88 



CONTKIHUTIONS FROM TIIK NATIONAL HKKHAIilUM. 



With spn'iulin^ linmclu's, ;'. to (I dm. Iii«,'li; imihcis mon'ditiusc thiin 

 ill S. fclilii(ifi(.s^ 1111(1 iisuiilly with ft'wrr niys; Tniit tulxM-cuhitc, iihout 

 1 iiini. loiij;, with rather hroiid coiiimi.s.sun' siiid soiiicwhat. proniiiieiit 

 rilw. 



TyiM' hx'iility not jjivcii, hut pivsunmhly in tho ('lU'olinas. 



North Carolina to Fhirida. west to 'IVxas and Kansas. 



Sjtfrliiii'iix >:niiiiiintl : 



Fi.ouida: (Ikiihiiiiii ; Ililicniiii, Pniihii, ^tiinli, lS()il; ucnr .rucksonvillf, Cnrlli^n, 

 ill IST'i; ("('(lar Keys, fiurlur, April, isTfi; I'lii.^l l-'luiiiia, Muri/ ( '. RiiimthlK, 

 April, 1S7(>; Ihivai County, Fndliolni, March ;!0, IH}))}; iirar JackHinivill*', 

 Cid-tixx 4:V,\H, 4»)(«>, Ai.rii, IWt.S and IWM; Kiintis, Lalvc Connty, NaxI, 'Am, 

 A|)ril 1-1.'». 1S!M. 



Mississippi: Oit'an S|»rin>jH, Ihirii, April 10, ISllO. 



Akk.vnhas: Fort Suiitli, liitjchur, in 18r»:i-54. 



Kansas: ^laniiattan, Kilt-y Comity, Killcrimtn. 



Indian Tiouuitouy: Sapulpa, /.'/(n/* ISo, .Tuiit' lit, is»t4. 



Oklahoma: He/ 1/7// H»l>. 



Tkxas: Houston, Jlnll '24S), \],r\\ IS, 1S72; Dallas, /{nrrrhnn ;!f)7, .'{70, Alay, 187it 

 ami ISHO; Tom (irivn County, Turnh/. May, ISHO; Korr County, Jtn'kr 

 177:i, May 14-21, 1894; In<lustry, Wiirzhnr, iii ISOf). 



Nkw Mkxuo: Las Vt'pis, Dcury, Juiu' 24, 1801. 



2. Spurmolepis echinatus (Nutt.) Hclh'r. Contr. TI(mIi. Franklin & 

 Ahirshall Coll. 1 : 8. Lsj>r>. 



Lriilonnilix .i-hiinitiix Nutt. in DC. I'rodr. 4: 107. ISItO. 

 Allium ichiiniliini Watson, Uilil. Inilcx 412. 1S7S. 



L()W<M-, 1 to 'A dm. hioh, and not so ditliiso; fruit cchinatc with 

 .sprcadinj; hooked bristles with swollen tidiereidiite ha.ses, about 1 mm. 

 lonjf, with rather narrow eommi.ssurc and oli,solet(> ribs. 



'V\\yo locality, "Red River" [Arkansas] ; colh'eted by XnftdJI,' ty])e 

 («)r duidieate) in Hei-b. Philad. Acad. 



From Alaliama to southern Ciilifornia, and (>xteiidino; into Mexico. 



Si>ccimnix (.ritniliit'd: 



Mi.ssis,siiM'i: IVtit lioiH Island, Tmeii 402(), May 8, 1898. 



Indian Tkkritoky: Palmer l4H(i, in 18t)8; Sapulpa, Bnxh 188, June 10, 1804. 



Texas: AVestern Texas, ]Vn;/ht 1384, in 18.')2; Austin, ir<ill 251, May 17, 1872; 



Dallas, Jii'irirhoii :?<)8, April, 1870 and 1881; (Jillespie County, Jeniiif 142; 



Nueces County, Ifeller 1520, 1561, April :{-12, 1894. 

 New I^Iexk'o: Carrizallilo ^lonntains, }f<'nnix ',i7, April 20, 1802. 

 Akizona: Tucson, Toiimn/ 105, March 2<), 1892. 

 (\\i.ifohnia: Oakland Hills, Ijiiiimon, in 1889. 



For L<')tt<»<'OKl!n Imi'iiils Nutt. see under Apuotfrnm. 



9.2. AMMOSELINUM Torr. & Gray Pacif. li. Rei). 2* : 105. 18.55. 



Calyx teeth obnolete. Fruit flattened laterally, ovate to ovtite-olilone . 

 Carpel with prominent eciiial more or le.s.s .scabrous ribs; laterals closely 

 contijj^uous to those of the other carpel, forming apparently a sinjjlc 

 broad rib; pericarp cxeeediugly hard, composed almost entirely of 



