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Acuity to some extent* and prove the necessity of' reuniting Bronnia: w;^ n 
Fouquierct . 1 6 The flower of Foufuiera fyleridens, as 1 nave named# 
northern plants is that of a true Pouquierctj while the fruit is nearly 
Bronriia! / **< • * m^iiofee 
Towards EJ Paso a curious capparidaceOtts plant was collected , J 
appears to be nearly allied to the Californian OzyseiyUs of'Tbfrey and ; F ! ae , 
monf, and forms with it a distinct group in that family,- approaching v ws , 
closely to Cruciferae , as has been remarked by Professor Tbrrey. 30ne , 
I have named this new* genus (in honor of its discoverer^ who h- 
though unaided and often embarrassed in different ways,- done so mi_ 
towards the advancement of our: knowledge of those* northern province! 
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16 Fouquiera, Humb. B. Kunth, charact. ehiendat. CafyX K-sepal 5[ ^ 
imbricatus, persistens. Ocnolla hypogyna, gamopetala^ longe tubukj; asca 
limbo brevi 5-partito,, patente, aestivatione incomplete contotfta. Stanly 
10-15, hypogyna, exserta; filameota inferne arcuata villosa^ basi inteij y 
cohaerentia; antherae biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, mucf6i e m 
taey hpsi cordatae, imo dorso afiixae, introrsae. > Ovarium- liberum se$& n Tv 
placentae 3 parietales ad centrum product^ neque copnatae, ovarium 
incomplete triloculare; ovula sub-IB ascendentia, in quaque placen4 teutre 
biseriata; stylus filiformis trifidus; Capsula coriacea trivaivis; valvae 
dio placenriferae; placentae demum margine tentrali coanatae et a va e , ua 
solutae placentam singulam feentralem triangularem fprraantes. Sen^’ 
3-6 complanata, alata s. comosa;. albumen tenuissimum mernbranace^ 
verpbryo magnup rectus," cotyledonibus planis, radicula breViori iniera.. y, { 
Mexican shrubs or trees* with soft fragile wood, and tuher culated, angj 
branches, the tubercles bearing spines, and in their axills single or fasc^ 
late obovate entire leaves; splendid crimsqn flowers in terminal or sut^j * 
initial spikes or panicles. At present f only the following species of ? ^ 
genus are khown: ■ . , ■ * « 1 ' " %he 
1 . F. formosa, H. B. K. fruticosa, spinis brevissimis, foliis soliti 
oblongis subcarnosis: floribus sessilibus*arcte spicatis, staminibus 12; s,™ 
&j>ice tripartite. ,, $ * & . * ' ; 
2. F. splendens , n. sp. fruticosa, simplex, spinis longioribus, foliis ? e 10 l 
ckulatis, obbvato-spathulatis, membranaceis; floribus brevi ter pedicel'' ov 
in paniculam thyrsoideam congestis, staminibus 15; stylo ultra me|™ 
.tripartite, seminibus 3-6 comosis. ; - v ^ 
3f F. spinosa , H. B. K., arborea, ramosa, spinis. longioribi^§| foliis % a ( 
rumque faseiculatis, obovato-oblongis, membranaceis; floribus pedid^-fej 
corymboso-panieulatis; staminibus 10; seminibus 3 membranaceo-alati; • 
Fouquiera splendens is a common plant from the Jornada del 
4n New Mexico, to Chihuahua, Saltillor/and Monterey; flowers in 
fruit by the end of May. * . jBWyi 
A general description has already been given in the text. Ii| Mallj 
Mexico it was seen only 8 or 10 feet high, but farther south it 
from 10 to 20 feet high, and in favorable localities it is said tp grow ; 
30 feet high, and rarely thicker than about one inch in diameter. Jonacc 
Imooth and ashy gray; opines horizontal; slightly curved , 6 to lQJpules a 
long, disappearing on old stems; leaves deciduous fascicled, in the axPieplac 
the spines-towards the top of the stem, short-petioled, spathulatd, <dfee f 0ri 
membranaceous; glabrous, somewhat glaucous, 9 to 12 lines long, fate, fih, 
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