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Zygopluyllaceac F pore abundant farther south. In the same. neighborhood 
the ae. tree — ub was first met with, probably Algarohia glandu- 
losa, dG. m here the mezquite was abundantly found down to 
cars, but the : =peeiTasus collected appear to indicate that there are at 
least two oe rEg ies 
On the next day, ne ar S: abino, an interesting bignoniaceous shrub was 
collected for the first time, undoubtedly the Chilopsis of Don, which 
farther south appears more abundantly. Its slightly twining branches, 
willow-lixe slender glutinous leaves, and large paler or darker red flowers, 
render it a very remarkable shrub. Dr. Gregg mentions it under the name 
of ‘‘Mimbre,’’ as one of the most beautiful shrubs of northern Mexico. 
The character given by Don, and that of eo appear pyran 
though J cannot doubt that both had our plant in From the very 
complete specimens epee a og by Dr. Wiliceniss. ‘ann Dr. Gregg, Tam 
enabled to correct those 
Near Albuquerque a ¢ “Gini was observed; it evidentiy belongs 
to Opuntiae eg but has short clavate joints, which make the 
wosis, Coriaceis, adpresse pilosis glutinosis; floribus inter foi opposita 
solitariis; Bape 5-cocco Vi 
ommon from Olla and Fins) Cristobal, in New Mexico, to Chihuahua 
atid Saltillo; also about Presidio, (Dr. Gregg;) flowers in March and April; 
fruit ripe ‘Jaly. Shrub 5 to 8 feet high, very much branched, very glu- 
tinous; used as a sudorific and diuretic, and called gobernadora, or in the 
north evemis, according to Dr. Gregg. Leaflets 3 to 6 lines long and half 
as wide, ¢ uspidate or mucronate; ovary 5 celled, each cell with 3 or 4 
ovules; "frit 3 lines in diameter, globose, attenuated at base; seeds by 
abortion only one in each cell, falcate, smooth, shining. 
11 Chilopsis Don, char. emend. Calyx s plus minusve bilobus, 
lobo altero breviter 3, altero 2 dentato; aeaie ay tubulosa, curvata, fauce 
dilatata, companulata, limbo. 5.lobo, cri ene ens ; stamina 4 fertilia 
didynama, ant ee rum nudarum lobis ovatis, obtusis; quintum = ai bre- 
vius nudum; ovarium ovatum; stylus filiformis, stigma bilamellatum; cap- 
cis Minekioiais: elongata, bilocularis, septo contrario placentifero ; ; 
transversa margine utroque comosa. 
wet erect Mexican shrub, 8 to 12 feet high, ends of branches often 
slightly twining; branches smooth, and glutinous or rarely woolly; lower 
leaves somewhat opposite, upper ones sparse, lanceolate-linear, long-acu- 
minate, glabrous or glutinous; racemes compound, terminal, pubescent; 
pedicells bracted, corolls rose-colored or deeper red or purple. 
long water-courses or in ravines, from Sabino, near Albu uquerque to 
Chihuahua, Saltillo and Monterey. Leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 3 lines 
wile flowers at to 14 inch long; fruit 6 to 10 inches long; seeds with 
e coma 6 lin 
ie are ] taro species—one from the neighborhood of vale» 
with larger, tek: flowers, broader, not glutinous leaves, a 
branchlets, perhaps the Ch. sali, Don; the other from Ne exico eat 
Chihuahua, with lon er glutinous leaves, perfectly glabrous, 
bese us ee A ag Sy dace aa small flowers; may be Ch. one 
+ OF & NeW species, Ch. The y2 is variable in both. — 
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