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EBENACEZ. 
Drospyros Trxana, Scheele in Linnea. 22, p. 145. Hill sides, Fort Inge to Escondido 
creck, and near Eagle Pass, western Texas ; Schott, Parry. Flowers іп March. Fruit ripe in 
August, about an inch in diameter. 
БАРОТАСЕЖ, 
BUMELIA RECLINATA, Vent. Ch. Pl. t. 22, fide Alph. DO. Prodr. 8, p. 190: var. fructibus 
majoribus ; floribus fasciculis numerosioribus. On the Rio Grande, from Laredo to the mouth 
of the river; Schott. Hills and plains near Live Oak creek; Bigelow. Мо, 1434, Wright, 
Matamoras ; Berlandier, Nos. 1513, 3012 and 3048. А tree 25-30 feet high. It seems to 
differ from the plant of the Southern Atlantic States chiefly in the larger and more fleshy fruit, 
This is oblong, nearly three-fourths of an inch in length, sweet and edible. Testa smooth and 
shining, mottled with brown. Cotyledons united, thick and fleshy. Albumen wholly wanting. 
ТНЕОРНБАВТАСЕЛ, 
JACQUINIA PUNGENS, Gray, Pl. Thurb. in Mem. Amer. Acad. Art. Ё Sc. n. ser. 5, p. 325. 
Hills between Rayon and Ures, Sonora; Thurber. Perhaps a variety of T. macrocarpa, Cav. 
PLANTAGINACEA, 
PLANTAGO MAJOR, Linn. Sp., p. 163. Banks of the Acequia, near El Paso; Мау; Bigelow. 
(No. 1441, Wright.) Probably introduced among agricultural seeds by the early Mexican 
settlers, 
PLANTAGO PATAGONICA, var. GNAPHALIOIDES, Gray in Torr. Bot. Whipp. Rep. р. 117, & Man. 
Bot. ed. 2, p. 269. Р. guaphalioides, Nutt. Gen. 1, р. 100. Western Texas, New Mexico, 
Sonora and California. Var. spicis oblongis vel capitatis. Dry hills, Sonora ; Schott. San 
Diego, California; Parry. (No. 1438, Wright.) 426 HGS 
PLANTAGO VIRGINICA, Linn. Sp., p. 163. Sandy banks of the Rio Grande, Eagle Pass, etc. 
Also in Sonora; Schott. 
PLUMBAGINACEE. 
Sratice LIMONIUM, Linn. Sp., p. 394. Saline soils, western Texas, and on the Rio Grande near 
its mouth ; Bigelow, Schott. Salt places near San Diego, California; Parry. 
PRIMULACEE. 
ANDROSACE OCCIDENTALIS, Pursh, FL 1, p. 131; Nutt. Gen. 1, p. 118. Mule Spring and Cook's 
Spring, western Texas; April; Bigelow. Tubac, Sonora; March; Parry. 
SAMOLUS VALERANDI, Linn., var. AMERICANUS, Gray Man. ed. 2, p. 274. B. floribundus, Н. В, 
К. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2, p. 224. Low places, borders of the Limpio; July, Bigelow. Banks 
of streams, Sonora, Мау; Capt. E. K. Smith. California; Parry. | 754,2 + 155 
SAMOLUS EBRACTEATUS, H. В. K., L c. p. 223, t. 129. Common along the Rio Grande 
from El Paso to the Gulf, and on the seacoast of Texas. (444 | 
DopEcarHEON MEADIA, Linn. Sp. p. 207 ; Torr. in Bot. Whippl. Rep., p. 118. Grassy places 
. near Monterey and other places in California; March to April; Parry. This includes D. inte- 
grifolium, Micha., and even D. frigidum, Cham. | 
