 



'lypc sjM'cics, 'Dtuxr/ila tr.nind (fray. 



A Mcxii-aii <4('iiu.s of uUout 'JO sim'c'u's, oim' i>I' wliidi rca<'lit's 'I'cxas. 



1. Mu8eniop8i8texana((ii-iiy)('. ^^ li.. 

 Rev. N. Am. riiilx'll. |-j:5. isss. 



Fi(i. !<;. 



7)iiisi-liiii lijiiiiiidrny, Iidst. .Iniu'. Nat. 



Hist. 6: 211. 1S,MI i I'l. Lindli. ). 

 Kllliililni.s Ir.iiiiiitx r.cillli. i*t llnok. 



(it'll. I'l. 1: SS;"). |,S(;7. 

 Vildiii li.idiiii l)rii(U' ill iMi^lcr Si 



I'raiitl. Nii(. i'lliiiizt'iil'aiii. 3": Klii. 



1S!»H. 



Acauli'scont: sca])(' 5 to '20 cin. 



hijifli, loiiycr than (ln> leaves, .soine- 



wliat .''icahroiis at base of iiinlicl.s; 



leaves 5 to 7-i)iiiiiate; lower pinna' petiolate, piiiiiately parted: .seo-- 



iiHMits euneit'orni, 3 to H-cleft: iiiiiliel 5 to S-rayed; fruit .') iiiiii. lono-. 



Type" locality, ""western Texas, near Austin^;" collected l»y 



Wr/)//if/ type in Herb. (J ray. 



Ti'xas, and extendiiiji' into Mexico. 



i^/iiciiiiiiis iXdin'lUfd: 



Tk.\.\s: Industry. Wurzlmr, May. 18(15. 



18. BUPLEURUM L. Sp. IM. 1: 2H(). 1753. 



Calyx teeth obsolete. Fruit oblono-, [latteii(>d lat(>rally. with rather 

 l)road coiuniissure. C^ai'pel with e(|ual very sleiuU'i' or pi'oininenl 

 ribs, each with a very small "i'roup of 

 strenti'thenino- cells. Stylopodiuni 

 prominent and Hat. Oil tubes want- 

 iiio-, or continuous at)out the seed cav- 

 ity. Seed face plane or somewhat 

 concave. 



Annuals or perennials, with simple 

 entire clasping- or perfoliate st(>)ii leaves, 

 with or without an involucre, involucels 

 of 5 or more ovate bractlets, and yel- 

 low tlowers, 



First.specics cited, 7i. rotundtfoluiui L. 



A o-roup of GO or more species, all but one bclongini,^ to the OM 



World. 



Tlio genus includes species of verj'^ diverse characters, and the description givea 

 above applies (july to those included in our tiora. 



Fig. 17. — Buplciinim nincricaniini: 



a, xs; h, ;n VI. 



