Plantae Lindheimerianae, Part II. An account of a collection of plants made by F. Lindheimer in the Western part of Texas, in the years 1845-6, and 1847-8, with critical remarks, descriptions of new species, etc / By Asa Gray, M.D.

  • Gray, Asa, 1810-1888.
Date:
1850]
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Credit: Plantae Lindheimerianae, Part II. An account of a collection of plants made by F. Lindheimer in the Western part of Texas, in the years 1845-6, and 1847-8, with critical remarks, descriptions of new species, etc / By Asa Gray, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JOURNAL OR NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VI. —NO. II. Art. I. — Plant.e Lindheimerianje, Part II. An Account of a Collection of Plants made by F. Lindheimer in the Western part of Texas, in the Years 1845 — 6, and 1847 — 8, with Critical Remarks, Descriptions of new Species, fyc. By Asa Gray, M. D. [The numbers follow on from the end of the former collection, as published in Yol. V. of this Journal, through the collection of 1845-6, and thence to the later collection. Those inclosed in ( ) belong to the collection of 1847 -8; for greater convenience in describing them, they are here intercalated. The few numbers in brackets below 319 belong to species which occurred in the former distribution. Those marked with a f in place of a number have not been distributed at all. The orders elaborated by Dr. Engelmann have his name affixed to that of the Order.] RANUNCULACEA3. 319. Clematis Drummondii, Torr. Gray, FI. 1. p. 9. Dry prairies, Comale Spring, &c. June. Cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, from Texan seeds, this plant climbs extensively, but does not show its blossoms until Octo¬ ber. The calyx is yellowish green, tinged with purple. 320. Ranunculus repens, Linn. var. macranthus : pe- talis 7-16; caulibus petiolisque villosissimis. R. macran¬ thus, Scheele in Linncea, 21, p. 585. Sparsely on high, rocky plains, and in patches on damp Muskit (Algarobia) flats, New Braunfels. March.—-Mr. Wright has specimens JOURNAL B. S. N. H. 19 ’ JAN. 1850.