
BOSTON So 
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
VOLUME VI.—NO. I. 
Art. I1.— Puantz Linpueimeriane, Part II. An Account 
of a Collection of Plants made by F. Lixpuemer in the 
Western part of Texas, in the Years 1845 —6, and 1847 —8, 
with Critical Remarks, Descriptions of new Species, &c. 
By Asa Gray, M. D. 
- [The numbers follow on from the end of the former collection, as published in 
Vol. V. of this Journal, through the collection of 1845-6, and thence to the later 
collection. Those inclosed in ( ) belong to the collection of 1847-8; for greater 
convenience in describing them, they are here intercalated. The few numbers in 
brackets below 319 belong to species which occurred in the former distribution. 
Those marked with aj in place of a number have not been distributed at all. The 
orders elaborated by Dr. Engelmann have his name affixed to that of the Order. ] 
RANUNCULACEZ. 
319. Cuematis Drummonnu, Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1. p. 9. 
Dry prairies, Comale Spring, &c. June. Cultivated in the 
Cambridge Botanic Garden, from Texan seeds, this plant 
climbs extensively, but does not show its blossoms until Octo- 
ber. The calyx is yellowish green, tinged with purple. 
320. Ranuncutus repens, Linn. var. MACRANTHUS: pe- 
talis 7-16; caulibus petiolisque villosissimis. R. macran- 
thus, Scheele in Linnea, 21, p. 585. Sparsely on high, 
rocky plains, and in patches on damp Muskit (Algarobia) 
flats, New Braunfels. March.— Mr. Wright has specimens 
JOURNAL B, S. N. H. 19 JAN. 1850. 


