BOTANY. 



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CoNDALiA SPATntJLATA, Gvay^ PI. Wrigld. 1, p. 32. Fiavmes on the Eio 

 Eagle Pass^ Texas^ and Sonora ; ScJioft. 



CoNDALiA OBOVATA, Ilook. Ic. t 287 ; Torv. ff Crcujj FL 1, p. CS5 ; Gray^ Gen. IIL ^y t. 101. 

 Sandy i^lainSj Eagle Pass, and upward to El Paso, April; Bi(jehm\ Tucson, Sonora; Pm^ij, 



CuLUBRiNiA Texexsis, Grmj, PL Lindli. 2^ p. 1G9 ; PL UngJiL 1,p. 33. Plains between the 

 Pecos and the Eio Grande, Tlie leaves on the young shoots are sometimes 4 inches long and 3 

 inches wide, but on the older branches they are much shorter. 



Katiwinskia ITuMBOLDTrANA^ Zucc; Gray^ PL WrighL 1, j>. 72. Between the Rio Grande and 

 the Pecos and Devil's river ; May — July, 



CELASTPtACEiE. 



MoRTONiA SPABiirLLAj Grcty^ PL Wrir/ht. 2,|). 28. Mountains of El Paso and i>r Chihiiahuaj 

 opposite San Elceario^ May — June ; Parry ^ Biyelow, 



MoRTONiA SEMPERVIRENS, Gray^ PL WrigliL 1,^. 35, L 4. On the Pecos, western Texas. 

 MoRTONiA GrkogiI; Groy^ L c. (adiioL) Calcareous hills, "Ringgcdd Barracks, ^May ; ScJiod. 

 Glossopetalon spinescens, Gray, PL IVrighL 2,^, 29, t. 12. B, Mountains and rocky places, 



El Paso, March ; Bigeloio. 



Maytenus riiYLLAXTHOiDES, BeuUi. BoL SulpTi, p. 54. Lower Rio Grande (in fruit) ; SchotL 



A native also of the bay of Magdalena, California, and of Key West, Florida. Cotyledons 



thick, and albumen very thin in this sj^ecies. 



Pachystlma myrsinites, Ba/.; Gray^ PL FcndL p. 29, Sides of Ben More, New Mexico, June; 



Bigeloio. 



SciLEFFERiA CUNEIFOLIA, Gray^ PL Wright. 1, p. 35. Western Texas, along the lower Pvio 

 Grande, March (male flowers) ; SchotL 



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ACERACE^. 



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Acer MACRornYLLUM, Piirsli, Fl. 1, p. 26'7 ; Eook. Fl. Bor.-Am, 1,7). 112, t. 38. Mountain 



ravines, Santa Barliara, California ; Parry, 



Neqi/NDO aceroides, Moench'y Torr. & Grmjj Fl. 1, j>. 260. N. Californicum, Torr. & Ch-ay, 

 I c. Nutt. Sylv. 2, jj. 90j t. 72. In various parts of California ; Parry. 



SAPi:s^DACE^. 



Papini^cs marguiaius, Willd; Gray, Gen. III. 2, t. 150. Along the Rio Grande and its 

 tributaries ; also near the Copper Mines, New Mexico, and in Sonora. 



CARDiosPERMrM'IlALicACABUM, LiTiiu Western Texas, and on the lower Rio Grande; Scliott. 



Serjania inctsa, (n. sp.) foliis impari-bipinnatis ; pinnis bijugis trifoliatia ; foliolis ovato- 

 rbomboideis serrato-incisis utrinque pubescentibus, petiolis subalatis; carpellorum alis semi- 

 oblongis. Mountains of Santa Rosa, Cobahuila ; Bigeloiv. A vine 3—8 feet long. Leaflets 

 1 — 1^ inch long, acute at each end, with 2 — 3 coarse teeth on each side ; the petiole more or 

 less distinctly winged. Peduncles about two-thirds the length of the leaves. Panicle an inch 

 or more long, racemiform, usually with 2 or 3 tendrils at the base. Sepals oblong. Petals 

 strongly appendiculate on the inside. Fruit 1| inch long, at first pubescent, but nearly smooth 

 when old ; seed-bearing portion reticulately veined ; wings 3 — 5 lines wide, rather obtuse at 



