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(Sarcostemma ? No. 2) ; compare Cynanchuui scoparium of Florida. Climbing, herba- 

 ceous, branching, and nearly leafless. Met with in the Estrella Gap of the Organ 

 Mountains; (having the aspect of an introduced plant, and probably only naturalized). 



Gren. near Cynanchum, (No. 1). A small herbaceous vine. 



Cynanchum-like (No. 1). 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



(No. 3) ; a third species. 



Spigelia anthelmia, (No. 1), A low herb. Growing in wet ground, in the Estrella Gap 



of the Organ Mountains. 

 Lisianthus (No. 1). Herbaceous, five to eight feet high. In the Estrella Gap of the 



Organ Mountains ; growing in the deep forest, rare. 

 Bignonia (No. 3). A woody vine, with large white flowers. 



(No. 4). A woody vine; the flowers purple, and rather small. 



(No. 5). A woody vine, with large yellow flowers. 



(No. 6). A woody vine, with yellow flowers; like most of the following species. 



(No. 7) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 8) ; a sixth species. 



(No. 9) ; a seventh species. 



(No. 10) ; an eighth species. 



(No. 11) ; a ninth species. 



(No. 12); a tenth species. 



(No. 13); an eleventh species. — The Brazilian Bignoniacece present a fine subject 



for an illustrated monograph, having large-sized colored plates ; for no just idea of this 

 beautiful Tribe can be obtained from dried specimens. 



Gloxinia (No. 1). A red-flowered variety found near (on one of the clifis of) the sea- 

 coast, by Mr. Brackenridge. 



Gesneria bulbosa (No. 1). Growing on the summit of Mount Corcovado. 



(No. 2); a second species. 



(No. 3) ; a third species. 



(No. 4); a fourth species. 



(Ipomoea) pes-caprse, (bis No. 2 Metia to the Feejee Islands, Mindanao, and Zanzibar). 



Maritime, abundantly spreading over the sands of the sea-shore. 

 Convolvulus (? No. 10). Growing in inland situations. 



(? No. 11). Growing in inland situations. 



( ? No. 12 j. Growing in inland situations. 



(? No. 13). Almost stemless; bearing only a solitary flower. Maritime, growing 



on the sands of the sea-shore. 



Anagallis (compare No. 1 Malta, and Egypt); blue-flowered. Naturalized in the outskirts 

 of the city. 



Olea sativa, (bis Mediterranean countries and Bombay). Cultivated at the residence of 

 Mr. March, at the elevation of "3100 feet" among the Organ Mountains. 



Carissa "spinarum," or a plant closely resembling it. Met with in a wild portion of the 

 Organ Mountains, not far from the horse-path leading to March's residence; (probably 

 only naturalized). 



Vinca rosea. Naturalized; once only met with. 



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