930 Engelmann and Gray, 
158. D. cin:osus, N. ab E. in Linn. XVI. p. 294. = Ru- 
ellia ciliosa, Pursh. Open woods, Houston. June. 
159. DiawrHERA HuwrLISs. In clear water. June. 
160. DICLIPTERA BRACHIATA, Spreng. Shady woods, 
Houston. June — September. Seeds hispid, with short, 
minutely glochidiate bristles." 
161. Urricurarta suBULATA, Linn. Wet prairies of Gal- 
pe Island. April. 
2. SawoLus EBRACTEATUs, H. B. K. Sandy brackish 
id Gafvéstón. April. It is singular that this should have 
been overlooked by Duby, in DC. Prodr., as a North Ameri- 
can plant. It was recorded as such by Torrey in the report 
on the plants collected in Major Long’s Expedition, and is not 
uncommon along the coast from Florida to Texas. The 
leaves in the Testi plant, as generally in our specimens, are 
obovate or broadly spatulate, tapering into pretty long winged 
petioles, which are decurrent on the mee 
163. PLANTAGO GNAPHALOIDES, Nut aa Island. 
164. P. amisraTA, Michx. Miete: &c. 
165. RESINE cELOosrorpEs, Linn. Houston. " September. 
166. OrLorueca Frorrpana, Nutt. © Prairies and — 
woods in loose sandy soil, west of the Brazos. August. 
167. Ertoconum Lowarronruw, Nutt., Benth. 8 PLANTA- 
GINEUM : foliis brevioribus latioribusque. Dry prairies west of 
Brazos. July, August. The same form occurs in 
mond's Third Texan Collection, No. 352. 
168. PonycowELLA ERICOIDES. =. Gonopyrum America- 
num, Fisch. & Meyer, in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. (ser. 6.) 
IV. p. 144. Prairies, west of San Felipe, on =. Brazos. 
1 Among mee ack ape a few specime ens were received of the m 
justicieflora, Hook. € o Bot, Mag. Y. p. 176, which has also sss distributed 
by Dr. Riddell, d. -— name of Eberlea. We refer it to the Tr 
R. B * To the character given by Hooker, for the most part inet e may 8er; 
that the stem and leaves are somewhat fleshy, and that the upper lip of 
is not entire, but. adh. The hens. of the shorter pair of stamens are owe 
than the others, ius are polliniferous and 2-celled. The plant grows in 
