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“Santa Fé. This plant i is clearly a congener of Euploca h 
cea of Nuttall. It is nearly related to, Tonrpefortia + = eula~ 
is 
HYDROLEACEX. 
Eriodictyon, Benth. in bot Sulph., 35. Chois. in DC, 
10, p. 183. A well characterized Cititsraion genus, aot 
three described species, one of which, the Wigandia Californica 
Hook. and Arn, was found in rocky places near the mouth of 
San Carlos, on the Gila, and on the” Cordilleras of California. The 
leaves are coriaceous, varying in form from narrowly linear to lan 
ceolate, and from being pte Be entire to strongly. dentate. The 
upper surface (as well as the branches,) is covered with a copious 
adhesive varnish, while the under-side is whitish tomentose, with 
Strongly marked ‘Teticulated veins. 
POLEMONIACE. 
Phlox, n. sp. This likewise occurs in Texas, and will be de- ° 
_ eribed by Dr. Gray. It was found in various places on the tribu- 
‘aries of the Canadian 
Gilia pulchella, Dougl. Ocaté creek, and other tributaries of 
the Canadian. 
G. longifolia, Benth. Tpomea Sieg ded, Torr. in Long’s Rocky 
mountain plants. Valley of the Del Nor 
Fouquiera spinosa. (Bronnia toss. Kanth nov. gen. 6, p. 
$4, ¢.528.) Benth. in bot. Sulph. pv 16. Ascending the Cordilleras 
of California. A highly Brbarental shrub, shooting up long 
‘smooth simple stems, to the height of from "12 to 25 feet, with a 
panicle of scarlet flowers at the summit. It differs slightly fis 
‘the figure and description of Kunth, but seems to be the same plant. 
The leaves are obovate-oblong, ‘glabrous and membranaceous, grow- 
in fascicles in the axils of the spines. The spines are from a half 
an inch to near an inch in length, slender, more or less spreading, 
‘or even somewhat recurved. At the base of each isa longitudinal 
protuberance which extends along the stem until it reaches the spine, 
which is on a line with it below. The panicle is usually contracted 
and elongated, but sometimes short, and almost corymbose. 
flowers are on short pedicels which are furnished with deciduous 
bracts. Sepals 5, nearly orbicular, concave, strongly imbricated, 
persistent, about ‘one- -fourth the length of the corolla. Corolla 
abou ng; the tube cylindrical, so often’ 
ather acute segments. 
mesriéd the og bent the filaments thickened or 
‘ent — ase; anthers linear-oblong, 
bout 6 ascending anatropous 
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