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S[i'iiONOGT,ossA* longielora, Gray (Syn. Fl. 1 , p 328}. — Low, uniformly 

 pubescent ; leaves opposite, on short petioles, rhombic-ovate to lanceolate, 

 thickish, 6-18" long; petiole 2-4" long; flowers yellowish- white; tube very 

 slender, 8-12" long; stamens included; filaments membranaceous, a little 

 longer than the anther ; style very slender, much exceeding the flower, 

 evidently 2-lipped ; capsule dark brown, oval ; seeds with the margin dis 

 tinctly notched at the point of attachment. — Specimen was a mere frag- 

 ment. Cienega, Southern Arizona (573). 



ANisACANTHUsf pumilus, Nees (Drejera puberula, Torr. in Bot. Mex. 

 Bound, p. 121; and Watson in 1874 Report, p. 13).— "The pubescent 

 branches distichous; leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, puberu- 

 lent, short-petioled ; the short leafy spikes axillary and terminal ; the deeply 

 5-cleft calyx glandular-pubescent, the lobes linear-subulate ; tube of the 

 corolla narrow, many times longer than the calyx, inferior lip 3-parted, the 

 lobes lanceolate-linear. Corolla 18" long, purplish-red Capsule smooth, 6-7" 

 long, the upper half rhombic-ovate and seminiferous, the lower attenuated 

 to a narrow stipe and empty. Shrub 4-8° high." — Arizona. I have not 

 seen the specimen, and have quoted largely from Bot. Mex. Bound. I c. 



DiclipteraJ rksupinata, Juss. — Stem erect, simple or much branched 

 from a woody base ; leaves opposite, glabrous to slightly pubescent, lance- 

 olate to oblong, on a slender petiole, which is 3-6" long ; inflorescence in a 

 compound cymose umbel, with the common peduncle as long as or exceed - 



* Sipiionoglossa, Erst.— Calyx 4-5-parted, the short segments narrow. Corolla-tube elongated, 

 narrowly cylindrical, slightly or not at all dilated above; limb spreading, 2-lipped, the posterior lip 

 interior, entire or 2-cleft, the other widely spreading, 3-cleft. Stamens 2, affixed near the apex of the 

 tube; anthers 2-celled, with one cell higher than the other; cells somewhat sharp pointed or spurred ; 

 staminodia none. Style filiform, the obtuse apex with 2 short lobes; 2 ovules in either cell. Capsule 

 oblong, contracted at the base into a solid stipe. Seeds 4, or by abortion fewer, suborbicular, compressed 

 marginate, tnbercnlate-nigose; placental processes obtuse. — Sub-shrubby [or herbaceous], low, spreading, 

 pubescent. Leaves ovate, entire. The subsessilo flowers solitary in the axils. The linear bracts short. — 

 Bknth. & Hook. 



t Anisacanthub, Nees.— Shrub, posterior lobes of the imbricated corolla interior in the bud. Oval 

 capsule elevated on a, conspicuous stipe; ovules two in each cell, attached to the placental processes by 

 the edge ; seeds flat; stamens two ; anther cells two. equal ; rudiments none. 



tDiCLiPTERA, Juss. — " Bracts a pair, valvately inclosing l-:t flower- buds. Corolla tubular, 

 bilabiate ; the upper lip interior in tho bud, flat or concave, emarginate or entire ; the lower spreading, 

 toothed or lobed. Stamens 2 : anthers with 2 cells, one higher than the other, both pointless. Capsule 

 short, flattened contrary to the partition, 4-seeded, the base seedless and stalk-like, the stiong processes 

 that bear the seeds curving upward and becoming hook-like at dehiscence. Seeds flat. — Mostly herbs; 

 with 6-angled stems, broadish and petioled leaves, and either scattered or clustered flowers: mainly trop- 

 ical, two or three species leaching the United States." — Fl Cal vol. 1, p. 58'J. 



