164 Plante Lindheimeriane. 
subcordatis petiolo subduplo longioribus supra pilis simplicibus 
subtus pilis 3 — 5-partitis appressis parce strigosis, infimis ro- 
tundatis, summis sublanceolatis acutis ; stipulis subulatis ; 
pedunculis axillaribus unifloris petiolo brevioribus fructiferis 
nutantibus; calyce 5-partito membranaceo inflato 5-alato 
clauso pedunculum adæquantibus, segmentis late ovatis quasi 
cordatis; corolla flavida vix exserta;, ovario carnoso arcte 
depresso 10-lobo pruinoso demum in carpella 10 rotundata 
intus subrostrato-producta mutica semini conformia nitida 
minute reticulata calyce maximo vesicario inclusa secedenti- 
bus.— On the Liano. A well-marked species, apparently 
allied to S. physalodes, Pres/; the calyx strikingly inflated, 
like a Physalis; the corolla inconspicuous and opening only 
for a short time in direct sunshine. It has heen cultivated 
during the past summer in the Botanic , and it forms 
a conical and fleshy perennial root. Speck "have been 
gathered by Mr. Wright, and others in Southern Texas, by 
Wislizenus, south of El Paso del Norte, and by Dr. Gregg in 
Northern Mexico." 
| Three other undescribed Texan species have been detected by Mr. Wr ght 
namely : — 
Sipa biomeaghare (sp. both homilis ; caulibus (e EN perenni ?) saberectis 
tiolisque p 
foliis ovato-oblongis angulato- cordatis grosse dentat tis penninerviis ; basi i5- 7-nerv ati 
ubeequantibus; corolla supra calycem villosulum paulo excedente; carpellis 10 
glabriusculis pom obtuso bipartibilibus summo dorso bicorniculatis . — Raised i in the 
Botanic Gard unie Cambridge, from seeds gathered in southern Texas : Mr. Charles 
Wright. The foliage is not unlike that of Tragia urticeefolia. Corolla fugacious, 
e an inch in diameter. Carpels short, beakless, bimucronate or bicorniculate on 
k near the apex. 
"s FILIPES (sp. HOV.) : farfuraceo-canescens ; caule erecto paniculato gracili : foliis 
P de ntato-serratis tis obtusiusculis supra velu- 
ulis npea petiolum cients pedunculis unifloris vrina (2=3-pollicari- 
bus) foliis longioribus paulo sub flore pendulo articulatis; corolla (purpurea ?) caly- 
Wright. Also near Monterey, Mexico, Dr. Edwards and Major Eaton (in Herb. 
Torrey).— Base of the slender stems wanting, but apparently it is mini NN 
ceous, of two or three feet in height. The leaves are from one and an half to two 
