species o 
* nial yellow one Linum ; it is Goicpadiod by its pa en em . 
whence the name.?! Several Ocenotherae, not seen before, m now. 
their appearance ; athena olen of Gilia, a number of Nyctagineae, 
several Asc ae, Malvaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Compositae, and others, « 
were here collected, -ipabaly 0 a cae of new species, which only want 
of time and references have for the present prevented me fromrdescribing. | 
_ Near lake Encinillas another Martynia** was found, which, in-its foliage, 
“comes nearer to M. oboscidea, but is readily distinBuished by its pi 
flowers. A beautiful yellow-flowering bignoniaceous shrub, peat 
Bh geome stans, Juss., seen more frequently further south, was observed for 
Al; 
near Gallejo. spring. _ bby /carobiue were seen more © 
the first time 
~ plentifually, as as also age other Mimos 
be the proper place to intrbtace a notice of the several sien 
cies of Yucca found i Dr. Wislizenus. But, unfortunately, the labels eS 
. the specimens were partly lost, so that it is impossible at this time to ar 
range leaves, flowers, and fruits properly. Certain it,is that several spe 
_ cies besides Yucca angustifolia, mentioned above, were seen; that. 
leaves of all of them have filamento edges, some with very fine, others © 
: ; . sea ic cles ‘ 
4% 
1 a 
- sissimis, angulatis : 
que "dentedtaie is lanééo 
_ membranaceo slindeloes- desde 
iis s s sudulatis, aristatis, Se ae _bracteis- 
tis; petalis (fiavis) colewa sab aes 
_ Superantibus; stylis coalitis ; capsula ovata, acuta, s sepalis persistentibus = x. 
In sandy soil near Carizal, south of El Paso; collected in August, in 
d long; flowers spotted, “yellow,” (Dr. W.,) a little smaller than a ‘ 
*' Linum aristatu statum, n. sp., caulibus e rhizomate ligneo pluribus, ramo- 
lao. linearibus trinerviis, aristatis, ne , 
e thizoma in the specimen before me is 6 inches be Fs, 
“ ee a i. to 4 lines in diameter, white; stems numerous; 1 to 31 
» div: varicately branched; as fe: > ioe not seen) 3 to 4 1 
long, Sepals’ tine lines long; flowers 10 lines in diameter; petals su tas 
. —— ) United for about three-fourths of their length i a 
_ 71 Martynia vilacea , foliis alternis, cordatis, cue joc? 
_ sinuatis, acutée= Tene nicl, piavitaaclie: bracteis lanceolatis calyce ” 
=* 110 ©, infra_nsque ad basin’ isso} dimidio brevioribus; ; 
eS 2 Pompless las, north of Chihuahua, flowers Ae ae “¥ 
3 at ae om =i mh pale red t od 
“Hes 
