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| September ; Parry. (No. 460 and 1506, Wright.) Sonora and Chihuahua, September, November; “一 
3 Thurber. A shrub 2-4 feet high, with numerous slender spreading branches. Leaves half an 
inch to three-fourths of an inch long, abruptly tapering at the base into a short petiole. Spikes E. 
1-2 inches long in the axils of the upper leaves, often forming a terminal panicle, Flowers 
at first closely approximated, but becoming more or less distinet. Calyx densely clothed with 
white hairs, about a line long. Corolla nearly twice as long as the calyx. 
Var. МАСКОЅТАСНҮА : foliis basi subcordatis, spicis longissimis. Cretaceous rocks near Ring- 
gold Barracks on the Rio Grande; June; Schott. West of Cerralbo ; Мау; Gregg. 
LIPPIA LYCIOIDES, Stend. Жыным. ed. 2, ратв 2, р. "54; Schauer, l.c. Rocky places along the „2 
Rio Grande and its tributaries from El Paso to the Gulf; ; also Chihuahua, Cohahuila and Nuevo 
Leon, April—October. (No. 1505, Wright. No. 2547 and 3004, Berlandier.) A shrub, com- 23 
monly 8—5 feet high, but sometimes attaining the height of 10 feet. Flowers very fragrant. 
Var. foliis ternis majoribus acutis grosse serrato-dentatis. Presidio det Norte; August; 
Bigelow. 
Var. foliis oppositis pauci serrato-dentatis obtusis. Presidio de Rio Grande; Parry. 
LIPPIA BERLANDIERI, Schauer, 1. c., р. 575. Plains near San Felipe, September : also hills and 
stony places near Eagle Pass; Bigelow. Cretaceous hills on the Lower Rio Grande, March— 
October ; Schott. Mount Carmel cañon, October; Parry. “Plant suffruticose, 2-3 feet high. 
(Nos. 459 and 1507, Wright ; Nos. 832 and 2252, Berlandier.) 
LIPPIA GEMINATA, H. В. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2, p. 215; Schauer, l. c., p. 582. On the Rio 
Grande, from Ringgold Barracks downward. This exactly accords with Berlandier's plant, 
except that the leaves are smaller. 
LIPPIA NoDIFLORA, Miche. Fl. 2, p. 15; wowed 1. с. San Luis Rey, California, September ; 
Parry. Common along the Rio Grande. 
Lantana CANESCENS, (Н. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2, p. 259; Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11, p. 607) 
„foliis oppositis ternisve ovato-lanceolatis leviter crenato-serratis basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis 
supra scabriusculis subtus molliter incano-pubescentibus; pedunculis folium subzquantibus ; | 
capitulis vix involucratis demum ovatis. Santa Rosa, Cohahuila; Bigelow. This corresponds | 3 
so minutely with the description of L. canescens DC. Prodr., except in the leaves being some- 
times ternate, that little doubt can exist as to its being the same species. It occurs in none of 
the collections but those of Dr. Bigelow. 
| LANTANA MACROPODA (n. sp.): suffruticosa, inermis, appresse hirsutula ; foliis ovatis grosse et 
| acute seratis basi abrupte attenuatis utrinque scabriusculis subtus pallidioribus ; pedunculis folio 
2-3-plo-longioribus ; capitulis paullo elongatis; bracteis ovatis cuspidato-acuminatis, extimis 
majoribus involucrantibus ; fructibus exsuccis. Ravines and rocky places on the Rio Grande, 
from the mouth of the Rio San Pedro to 200 miles above; flowering the whole season. Saltillo; 
Gregg ; (Nos. 458 and £513, Wright.) Stem 2-3 feet high, obtusely quadrangular. Leaves 
Opposite, 1-2 inches long, somewhat scabrous with a short appressed hirsute pubescence ; veins 
prominent underneath ; petiole or attenuated base of the leaf, about half as long as the lamina. 
Peduncles 3— 6 inches long ; heads at first hemispherical, but at length ovate; the rhachis cylin- 
drical and faveolate. Flowers sweet-scented ; corolla white ; the tube scarcely exserted. Mature 
fruit about the size of a hemp seed, nearly dry, with a thin sarcocarp; the endocarp bony cos- 
tate-rugous ; cocci cohering. Seeds suspended from the funicle which arises irom near the base 
