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iaefolia, Mex was collected near Saltillo, w ith smaller 
‘ower, a dyin hc in diameter. and near Rinconada, with. ees ones, (3 
eter ;) an. interesting plant, the eastern representative of the 
' "Californian Esschscholtz zta, but perennial, with a small torus, a different 
stigma, etc. 
I cannot omit to introduce here a beautiful shrub discovered on the 
rocks about Agua age and Buena Vista by Dr. Gregg. Depending 
es Don’s characters of Cowania as correct, I must consider this wah 
e type of a new nin which I have great. pleasure to dedicate to its 
cndefetieble discoverer, my friend Dr. Josiah Gregg, whose name has. 
' already been frequently mentioned in these pages.*? Greggia rupestris 
a shia : f 
North and bhai of Monterey we reach the lower country, and with 
it a different vegetation ; here is the home of the shrubby Cassieae (Par- 
pinsonia, area, etc.,) and Mimoseae ; Sophora, Diospyros, some spe- 
cies of Rhus and Rhamnus are 
bl : 
a in Texas, to to Monclova, and from Cerralbo. to © 
on the table-lands. 
he 
~ sub-10 aids, cui cagions 3 fusco-at tris, 2 minoribus sursum versis, sin- 
_ gulo longiore porrecto; floribus in vertice lanato centralibus, ovario lano- 
Teme Pa cenetts ad 10 ag are acutis, integris; petalis sub-24 ovato -lanceo- ~ 
latis, mucronatis, fae vel versus apicem erosis; sugmatibus 7 flavis 
erecto-patentibus 
Rinconadéa, on ot. flowers in June. Ab out 3 inches high, and 2 
» inches in diameter below ; tubercles in 10 to 13 pea ly rows closel y ad- 
so as to give the whole plant the appeara of a pineapple or 
cone, tomentose in the groove and the axills, Sout "6 lines 198 53 radiaks’ 
‘ spines 3 * 5, central 5 to 8 lines long; flowers central, 3 to 5 in Stee 
& together mbedded i in Jong and dense wool, about 15 lines long. and v ae 
. petals Deep purple. 
_ §'Greggia, n. gen., (Gregzia, Gaeiin. = Eugenia, Mich., fide Podlic 
eher,) calyx tubulosus, 5- lobus, ‘os Mehlata 3 _— 5 calycis fauci inserta ; 
». Stamina oa numeosissima cum peialis insevia; a plura fundo calycis foe! 
e*@ serta 1-rarins Qovataia a; stylus villosus. iccsdaitad he podum; ov : 
ee ‘Supra basin ovavii placeniae Jaterali insertam; anat 5 jachevia villosa, 
"© ecandaia; semen voicum erecivm, embryo yadicela to * 
fi exicaa shrub wiilt small eunesie truncate feats eves with ad- 
2 nate stipules, and soliiary rose-colored or purple sweeiscenited flowers. 
oo Gregoia rupesiris, D. sp,, clifs about Salutlo, Buena Visio, and Agua ~ 
Nueva, flowers Junuary té}March; several feet. high, much boner: 
leaves about 6 Jeng) aod at the apex 3 lives wide. ‘ 
glabrous” above, em rice peters 
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