Plante Lindheimeriane. 21T 
what hairy and often incurved. (Œ. bifrons, Don, has 
. rounded petals.) Galveston to the Brazos. June, July. 
91. Lupwiera mRTELLA, Raf.; Torr. & Gr. l.c. Houston. 
58. L. LINEARIS, var. PUBERULA : caule ramosissimo angu- 
lato foliisque junioribus minutim puberulis ; lobis calycis tri- 
angulari-lanceolatis acuminatis tubum squantibus capsula 
elongato-turbinata subpedicillata dimidio brevioribus; petalis 
flavis conspicuis. — Prairies and road-sides, Houston. June, 
September. Also in Alabama; Louisiana, &c.; these char- 
acters gradually shading away into the ordinary L. linearis, 
in its branching forms, so that we cannot consider it as a dis- 
tinct species, , CES r 
99. Jussimza pecurrens, DC. Houston, &c.- 
60. Gaura sinuata, Nutt. Steep river-banks, &c., west 
of the Brazos, August. 
61. Gaura LINDHEIMERI (n. sp.) : perennis, erecta, vir- 
gato-ramosa, strigoso-pubescens vel hirsuta ; foliis infimis 
spathulatis lyrato-pinnatifidis sinuatisve, caulinis sessilibus lan- 
ceolatis acutis sinuato-dentatis vel undulatis, supremis plerum- 
qe Integris ; bracteis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis scariosis 
caducis ; calycis tubo ovarium sessile zequante segmentis (in 
alabastro hirsutis) multo breviore ; petalis 4 spathulato-rhom- 
deis breviter unguiculatis subadscendentibus staminibus 8 
styloque deflexis paulo brevioribus ; nuce tetraquetra circum- 
scriptione oyali utrinque acuta, faciebus usque ad medium 
Carmato-costatis fere levigatis. — Prairies from Houston to the 
Mae flowering from April to May, and through the summer. 
is Parai garden of Harvard University, where it is cul- 
Mee. om seeds collected by Mr. Lindheimer, it also flowers 
wae the whole summer, and proves to be a very showy 
and a ègant species, It attains the height of from 3 to 6 feet, 
of us SOptOUs racemose branches produce a long cession 
°ssoms which are of a large size for this genus. The 
Petals, which are often three-fourths of an inch long, are pure 
always 
. nging to rose color ; the calyx is reddish. Flowers 
iz and octandrous. ‘This is probably the 
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