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BOTANY. 
PIIYTOLACCACEiE. 
Phytolacca decandra, Linn. Near Fort Washita; April. 
POLYGONACEiE. 
Polygonum lapathifolum, LinnJ Willd. Sp. pi. 2, p. 442. Near Fort Washita. Perhaps 
not distinct from P. Persicaria. 
Eriogonum longifolium, Nutt, in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. (n. ser.') 5, p. 164. E. Texanum, 
Scheele. Gravelly soil, on the Pecos; April. 
Eriogonium cernuum, Nutt, in PI. Gambel.? Llano Estacado, sandy soil. It differs in the 
pubescence of the leaves being rougher and more persistent. 
Rumex venosus, Pursh, FI. supp. 2, p. 733. Delaware creek, and along the Pecos; March. 
Rumex Acetosella, Linn.; Pursh, FI. 1 , p. 249. Western Texas. Probably introduced. 
Rumex Britannica. Linn.; Torr. FI. New York, 2, p. 155. Western Texas. 
NYCTAGINACEiE. 
Abronia cycloptera, Gray, in Sill. Jour. (n. ser.) 15; Torr. in Marcy’s Pep. t. 18. Llano 
Estacado to Fort Chadhourne; April, May. In flower only. 
Oxybaphus angustifolius, Torr. in Amer. Lye. New York, 2, p. 237. On the upper Colorado; 
April. 
Oxybaphus hirsutus, Sweet; Nook. FI. Bor.-Am. 2 , p. 124. On the Colorado ; April. 
Acleisanthes Berlandieri, Gray, in Sill. Jour. 1. c. On the Pecos; March, Foliage only. 
EUPHORBIACEiE. 
Tragia ramosa, Torr. in Ann. Lye. New York, 2, p. 245. Gravelly soils ; March. 
Cnidoscolus stimulosus, Engelm. and Gray, PI. Lindl., part 1, p. 26. Sand-hills of Llano 
Estacado and Western Texas; March to May. Flowers larger than in the eastern plant. 
Stillingia lanceolata, Nutt, in Trans. Phil. Soc., ( n. ser.) 5, p. 176. Sandy soil, Western 
Texas; April to May. 
Hendecandra crotonoides, Rook, and Am. Bot. Beech, p. 388. This is the same as No. 
1800, Pl. Wright. It was found also by Fremont on the Gila. It is quite a distinct species 
from H. procumhens. The Mexicans call it Yerba del Goto, and use it as a purgative. 
Euphorbia Arkansana, Engelm. and Gray, l. c. no. 303. Intermediate between E. platy- 
phylla and E. Helioscopia. Sandy soil. Collected in a journey to Fort Chadhourne, and on the 
head-waters of the Colorado. 
Euphorbia Geyeri, Engelm. and Gray, PI. Lindh. 1 , p. 52. Western Texas ; May. 
Euphorbia Wrightii, (n. sp.): stem herbaceous from a somewhat ligneous base, erect, much 
branched; leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly lanceolate-linear, entire; involucres solitary, pe¬ 
dunculate, mostly terminal or in the uppermost forks of the stem, pubescent; glands trans¬ 
versely oblong, entire, with a large petaloid broadly ohovate denticulate appendage; capsule 
very minutely papillose-pubescent; seeds glabrous. Head-waters of the Colorado; April. This 
is the same as No. 1827 of Mr. Wright’s New Mexican collection, (1851-52). It is about a 
foot high, branching from the base; the branches green and angular. Leaves an inch or more 
in length, and 2-3 lines wide. Peduncles variable in length, occasionally 2-3 times longer than 
the hemispherical involucre, hut usually shorter. Petaloid appendages conspicuous. Styles 
very short, spreading, 2-cleft about half-way down. Capsule coriaceous. Seeds subglobose. 
Euphorbia albomarginata, (n. sp.): perennial, slender, much branched, smooth; leaves stipu¬ 
late, opposite, suborbicular, subcordate, entire, distinctly petiolate; involucre solitary, shorter 
