Turner, B. L.

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46 FIELD AND LABORATORY [Vol.18 length of fruit and flower; two leaves which are about 17 cm. long and 1.5 mm. wide; and seven seed; and a drawing at full scale of three selected bulbs. Type materials are deposited in the Herbarium of Southern Methodist University. The specimen of the intermediate form consists of the upper portion of a single plant. This has the longer perianth-tube of C. Jonesii, but otherwise more nearly resembles C. Smallii. Further experimental growing and study of intermediate form should be made before at-tempting a final disposition. The Latin diagnosis is by Dr. Lloyd H. Shinners. Notes H0FFMANSEGGIA Parryi (E. M. Fisher) Turner, comb. nov.--Hoff-1nanseggia melanostricta var. Parryi E. M. Fisher, Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 1: 149. 1892. Recent collections of this plant have been made near the type locality, "canons below the San Carlos". Brewster Co., 3 m. w of Terlingua .in limestone soil on Reed Plateau, Parks, Warnock, & Turner, 1155, June 19, 1949. (S.M.U. Herbarium.) H. Parryi is a low, suffrutescent plant occurring infrequently in an area where several endemics are found. --B. L. TURNER, Graduate Student, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. DALEA subvillosa (Rydberg) Turner, comb. nov. --Parosela sub-villosa Rydberg, N. Amer. Fl. 24: 93. 1920. --DALEA Bigelovii (Ryd-berg) Turner, comb. nov. --Parosela Bigelo1Jii Rydberg, N. Amer. Fl. 24: 75. 1920. --B. L. Turner. L0BELIA Reverchoni Turner, nom. nov.--Lobelia puberula var. pauciflora Bush, Ann. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 17: 122. 1906. Not L. pau-ciflora H.B.K. 1819. L. Reverclwni has its closest relative in L. puber-ula and may be distinguished from that species by the following char-acters: L. puberula anther tube 3-3.5 mm. long coro:Ja tube 5-8 mm. lonir distomce between the lower flowers In spike 0.5-2. 5 cm. base of ealyx and pedical gJabrous to pubescent lower corolla lobes not recurved, a white eye extending across the venation (not observable In herbarium material) inflorescence few - 7 5-fl<>wered L. Reverclwni anther tube 4-6 mm. long corolla tube 9-15 mm. long distance between lower flowers in· spike 2.5-5 cm. base of calyx and pedical densely hir-sute lower corolla Jobea recurved, two white Jens-like markings following the vena.-tion between the lobes inflorescence few - 16-flowered L. puberula and L. Reverchoni were found growing side by side in a bog 14.5 m. s of Fairfield, Texas. Their ·dissimilarity was very strik-ing, even to one unfamiliar with the species. In the area concerned, the two species seemed to be well marked and showed no signs of inter-gradation. TYPE LOCALITY: "swamps [at] Swan", Smith Co., 'Texas 1960] TEXAN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS 47 (isotype examined, Reverchon 3206, September 17, 1902, SMU Herba-rium). Other Texas specimens examined (all in SMU Herbarium): FREESTONE Co., 14.5 m. s of Fairfield, B. L. Turner 1594, October 2, 1949. HARDIN Co., 2.5 m. w of Silsbee, V. L. Cory 49881, October 2, 1945. NEWTON Co., 5 m. e of Kirbyville, Cory 50933, November 17, 1945. TYLER Co., 17 m. s of Woodville, Cory 49944, October 2, 1945; 2.5 m. s of Warren, Cory 5.t,.90fi, September 28, 1948.--B. L. TURNER. DISTRIBUTION OF SOME TEXAS REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS--Since we have few distributional records of the following species of reptiles and amphibians in Texas, I here report the following finds: (1) Rana palustris (Le Conte). I took one specimen (No. A404) on May 8, 1949, 12 m. se·of Athens, Henderson County, Texas. The specimen, of typical pattern and coloration, was found about 9 a.m. beneath a board in a grassy field. (2) Phrynosoma modestum Girard. Three specimens (Nos. A661, A677-8) were collected by Don Sellers in August and October, 1949, 20 m. sw of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. The specimens, found in a hilly terrain of white limestone substratum, blended well with the background. The darker species, Phrynosoma cornutum (Harlan), was noticeably absent from this area, but was found in adjacent low-lands. The specimens are typical. ( 3) Gyalopion canum Cope. Bar&"er Sullivan collected one female specimen (No. A602) on August 14, 1949, 1 m. w of Alpine, Brewster County, Texas. It was taken about 6:15 p.m. as it crawled among rocks on a hillside. Since this species is rare in collections, I give a description: total length, 330 mm., tail length, 45 mm., 31 body blotches, 11 tail blotches, scale rows 19-17-17, 140 ventrals, 32 caudals. The specimens are all deposited in the Dallas Aquarium preserved collection.--LA WREN CE CURTIS, Student, South-ern Methodist University, Dallas. EDITOR'S NOTE: Copies of Vol. 18, No. 1, were mailed Jan. 2, 1950. 

Botanical Notes [Lobelia Reverchoni Turner, nom. nov.; Hoffmanseggia Parryi; Dalea subvillosa; and Dalea Bigelovii].

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Botanical Notes [Lobelia Reverchoni Turner, nom. nov.; Hoffmanseggia Parryi; Dalea subvillosa; and Dalea Bigelovii].

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