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has it, without fruit, from Dr. Palmer, obtained in New Mexico) is inclined 

 to regard it as G. Drummondii. I believe it will prove distinct from either, 

 in which case it might appropriately bear the name of G. Palmeri. 



Gaura parvifolia,Toit. (in Ann. Lye New York, 2, p. 200). (G. coccinea, 

 Nutt., var. of T. & G.) — Perennial, much branched from the base ; branch- 

 lets, leaves, and fruit hoary puberulent ; leaves \-%' long, linear, irregu- 

 larly and sparingly denticulate ; calyx-tube 3-5" long, a .little longer than 

 the lobes; stigmatic indusium deeply 4-lobed, and slightly folded around the 

 lobes of the stigma; appendages to the filaments rather large, 1" long; 

 mature fruit suddenly contracted into a thickish neck at its lower third, 

 above acutely 4-angled, intervening faces deeply concave, apex obtuse, 

 acute, or even apiculate ; style at base slightly villose. Evidently the 

 neai-er affinity of this plant is with G. coccinea, but since in addition to its 

 smaller leaves the stigmatic indusium is constantly 4-lobed, I feel bound 

 to keep up the distinction and restore the old name. The bracts too are 

 smaller than in G. coccinea, and not caducous as in G. Drummondii, to which 

 it has also some points of resemblance. — Cottonwood and Camp Grant, 

 Ariz. (349). 



Gaura suffulta, Engelm (PI. Lindh p. 196). — 1-2° high, villose, 

 bearded with long, spreading hairs; bran chiefs, flowers, and bracts glabrous; 

 leaves smoothish, lanceolate, attenuated at either end, repand-denticulate, 

 lower ones broader, petioled; rachis roughened by the adnate pedicels from 

 which the fruit has fallen ; fruit ovate-pyramidal, glabrous, acutely four- 

 angled, sides concave and hardly roughened. Flowers sometimes tri- 

 merous; appendages at the base of the filaments rather large; stigmatic 

 indusium 4-parted and free (its tips at least) from the stigma. — Arizona. 



Gaura parviflora, Dougl. — Valley of the Gila, Arizona (768) ; Utah. 



LOASE^E. 



Ckvallia* sinuata, Lagasca. — Genus of a single species so far as 

 known. — Limestone rocks, Camp Bowie, Ariz. (480). Stings the hand like 

 a genuine nettle. 



* Cevallia, Lag. — Tube of the plumose cal.vx sbort, oblong ; 5 linear lobes erect. Petals 5, 

 plumose, erect, as long as and similar to the sepals. StamenB 5, erect, filaments very short; anthers 



