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also near Santa Fe and about Chihuahua, and by Mr. Lindheimer, i 
Texas; the petals wene united about two-thirds of their length, it cannot 
be retained under the genus Cucumis ; Hoffmannseggia Jamesii . T. and G., 
was also gathered on ‘his part of the journey ; several species of Psoralea, 
Petalostemon a:id Astragalus; also 'Torrey’s Gaura villosa and Krameria 
lanceolata; Erysimum asperum, which before was not known to grow so 
far south; Polygala alba, Lygo desmia juncea. Here we also, for the first 
time, meet with Rhus irilabata; Nutt., which, farther west, becomes a 
very common plant.* A new Talinwm, which I have named 7’. ¢ ealycinum,* 
was found in sandy soil on the Cimarron. This plant has, like the nearly 
allied 7. teretifolium of we United exci) a remarkable ‘tena HY of tee 
so much so that specimens collected, pressed and ‘‘ dried,”’ in Jur 
when they reached me in August, 147, 14 months later, grew are 
after being planted. 
Psoralea hypogea, Nutt. nWis collected near Cold spring, and Yucea an- 
sueaefenta, from here to San 
rom Cedar creek the fies region commences with an eleva- 
ie "of | near 3. ,000 feet above. the Gulf, and extends to Santa Fe to about 
7,000 feet. With the mountains we get also to the region of the pines, 
and of the cacti. Dr. Wislizenus has here collected two species of Pinus, 
both of which appear to be undescribed, so that I venture to give now a 
short account of t € most interesting one, on account of its use- 
ful fruit, as well as ie botanical associations, is the nut pine of New 
Mexico, (afer ,) Pinus edulis,* nearly related to the nut pine of north- 
1 Talin chictadic: num, 1. sp.; rhizomate erasso, caulibus demum ram 
foliis subteretibus elongatis, basi triangulari productis; pedunculis pte 
gatis nudis; cyma_ bracteosa; sepalis 2 ovato-orbiculatis, basi productis, 
cuspidatis, persistentibus; petalis fugacibus — superantibus; stam- 
inibus sub 30; stylo elongato, stigmatibus 3 abbreviatis. 
In sandy soil on the Cimarron , fl. in June. Differs from T’. terettfolium 
by its larger leaves, larger flowers, much larger Lory wh nies: larger 
fruit and seed. Leaves 1} to 2 inches long, flowers 10 to 11 lines in di- 
ameter; capsule and seeds twice as large as in 7". teretifolium. 
* Pinus id n. sp. -—Squamis turionum ovatis acutis adpressis; laci- 
nis Vaginaru to—revolutis, demum deciduis; foliis 
binis brev ihe. rigidis, curvis, tenuissime striatis, margine laevibus, supra 
oaee glaucis, subtus convexis viridibus; strobilis sessilibus erectis, 
s0-conicis, squamis apice dilata ~ Speomerens inermibus; semini- 
Bris obovatis, apteris, magnis, testa ater 
Not rare from the Cimarron 
fee, vet in ton ee ak is ay? —— the case. Dones about 18 
es long, and 4 in sper wen 
. 
*Like Powe ote plants mentioned here, it has been collected in abundant and bea er h pe 
eimens by ‘ Fendler, a young German who has investigated 
Santa Peps ena sit) ey hee has made most talnabie and hee preserved (oii 
some e offers shall repeatedly be obliged to to en speak~ 
ing of the flora of Santa Fe. 
