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— to — extent, and oh the Saget of reuniting Bronnia wi 
The flower 
lens, as 1 have named th 
‘northent plant, is that of a sa Feaquiera; while the fruit is Reonly that of 
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Towards El Paso a curious capparidaceous plant was collected, which 
to be nearly allied tothe Californian Oxystylis of Torre 
“mont, and forms with it a distinct “ewer in that family, approaching very 
arked by Professor ‘T'o 
closely to Cruciferae, as has been 
I have See this new genus a honor = its duelyerers ‘who has, 
though unaided and often embarras fferent ways, done so much 
towards the advancement of spe enaiodih of those northern provinces of 
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imbr istens. Corolla hypogyna, gamopetala, longe tu 
limbo brevi 5-partito, patente, aestivatione incomplete contorta. Stamina 
Wes, hypogyna, exserta; filamenta inferne arcuata villosa, basi ner se 
erentia; antherae biloculares, bp. Aarne dehiscentes, oma 
én basi cordatae, i imo dorso affixae, introrsae. Ovarium liberum sossfie} 
centae 3 parietales ad centrum pietiictns neque connatae, ovarium inde 
incomplete triloculare; ovula sub-18 ascendentia, in quaque placenta 6 
biseriata; stylus filiformis trifidus. Capsula coriacea trivalvis; valvae me- 
dio placentiferae; placentae demum margine centrali connatae et a valvis 
solutae placentam singulam centralem triangularem formantes. oe 
3-6 complanata, alata s. comosa; albumen tenuissimum membranaceum; 
embryo magnus rectus, cotyledonibus planis, radicula breviori fnien 
Mexican shrubs or trees, with soft fragile wood, and tubere angular 
branches, the tubercles bearing spines, and in their axills single or r fascicu- 
Jate obovate entire leaves; splendid crimson flowers in terminal or subter- 
minal ae or ga At present only the following species of this 
genus are kno 
i Asha “AG BY K, fruticosa, spinis brevissimis, foliis solitariis” 
oblongis su subcarnosis; floribus sessilibus arcte spicatis, staminibus 12; 4 
-e tri ito. 
. 2, F splendens, n fruticosa, simplex, spinis longionasaae 
cieulatis, 2 a membranaceis; floribus ei iticcleti 
Leesa thyrsoideam pene staminibus 15; Bs ultra medium 
oatsies agen ings 6 comosis 
«San Hee a, H. B. K., arborea SES. 5, spinis lo joribus, foliis 
rumque fasciculatis , obovato-oblongis. mempbranaceis; floribus pedicellati 
corymboso-pa: jiculatis sa panei ; seminibus alain naceo-ala’ 
on plant from the Jornada del M 
ee 
aa has already been given in the text. h New 
16 Seager | Humb. B. Kunth, charact. emendat. “Calyx orb 
i ; ibulosa, » 
in New Mexico, to Chihushiua, rua, Saltillo, and Monterey; flowers in April, 4 
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