18% aes 
abundant farther south. In the same peigtiborhees 
the mezquite ttee or ants was first met with, probably A 
losa, T. and G. _ From here the mezquite was abundantly found beg to * 
Matamoros, b ut the specimens collected appear to indicate that there are at” 
least two different species. 
On the next day, near Sabino, an interesting bignoniaceous ue was 
pireeg - the first time, etary the Chilopsis ink = wee 
: oO. 
The character given by Don, and that of Decandolle, anpesr defective, 
ba I cannot doubt that both had our plant in view. th J 
via lete specimens etait both by Dr. Wislizenus and Dr. Gregg, I am 
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_ Near Albuquerque a curio es Opuntia was observed; it evidently belongs 
Opuntiae cylindraceae, but has short clavate joints, which make the 
Be 
pe 
_Vosis, coriaceis, 2h ie? pilosis lutinosis; floribus inter folia opposita 
he, soe acta 8 cocco vihenad 2 aes 
Common Ola aed Fray Cristobal in New Mexico, to Chi ua 
| pa hee | also about Presidio, (Dr. Gregg;) flowers in March a1 . 3 
_ fruit ripe in July. “Shrub 5 to 8 feet sigh very much branched, be, glu- 
: tinous; used as a sudorifie and diuretic, and called gobernadora, 0 in the 
| mis, according to Dr. Gregg. Leaflets 3 to 6 lines long se half 
as wide, euspidate or ee ovary 5 celled, each cell with 3 or 4 
es; fruit 3 lines in diameter, globose, attenuated at bea seeds’ by 
r _ abortion only one in aa cell, fileate, smooth, shining. 
ana 
ets of Cilapass > )Don, char. emend. Calyx ovatus plus minusve balakeli: 
cae reviter 3, altero 2 Vag corolla basi tubulosa, eurvata, fauce 
4 fert 
dilatata , companulata, limbo 5-lobo, crispato-crenato; stamina tilia 
didynama, antherarum nudarum robe ovatis, obtusis; quintum sterile bre- 
_ vius nudum; ovarium ovatum; stylus filiformis, stigma bilamellatum; cap- 
age cst elongata, bilocularis, septo contrario placentifero ; 
versa n ; 
vi Ly: WOO: 
leaves somewhat opposite, upper ones sparse, lanceolate-lii Pas acu- 
’  minate, glat in compound ila 
tile eS Leaves 2 to 4 inches hie to: | 
x14 oh gs fruit 6 to 10 inches long; seeds ith 
species—one from the neighborhood of 
broad * nat "ape leaves, oa 
‘ial fons ‘New -Mexi 
