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108 UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY. 



Nemacladus ramosissimus, NuU 



Soc. n. ser. 8. p. 254. (Tab. XLY.) 



Hill sideSj Frontera, on the upper Eio Grande ; also in Chihuahuaj and near the Pimos 

 villages; on the Gila ; Parry. (No. 1428 and 1431, Wright.) We have specimens from 

 California, collected by Dr. Andreivs and Bev, Mr. Fitcli. Mr. Niittall considers this remarkable 

 plant as the type of a distinct natural order which ought to be placed between Lobeliaceos and 

 Goodenoviacete ; but we think it should certainly be referred to the former, notwithstanding the 



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non-cohering anthers. The stigma is destitute of an indusium, and even of a hairy fringe. 



CAMPANULACE^. 



Dysmicodon perfoliatum, Nutt, ?. c. Campanula perfoliata, Linn. Copper Mines and Rio 

 Mimbres, New Mexico; April-June; Bigeloiv. Canon of Guadalupe, Sonora; Ca23t. E. K. 

 Smith. 



DysjMICOdon ovatum, Niitt. L c. On the lower Rio Grande ; April ; Scliott. Bexar, Texas ; 



Berlandier^ No. 368. 



Campylocera LEPTOCAEPA, Nutt.^ I, c. First crossing of the Rio San Pedro, Texas; May- 

 June ; Bigeloio. 



Campanula rotundifolia, Linn. Sp. p. 239. Eocks on the Rio Grande, 150 miles above the 

 mouth of the Pecos ; November ; Parry. The radical leaves are ovate and acute, but there can 

 be little doubt of the plant being a form of G, rotundifolia. 



ERICACE^. 



Arctostaphylos pungens, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. dt Sp. 3,^. 278; Torr. in Fmojyy Pep. t. 7, 

 & in Bot. Whipp. Pep., p. 116. Dry pine woods, near Monterey, in the same State ; Parry. 



Mountain sides and dry ravines, San Luis, etc., Sonora; Capt. E. K, Smith; Schott^ Thurher. 

 Mexico ; Berlandier^ No. 1318. Sometimes procumbent. Flowers rose-color. 



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Arctostaphylos tomentosa, Dough; DC. Prodr. ^y p. 585; Torr. I. c. San Luis Obispo, Cal- 

 ifornia ; April ; Parry. Also in Napa county; Thurher. It is called Mansinita^ (little apple,) 

 by the Mexicans of California, The red berries are used by the Spanish natives to make a 

 cooling sub-acid drink. 



Arctostaphylos polifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen.y dt Sp. 3, p. 277. Lower California, 



near the boundary line. A shrub, about' six feet high, with dark purple berries, which 

 become black in drying. 



Arbutus Menztesii, Pursh, Fl. 1,^. 282. Mountains at the head of Rock creek; Bigelow. 



Wright.) Only 12 



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mailer leaves than in the Oregon and 



California plant. In California, where it is common, it is a most beautiful tree, often 40 feet or 

 more in height, and is known by the name of Madronia. The "wood is used for making the 

 heavy wooden stirrups of the Mexicans. 



Gaultheria ShalloXj Purshy FL 1, p. 284, t. 12. Pine woods near Monterey and in other 

 parts of California ; Parry. The aromatic acid berries are rather agreeable to the taste. 



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Yaccinium ovatum, Purshj Fl. 1, p. 290; Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 1354. Pine woods near Monterey, 

 California ; Parry. A neat evergreen shrub, 2-3 feet high. The berries are edible, but small. 



STYRACE^. 



alifornictjm, Torr. PL Frem. in Smiihson. Contrih. vol. 6. Valley of the Sacra- 



mento. 



