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distribution. Thickets, New Braunfels, &c. February. D. 
Reemeriana, Scheele in Linnea, 21, p. 583, would seem to be 
cultivated specimens, the silicles are considerably larger. The stipe is sometimes 
almost as long as the pod; sometimes scarcely half that length. 
10. V. Gorponi (sp. nov.): tomentuloso-canescens; caulibus diffusis ; foliis sub- 
integerrimis, infimis. subspathulatis, superioribus lanceolatis vel linearibus; racemo 
fructifero laxo; pedicellis brevibus patentibus ; silicula glabra breviter stipitata stylo 
subduplo longiore. — On the Canadian, in the Raton Mountains, Mr. Gordon, 
(communicated by Dr Engelmann.) April; in flower and fruit. — This is, perhaps, a 
perennial species, but the root appears more like that of a biennial. The plant is sil- 
very-hoary, with a stellate pubescence; except the pods, which are very smooth, and 
two lines in diameter. Flowers not larger than those of V. gracilis, more crowded. 
The unripe seeds are not at all margined. 
££ Floribus albidis ; siliculis nutantibus. 
11. V. patina (Torr. § Gr. Fl. 1. p. 668, Suppl.): pube minuta lepidoto-stellata sub- 
cinerea ; caulibus adscendentibus ramosis ; foliis oblongis plerisque laciniato-dentatis 
basi attenuatis, radicalibus sublyratis ; racemo laxifloro; pedicellis fructiferis recurvis ; 
silicula globosa glabra leviter stipitata stylo tertia parte longiore.— V. grandiflora 
B. pallida, Torr. § Gr. Ll. c. p. 101. — The corolla is said, by Dr. Leavenworth (who 
alone has met with this plant) to be “‘ white.” 
§2. Perennes (Argentee seu incane.) 
* Seminibus levissime marginatis ; silicula substipitata stylo breviore. 
— 12. V. Encetmannu, Gr. Gen. Ill. ¢. 70. Vide supra, No. 325. 
* ® Seminibus immarginatis ; silicula stipitata stylo duplo longiore. 
13. V. LinDHEIMERI, sp. nov. Vide supra, No. 327. 
* ® *® Seminibus immarginatis ; silicula non aut viz stipituta. 
t Stylo silicula equilongo v. longiore. 
$ Caulibus elongatis decumbentibus ; foliis spathulatis ; silicula glabra. 
14. V. arGyR#A, sp. nov. Vide supra, No. 329. 
¥} Caulibus abbreviatis suffruticosis ; foliis angustis ; silicula glabra. 
15. V. Fenpcerti, Gray, Pl. F'endl. p. 9. 
16. V. STENOPHYLLA (sp. nov.): humilis, cano-argentea, multiceps; foliis anguste 
linearibus gracilibus confertis; racemo multifloro denso; silicula membranacea gla- 
berrima stylum e#quante. — On the Rio Grande, Texas, Mr. Charles Wright. Mon- 
terey and Aguaneuva, Northern Mexico, Dr. Gregg, Dr. Edwards.— The specimen 
of Mr. Wright is the most characteristicone. From a thick, ligneous caudex it bears 
several], more or less woody branches, a span high, densely leafy, and terminated by a 
very compact raceme of golden yellow flowers, nearly as large as these of V. grandi- 
Jfiora. The plants of Gregg and Edwards are less condensed, and with smaller flow- 
ers. The leaves are an inch or more, the lower over two inches in length, entire, or 
the lower sparingly toothed; and the pods, also, are twice the size of those of V. 
Fendleri. Specimens intermediate between the two may perhaps occur. 
$4 Cawlibus herbaceis erectis vel adscendentibus ; silicula globoso-obovata incana. 
17. V. Lupoviciana, DC. Syst. 2, p. 297; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 1, p. 48. V. glo- 
bosa, Desv. Jour. Bot. 3, p. 171 & 184, ex char. 
Tt Stylo silicula globosa glabra vel stellato-puberula, 2 - 3-plo longiore. 
18. V. arctica, Richards. Appx. Frankl. Journ.; Hook. l. c. 
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