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spikes oblong- Sieeaary 1-2 cm. long, 8-10 mm. thick, 
conspicuous on ac of i corolla-segments: bracts 
linear-subulate, oe the calices: flowers perfect: 
calices 4 mm. long, silky ; Predeie broadly oblong or oval, 
the scarious margins much broader than the green midrib: 
corollas glabrous : ; tubes often barely as long as the calices; 
segments orbicular- bas or es spreading, as long 
as the tube: capsules oblon -4 mm. long, included in 
the corolla-tube, ee a little above the middle: 
seeds 1-2. 
In dry soil, Texas. Spring and summer. 
A species of the imperfectly understood Plantago Pata- 
Yonica group: it is most closely related to P. Patagonica 
lanatifolia, but may be separated by the villous peduncles ; 
the leaf-blades are glabrate, and large specimens may thus 
simulate Plantago Wrrght77. The original specimens were 
collected by Mr. Heller at Kerrville, Texas, in April, 1894, 
distributed in Plants of Southern Texas, no. 1649. 
HOvuSTONIA PULVINATA. 
Perennial, glabrous. Foliage turning black in drying: 
stems branched at the base; branches 8—z2 cm. long, angled, 
densely tufted, forming cushion-like masses: leaves numer- 
ous; blades linear, 1-1.5 cm. long, acute, revolute, more or 
less curved, sessile: peduncles 1 cm. long or usually shorter : 
pedicels 1 mm. long or usually shorter, or somewhat longer 
at maturity, the cymes thus relatively dense: bracts minute, 
acute: calices about 1 mm. long, becoming 2 mm. long at 
maturity ; segments triangular-ovate, acute: corolla bluish, 
3.5-4 mm. long; tube gradually enlarged; segments ob- 
long-ovate, about 1.5 mm. long, obtuse, pubescent within: 
capsules oblong-obovoid, fully 2 mm. long, slightly notched. 
In sand, peninsular Florida. Summer. This species has 
always been merged inthe composite HZ. angust/folia, but it 
possesses excellent distinguishing characters. The depressed 
cushion-like form it assumes in growing serves as a ready 
means of distinction. The short leaves, the congested cymes, 
the smaller corollas and shorter more obovoid capsules are 
sufficient to warrant its treatment as a species. 
The original specimens are from St. Augustine, Florida, 
