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timber, both with beautiful deep red flow 
aoe We shall have occasion to speak of Smibis hereafter. M4 
_ After leaving Santa Fe, Dr. Wislizenus directed his course tie 
along the Rio Grande. The country was partly mountainous and aoe ; 
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Hofimanseggia ti,'T. and G. An interesting Prosopis with screw- ; 
shaped legumes ney allied. 6 P. odorata, Torr. and Frem., of Califor- <= 
nia, was the first shrubby mimoseous lait observed during the j journey, 
“atribe which hereafter becomes more and more abundant; Mentzelia ae 
Cosmidium gra toma Mauran 
antirhinifiora, a beautiful large flowered Datura, Abronia, Yeageage 
terensis, and many others. Near Olla the first specimens appeared of a 
new species of Laarieg 1? the first and most northern form of the shrubby. 
plants of the plains and of Te oe: sia trachysperma, T. and G; “a 
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chinocereus triclochidiatus, n. sp. ovato-cylindricus, 6%, ¢éstatus, 
isundulatis, acutis; areolis snarsis, orbiculatis, junioribus atbo 
aculeis 3- 6, fleramane 3, rectis compre ec cinereis, pro wD 
is: foribus We ge tubo pulvillis 15-20 albo- ntosis setas® spinosas 
apice fu entibus stipato; sepalis in taribibais sub-42 oblongo- _ 
a eA ‘obtusis; etal 12-15 obovatis obtusis; staminibus petala subae- 
: Barat 5 prams s 8-10 ce #9 esi 
ag? in pa s, flowers in June; Santa Fe (Fepdler), A to. 
6 ae, ek 2. aly 3 22 7a diameter pipes in young specimens 4 to 6, in . 
older pas Bape ateral ones 8 to 14 lines long, one bent ee 
only 6 one UPce s 2 to QL y inches lohg, 2 inches in diameter; — 
8 Soins of tube 3 to 6 or 7 lines “long petals deep crimson, 6 to 7 
ts and anthers red. In specimens from Santa Fe, eol- 
the fwnnes are near 3 inches long, the ee 8to9 4 
the sie n the tube are §Pirious, with brownish nts. 
anes 1eUS reeti globoso ovatus, mer osu, ests in ‘} 
Ibo: Tomentoas etas tenues albidas 8-11 gerentibus sti-+ 
8-10 oblongo linearibus | obtusis; Mi 10-12 . 
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o about a Fe.—Only At 2 inches hh, ee 
Wy hike most other species ong race in- 
gle or onlay branching from oe bat —_ 
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