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HoracawTHA Emoryi, Gray, Pl. Thurber. p. 310. (Тав, VIII.) Near Sonoita, Sonora, August 
(with fine fruit) ; Schott. The description of this remarkable plant, by Dr. Gray, is so complete 
and so accurate that I have nothing to add but a good figure by Sprague. 
VITACE. 
VITIS BIPINNATA, Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, р. 243. Banks of Escondida creek, near Eagle Pass, 
and at Rock creek, western Texas, July—September (in fruit) ; Bigelow. 
Vitis INCISA, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, 1. с. On the lower Rio Grande, and in Cocospera valley, 
Santa Magdalena, Sonora; Schott. ‘‘ It is mixed with cochineal and used by the Mexicans to 
dye тей.” 
Vitis HSTIVALIS, Fl: 2, p. 230, Torr. £ Gray, 1. с. Central Texas; Wright. On Mount 
Ben Moore, New Mexico; Bigelow. 
Vitis CALIFORNICA, Benth, Bot. Sulph, p. 10. Вап Diego and other parts of California, July; 
Parry. Sonora; Thurber, Capt. E. K. Smith. 
AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA, Michx. Fl. 1, p. 159. Оп the Mimbres and at the Copper Mines, 
New Mexico, June—July ; Bigelow. 
RHAMNACE A. 
ADOLPHIA INFESTA, Meisn. Gen. p. ЧО; Gray, Pl. Wright. 1, р. 34. Monterey and near San 
Diego, California, March—May ; Parry. Hills near Rock creek, Texas; July (flowers and 
fruit); Bigelow, Parry. 
Свлхотнгв GREGGII, Gray, Pl. Wright. 2, p.28. Guadaloupe Pass; April; Sonora ; Parry; 
and San Luis mountains in the same State; Capt. E. K. Smith. 
OCEANOTHUS OVALIS, Torr. Ё Gray, Fl. 1, р. 265. Dry ravines, valley of the Pecos, Texas, 
and San Felipe; Bigelow. 
CEANOTHUS DIVARICATUS, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, l. c., var. EGLANDULOSUS, Torr. in Bot. Whipp. 
Rep. l. c. p. 75. Mountains eastof San Diego, California, June (fruit); Parry. 
CEANOTHUS SOREDIACUS, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey, p. 329; Torr. Ё Gray, l. с. On the 
conglomerate and sandstone hills above San Diego; Parry. C. Lobbianus, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 
4811, seems to be hardly distinct from our plant. 
` OEANOTHUS THYRSIFLORUS, Eschsch. im Мет. Acad. St. Pelersb. 1826; Torr. & Gray, Fl. l. c. 
Common in the neighborhood of Monterey and San Diego, as well as in many other parts of Cali- 
fornia, where it is known by the name of California lilac. 
CEANOTHUS SPINOSUS, Nutt. l. с. Near Santa Barbara, California; March; Parry, Flowers 
white, with a tinge of blue. Leaves sometimes distinctly toothed at the apex. The branches 
are ° not thorny in our specimens. 
NOTHUS CUNEATUS, Nutt. 1. с. C. macrocarpus, Nutt. 1. c. Near San Luis Obispo and Santa 
1 ш California, April; Parry. 'Тһеге сап be no doubt of the propriety of uniting the 
two species here quoted. We have specimens collected from numerous localities, which show a 
transition from the one to the other. 
.. OzaworHus RIGIDUS, Nutt. l. с.; Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 302; Lindl. ё Past. Fl. Gard. 1, р. 74, 
Bae 51. (Тавь IX.) On dry hills, Monterey, California, April; Parry. Ап evergreen shrub 
5 ut 5 feet high， With rigid branches- The leaves vary greatly in form, being sometimes 
oadly obovat and often sepe ілкі. 
