Sorex diehrurus. Raf. Ful- 
vous, back brown, belly white, 
tail longer than body, nodose, 
with a pencil of hair at the 
tip, fulvous above, white be- 
neath. 
Small animal, similar to a 
mouse, and to some sp. of Ger- 
billus . Body 3 inches long, tail 
slender, 4 or 5 inches, head 
slanting, and elongated, snout 
sharp, eyes oblong, ears small 
oboval. 
134. Fxorula Texensis. Di- 
cotyl. N. Sp. 
New Dicotyle Plants of Texas <$• 
Jlrkaiinas , in my Herbarium. 
1. Nudiltjs.N. G. Raf. Di- 
oicus. FL masc.— FI. fern. 
Cal. & Cor. o. Pist. ovat. Styl. 
longus, stigma capit. Bacca 1 
sperma. Frutexfol. opp. $. alt 
post anthesis.fi. fascic. Singu- 
lar G. near to Borya and Ilex . 
-JV*. paradoxus . Raf. Ramis te- 
retis nudis levis, fol. lane, ses- 
sit. glabr. acut. integr. fasc. 
alt. Fl. parvis pedic. racemosis 
s. 2—4 nis- Flowers naked small 
vernal. From Texas to Ten- 
nessee, very rare, seldom seen 
in blossom, berries ovate black. 
2 . Lobelia texensis Raf. Pu- 
berula, Caule ilex, simpl. Fol. 
sess. lane, dentic acutis ie- 
motis,jFI. racem.secund.remo- 
tis, ad bract, lane, axill: ped. fl. 
& bract brevior, Cal. lac. lin- 
ear. Cor. magnacoccinea, lac. 
angust. acutis. Beautiful sp. 
near to L. cardinalis , and L. 
Fidgens. v. v. 
3- Pentostemon atropurpure- 
uin Raf. Caule virg. simpl. ter. 
Fol. ang. lane, amplexic. ser- 
rul. glabr. acutissim. FL ra- 
cern. bracteis ovat. lane. acum. 
integris. Pretty sp. with small 
fl. dark purple, v.v. 
4. Gratiola brevifolia Raf. 
Glabra simplex, Fol. breviss. 
ovatis acutis integris re mot is, 
Fl. axill. ped. fol. longior, Cor. 
incurva. small 4 in. fl. small 
purplish. 
5. Gratiola rigida Raf. Gla- 
bra, rigida, Caule anceps. Fol. 
rhomboideis, basi cuneatis in- 
tegris, apice serratis obtusis, 
Pedic. fangul. fol. longiorib. 
Cal. sine caliculo. — Fine sp. 
lacking the 2 bracts, Cal. 
deeply 5 parted, segm. linear 
lane, unequal, one superior 
broader, caps, oblong acute. 
Probably a peculiar S. G. Aoti- 
lix Raf. 
6. L antana parvifolia Raf. 
Ramis Virgatis obt. angul. a- 
pice puberuli, Fol. oppos. peti- 
ol. ovato-obl. parvis, crenatis, 
subacut. supratransv. rugosis, 
subtus tomentosis, Capitulis 
fol. brevior, paucifloris, brac- 
teis imbricatis ovatis integris. 
— Small shrub, very distinct 
from L . Jloridana L. camara . 
Sea shore s, y. 
7. Nyssa ciliata Raf. Fol. 
ovat. obovatisque, integr. u- 
trinq. acum. ciliatis, petiolis 
nervisq. basi birsutis. Pedunc. 
fern, trifloris birsutis, bract, 
brev.membr. obt. fl sessil. Sty- 
lo elong.r-Different tree from 
N villosa. 
8. Negundium trifoliatum 
Raf. Ramulisviridis levis, Fol. 
trifol. ovatobl. glabr. acut. in- 
tegris, media sepe tridentata, 
FL dioicis masc. 4 andris, cal. 
4 dent, pedic. fascic. filiformis, 
fl, fem. racemosis, cal 4 part 
