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j 1 bus bracteis bracteolisqiio subulatis ; calycis laciniis lanceolato-subulatis ; corolla (purpurco) 



\\ f subbilaliataj labio superiore integro vel vix emarginafo, labiis oblongl.s ;oq[nalibus, labio infe- 



I ] riore profunde trifido ; antberarum loculis parallelis contiguis rauticis- Mountains nnd rocky 



places on tbe CibolD of the Eio Grande ; August; Bigeloio. Monterey, Nnevo Leon ; Dr. EJicarih^^ 

 Di\ Gregg, Howard Springs ; ScJio't. (No. 1460, Wrigld. Ko. 1459 is an early state of the 

 same, in which the flowering branches or spikes are not developed ) At Oak creek^ western 

 Texas, Mr. Schott collected specimens with larger and almost orbicular obscurely repand leaves. 

 They probably grew in a .shady place. Plant 6-12 inches long, sometimes diffuse. ■ Leaves \ 

 to 1 inch in lengthy abruptly narrowed to a petiole which is 3 to 6 lines long. Flowers in 

 loose compound spikes or panicles terminating the branches. Segments of the calyx subulate. 

 Corolla 4-5 lines long ; the segments nearly equal and about as long as the tube. Capsule 5 

 lines long, the lower half abruptly contracted and stipe-like ; the upper part orbicular-ovate, 

 acuminate, smooth^ 4-seeded. Seeds discoid^ muriculate, black. 



ScuAUERiA iiNEAiUFOLTA (n. ^p.:) suffruticosa e basi ramosissima glaberrima ; foliis angusto- 

 lineuribus; spicis terminalibus gracilibuspaniculatis, floribus distantibus^ bracteis bracteolisque 



subulatis, corolla (purr 



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subc^qualibus ; antberarum loculis parallelis contiguis muticis. Rocks at the mouth of tlic 

 Great canon of the Ilio Grande, and on the Burro mountains; June — October; BJgehio^ 

 Farry, (No. 436, Wright.) About a foot high. Leaves 8-10 lines long; the lowest ones a 

 little broader and somewhat spatulate; upper ones half a line wide, Flowers solitary in the 

 upper axilSj the leaves being gradually reduced to subulate bracts^ so that the inflorescence 

 becomes spicate. Calyx^ corolla^ and fruit, as in the preceding species. 



Drejera"*" Wrtgiitii (n. sp.): ramis,bifariam pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis glabris, spicis unilateralibus nudis ; calyce glanduloso-pubescente profunde 5-fido, laciniis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis ; corolla) tubo angusto calyce multoties longiore, labio iuferiorc tripartito, 

 laciniis lanceolato-linearibus. Between the Guadaloupe river, Texas, and the Rio Grande; 

 also near Monterey, Nuevo Leon ; June — October. Nos. 435 and 1457, Wright. Plant appa- 

 rently 3 to 4 feet high ; dull grayish green ; the branches terete^ marked with two broad lines 

 of soft pubescence. Leaves l|-2 inches long, and 6-S lines wide ; green on both sides; the 



* petiole 3-5 lines long. Spikes terminating the paniculate branches. Bracts about as long as 



the very short pedicels. Corolla an inch and a half long; purplish red; the tube slender, 

 inflated at the base, the enlarged portion about the length of the calyx ; segments of the upper 



lip a line and a half wide; upper lip emarginate. Anther-cells linear, contiguous, parallel. 

 Capsule smooth, 6-7 lines long, the upper half rhombic-ovate and semeniferous ; the lower 



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attenuated to a narrow stipe and empty. Seeds commonly 2, rarely 3 or 4, lenticular, smooth. 

 Drejera puberula^ (n. sp.): ramis bifariam pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis vel 

 I lineari-lanceolatis puberulis brevipetiolatis; spicis brevibus axillaribus terminalibusque foliosis ; 



% calyce glanduloso-pubescente profunde 5-fido, laciniis lineari-subulatis ; corolhe tubo angusto 



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calyce multoties longiore, labio inferiore tripartito, laciniis lanceolato-linearibus. Gravelly 

 hills and ravines along the Cibolo of the Kio Grande; May — June; Digelow. Ko. 145G 



^ "We have adopted CErsted's view of tLe limits of Drejera, (in Yidensk. Medd. Natixriiist. For Kjobeuh, 1B51^ p. 154 ) 

 merely extending the character as to the calyx, which is 5-clcft or 5-parted. It includes Drejera, NeeSj and Jacobinii 51 2 of 

 the same author in DC. Prcdr. The latter genus was founded on J. lepida, and is the only species referred by Xces, to his first 

 Bection. It differs so much from the specieB of the second group, which we would transfer to Drejera^ that il may remain by 

 itaelf. 



