Bryophyllum spicatum Nov. l Arn. Bot. Beschy. p. 403, (Gel umble stricta For. & G. multiflora Andr.) [Franz] Brum. Ed. 2. p. 560. Bov. Michampii Kunth. Bixcan. 2. t. 187; Eimm 1. p. 325 t Ruppl. p. 278. San Elezario Tex. Bryelow & Collected also by Fremont Expd 1843-44 - These do not seem to differ in any particulars from the plant of the Atlantic coast- Van Strictum, panicle loose - spickets few - many of them (14-20) flowered erect. Leaves setaceous connate, More flexible branches mostly ascending the culm. [Umble] stricta Forr in Ann. Lyce. N.Y. 1. p. 155! t in Murray's Rep. p. 301. tw20 Umbela multiflora Riedt. in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. (N.S.) 5. p. 146! B. spicatum Hook Fl. Bor. Am. 2. p. 255 in part. The [Umble] stricta For. was founded on an specimen along the Rio Grande at San Elezario & Fortonton Barry & Bryelow, in the Silex region Schott & Thuder, no 2033 Wright. After a careful examination of a large number of species we fail to find any good characters so sufficient to warrant us in keeping this as a distinct species - though some forms appear very different from the typical, it was upon one of the most widely differing forms that the [Umble] stricta For. was founded - the spickets florets are at least twice the size the tepales of the paleve primers & the leaves more generally erect than