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spr on, through a lovely country, which, at that season, (Angust,) after , 
annual rains, was ‘covered with a luxuriant vegetation. eleva- 
toh a the country is here between 4,000 and 5,000 feet niet the gulf 
The rare Cevallia sinuata, which Dr. Gree ‘has also sent from Monte- 
rey, was se in this part of the journey. Here also Beets “a perennial 
specie of Linum, with yellow petals, so far, in America, the only peren- 
nial veto flo hele 9 Gey wean it is distinguished by its long aristate sepals, 
hence the nam ‘Several Oenotherae, not seen before, made now 
their appearance; “diffe rent poets of Gilia, a number of Nyctagineae, 
eietal Asclepiadaceae, Malvaceae, Cucurbitaceae Ey gta and others, 
were here collected; including a number of new species, which only want 
of time and references have for the present prevented me deci describing. 
Near lake Encinillas another Martynia** was found, which, in its ae 
comes nearer to M. proboscidea, but is readily distinguished by its pur 
flowers. A beautiful yellow-flowering bignoniaceous shrub, sabe 
Tecoma stans, Juss., seen more eet Ad further south, was observed for 
the first time near Gallejo spring. sure by Alearobiae were seen more 
plentifully, as also some other Mimosea / 
Here would be the proper place to, Arete a ond of the several spd- 
cies of Vacca found by Dr. Wislizenus. But, nately, the labels of 
the specimens were partly lost, so that it is impossible at this time to ar- 
range leaves, flowers, ae ae roperly. Certain it is that several spe- 
with very coarse fibres on their sieareate that t ae majority bear ho, 
capsules with very thin, paperlike seeds, but that one species produces an 
edible succulent fruit with very thick seeds. Fortunately the seeds col- 
and long; Bowers aa. “ yellow,” (Dr. W.,) a little smaller hain’ in 
M. pro eee a. 
21 Tinum rhctitebon sp., caulibus e rhizomate ligneo pluribus, ramo- 
sissimis, aneelatis: foliis sparis subulatis, aristatis, superioribus bracteis- 
que den ticulatis- sepalis lanceolato-linearibus trinerviis, aristatis, margine 
membranaceo glanduloso: -denticulatis; petalis (flavis) caleycem sub-duplo 
wee ; stylis coalitis; capsula ovata, acuta, sepalis persistentibus bis 
re 
In sandy soil near Carizal, south of El Paso; collected in August, in 
flower and fruit. The rhigofia in’ the specimen before me is 6 inches 
long and 3 to 4 lines in diameter, white; stems numerous, 1 to 3 feet 
high, divaricately branched; upper leaves (lower not seen) to 4 
long, sepals 4 lines long; flowers 10 lines in diameter; petals satplial yel- 
low; styles united for about three-fourths of théir length; capsule 2 2 lines 
ong, 
28 * Martynia violacea, n. sp., annua, foliis alternis, cordatis, re 
sinuatis, acute de nticulatis, ‘glabriusculis; ; bracteis lanceolatis aye 
obliquo, infra _usque ad basin fisso dimidio brevioribus; staminibus. 4; 
rostro icarplum superan 
Negi piu serait of Chihuahua, flowers August; leaves + Sua 6 
inches | long, and nearly as wide, indistinctly sinuate-lobed, beset 
, distant teeth, flowers from pale red to. deep violet yurple, 
a 
