BOTANY. 



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PoLYGALA HEMiPTEROCARPA, Gray, PL Wfight. 2; p. 31. Rocky Inlls near Camp BacliCj Texa.^, 

 July ; Bigelow. Sierra del Pajarito ; Schnif^ 



PoLYQALA MAuRADENiA, Gray, I. c. 1, p. 39. IIills OH tlic Rio Grande, from El Paso to Eagle 



Pass ; June. 



PoLYGALA XuTKANAj Moc. dc Scssc ; DO. Prodr. 1, p. 331. p. cucullata, Benth. PL Uartw. p, 

 229. P. Californica, Nutt. in Torr. d Gray, Fl. 1, p. G71. (Tab. XII ) Near Monterey, ilay ; 

 Parry, We liave seen specimens of this plant with radical flowers, so that no doubt Nuttall's 



P. Califoruica Is the same as P. Nutkana. 



MoNxViNA WRroHTii, Gray^ L c. 2, p. 31, Copper Mines, New Mexico, Aug. ; Bigelow. 



KRAMERTACE^. 



Krameria lanceolata, Torr. in Ann. Lye. N. Yorh^ 2, p. 108 ; Gray^ Gen. IIL 2, t. 185. 

 Hill-sides along the Rio Grande, from El Paso to Laredo, April — July. Caiion of Guadaloupe, 



Sonora ; Copt. E. K, Smith. 



Krameria parvifolia, Benth. BoL Sulpli. p, 6, ^. 1 ; Gray^ PL Wright. 1, p. 42. Ravines and 



hills, western Texas, particularly along the upper Rio Grande and at Guailalonpc canon, 

 Sonora ; Ca^d. E. K. Smith ; also on the border of the Califonila desert, near San Felipe, June; 

 Parry. Var. ramosissima, Gray, L c. Devil's river, Leon Springs, and ProHidio del Norte. 



Kra^^ieria canescens, Gray J PL WrighL L c. (Tab. XIIL) Hills on the Rio Grande, from 

 El Paso to the mouth of the Cibolo, June — July ; Bigelow. 



LEGUMINOSiG. 



YiciA pulchella, H, B. K. ; Var. foliolis majoribus, etc., Gray^ PL Wright. 2,^. 32. Hills 



at the Copper Mines, New Mexico, August ; Bigelow. 



ViciA ExiGUA, Nutt. in Torr. (& Gray, FL 1, p. 272. Hill-sides, southern New Mexico, Chi- 



huahua, and southern California, April — June. 



Lathyrus linearis, Nutt. L c. On the Rio Mimbres and at the Copper 



June, (in flower and fruit ;) Bigeloio. 



Mines 



Lathyrus vestitus^ Nutt. in Torr. dc Gray^ FL l,p. 276. 



TUurher. 



Lathyrus PALUSTRis, izn^i. var. ? foliis elongatis angustis. 

 Western Texas, and at the Conner Mines : also in Cohahuila 



Napa county, California, M 



Wrigli 



Lathyrus venosus, MuhL in Willd 



97- In wet places, Sonora ; Thurher. 



In shady places near San Diego, Cali- 



fornia, May ; Thurher. A form with emarginate leaflets. 



Lathyrus maritimus, Bigel. FL BosL ed. 2, p. 268 ; Torr. dc Gray, FL l,p. 273. Near Sau 



Diego, March ; Parry. Peduncles, petioles, and calyx pubescent. Leaflets 8 — 12, mostly 



alternate, varying from ovate to elliptical-ohlong, glabrous^ scarcely half as large as in the 



eastern plant. Stipules broadly cordate-hastate, nearly as long as the leaflets. Peduncles 6 

 10-flowered. 



Phaseolus retusus, Benfh. PL Hartw. p. 11 ; Gray, PL Lindh. 2, p. 170. Valley of the 

 Limpio, and near the Copper Mines, July — August ; Parry ^ Bigelow. 



Phaseolus Wrighih, Gray, PL Wright. 1, p. 43. Mountains and rocky places along the 

 Idle Rio Grande, and at the Copper Mines, July — August. Dr. Bigelow found at Eagle 



mi 



Pass what seemq to be a variety of this species, in which the leaflets of the lower leaves are 



entire. 



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