226 Engelmann and Gray, 
198. Ipomma sacrrrata, Desf.; Choisy. June— Sept. 
199. CosvoLvuLus aquaticus, Walt. Wet prairies west 
of the Brazos. Often 10 feet long. July. 
130. Nama Jamaicensis, Linn.? Sandy prairies, &c. 
near the Brazos. June. Annual. 
131. LITHOSPERMUM TENELLUM, Nutt. in Trans. Amer. 
Phil. Soc. (n. ser.) V. p.88. On the Brazos, &c. April— 
August. . 
132. HELIOTROPIUM curassavicum, Linn. Galveston, &c. 
133. H. rvuxparUM; Swartz ; DC. prodr. 9, p. 539. Banks 
of the Brazos. June. 
134. Evroca urrsuta = Phacelia hirsuta, Nutt. in Trans. 
Amer. Phil. Soc. l. c. p. 191. Pine woods near Houston. 
March and April. Corolla with 5 very obscure pairs of 
squamelle at the base of the tube. Ovary 5—10-ovuled. 
(Vide No. -— 280, infra.) Also Texas, Drummond’s Coll. 
3, E 
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interioribus HiMndtibes, tubo comle Sato calycem et lacinias limbi lineari- 
uperante; staminibus limbo brevioribus; squam is pinnati- 
fido-lacini iatis; orario cum ecd stylos subequante ; capsula uorum subacu 
rolla marce xin obtecta 1-4-sperma, — North Mein to Alabama, im the 
icm on shrubs, frequently on evergreens; on Corylus rostrata, Buncom: 
Co., N. ences on the same, ‘ee on Andromeda sodas or spinulosa, 0 
of Negro Mountain, N. Carol., Prof. A. a and Mr. W. S. Sullivan; in Ala- 
bama, on Prinos glaber, Dr. rsen (Herb. 
ay.) 
ei is clearly the Cuscuta compacta of iie monograph, (and of e prodr. 
: e notice 
ehlonoa 
instance of two nearly allied species, one growing in the mountainous region 
Southern States, the other one in the riesen lowlands. Analogies offer in 
y 
rules, and much more slender and mos stly smaller flowers. p 
s the compact scales of the calyx considerably, and is much narrower in pro- 
portion to its length ; it gives, therefore, to the capsule which it à 
more pointed appearance, pee the capsule itself is nearly globose. This a itin 
ance of the vestiges of the corolla on the capsule distinguishes this species 
c. Bem after flowering. The corolla a ceder to be Sie pacem 
reete eccle pe run 
