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Dalea FRUTESCEN5, Graf/j PL Lindh. 2, p. 175. Hills and roclcv places along the Kio GrauJo 

 and its tributaries, August — September. 



Dalea spinosa, Gray^ PL ThiirlK p. 315 ; Torr. Pol. Parlr, in Pacif. J?. Jii^aJ Rrj^h 7, p. 9, 



t. 3. On the lower Kio G 



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Dalea Sciidttii (n, sp.): fruticosa ; ramis flexuosis glaberrimis, ramulis in spinas subpun- 

 gentes abuentibus ; foliis simpHcissimuf=? sparsis anguste linearilnis ; pednnculis 2-3-florifl ; 

 calycis dentibus late ovatis tube glabro eglanduloso duple brcvioribua; corolla violacea. Dilu- 

 vial banks of the Colorado, February; Schott. Branches zig^.ag, smooth, yellow. Leaves 8-10 

 lines long, scarcely a line wid^, hoary-pubescent above, green, and marlced witlj row of impressed 

 dots on each side underneath. Flowers produced at the extremity of short branches, usually two 

 together, on short pedicels ; the bracts resembling the leares, only smaller. Calyx without 

 glands, somewhat turbinate, smooth, the broad teeth pubescent on the margin. Corolla deep 



violet. Pods not seen, 



Petalostemon exile, Grai/j PL Wright. 2, p. 51, IIills and rocky places at the Copper Mines, 

 New Mexico, September; Bigeloio. Santa Cruz, Sonora ; Tharher^ 



Petaloste-MON candidum, Michx. FL 2, p, 49, t, 37, /. 1. Near the Copper Mines, and low 



places between Van Horn's Wells and Mnerte, July; Big^hno. Kio de Sta. Cruz and Prodrero, 



Sonera, June ; Schott. Our plant resembles Fendler's specimens named P. gracile by Dr. 

 Gray, but it is erect, 



Petalostemon ejiarginatum, Torr. tC Gray^ FL 1, p. 311. Near Ringgold Barracks ; Schott. 

 "We have never before received specimens of this plant since it was sent to us from Drummond's 

 Texan collection, 



KoBiNiA Neo-Mexicana, Gray y PL Thurh.p. 315. Along the Mimbres, New Mexico; Thurber^ 

 i and on Ben Moore, near the Copper Mines ; Bigelow. 



Amorpha LAE^^GATA, Nutt. var. pubescens, Gray^ PL Wright. 1, p. 49. Hills at the Copper 

 Mines, and on the Kio Grande below the mouth of Escondido creek, March ; Bigelow^ Schott. 

 Hardly distinct from the next, 



Amorpha fruticosa, Linn.; Torr. d Gray, FL 1, p. 305. A. Californica, Nutt. L c. Moun- 

 tains east of San Diego, California; Parry, Mabibi, Sonora, June; Thurhtr. I can find no 

 reliable characters for distinguishing the two species here united. Mr. Nuttall's plant wa?( 

 described from specimens in which the flowers were scarcely unfolded, and the fruit of which 

 was not collected. 



lepidota, Nutt. Gen. 2, p. 106 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2150 ; Gray, PL Wright 



glutinosa, Nutt. in Torr. d Gray, FL 1, p. 298. 

 ;eario. June ; Thurber, Oio de Vaca, Chihuahua: 



Valley of the Kio Grande below San 

 Thurber. San Felipe, California; Parry. 



Medicago satr^a, Linn.; Torr. dc Gray^ FL 1, p. 321. Banks of the aceq^uia, near El Paso, 

 May ; Bigelow. This is no doubt an introduced plant. It seems to be naturalized in many 

 parts of the Mexican States. 



3Iei)Icago dextictlata, Willd.; Torr. d Gray, L c. Naturalized in western Texas, New 

 Mexico and the 3Iexican States west of the Rio Grande ; also throughout California, wherever 

 the Spani;sh missions were established. 



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