gs + ” 
2ae near Santa Fe and about Chihuahuas” and by Mr. Lindheimer, m 
_ ‘Pexas; the petals being united(about two-thirds of their length, it cannot 
be retained under the ¢ genus Cucumis; Hoffmannseggia Jamesii, T. and G., 
(was also gathered on this part of the jo umey; several species “of Psoralea,” 
etalostemon and Astragalus; also 'Torrey’s Gaura villosa an eg 
lanceolata; me, which before was not known to g 
far south; Polygala alba, Lygodesmia juncea. Here we also, for the ret 
time, meet bata, Nut hich, farther west, become 
es a 
- very common plant.* A new Talinum, which I have named 7’. calycinum,? 
was found in sandy soil on the Cimarron. This plant has, like the nearly — 
allied 7’. eretifolium of the United States, a remarkable tenacity of life, 
so much so that specimens collected, pressed and “ dried,” in June, 1846, 
when they reached me in August, 1847, 14 months later » Stew. igorou 
after being planted. es 
Psoralea a hypogea, Nutt., was collected near Cold spring, and 3 
Sees from here to Santa Fe. ee 
m Cedar creek the mountainous region commences with “trite 
ton of near § 000 feet above the Gulf, and extends to Santa Fe to eat ie 
7,000 feet. With the mountains we get also to the region of the pines, — 
aa + ae eacti. . Dr. Wisli has here collected two species of Pinus, 
. the Tv ‘on-aeg to give no now 
a Ee eat sociation, isthe WE pias Of 
"ino he eos atin nearly related to rahe ae pine “ye north- 
aa 
Re 1 Talinum. calycinum., n. sp., ‘thizomate crasso, cnulitay denna ramosis; it 
,° foliis “snbteTauUS Git ats Set, seorueck productis; pedunculis ; 
brace : 2 ova 
2. pie nudis; cyma, rem ice tis, basi produc ae 
gaps cuseeets, pa aaaielibaids petalis ealycem, is\superamtibiss, stam- 
_ 4dnibus sub 30; Oe lone stginatbus 3 abbreviatis. 
sandy soil on the Cimarron, fl. in June. Differs from T: sia, 
anaes leaves oa toneare much 0 persistent rarer 
seed. Leaves 1} to to 2 in ches toage 6 flowers 10 to 1Bi oa Soa 
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edulis, n. sp.—squamis tarionunt 6vatis acutis ad) 
rg here ceememmnacel volutis, demun 
us gree eurvis, tenuissime striatis, marg 
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