Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (Volume 23, Pts. 1-3) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 2. Abronia fragrans Nutt.; Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Misc. 5: 261. 1853. Type Locality: "On loamy, sandy, firm banks, within the high drift-sand hills of the Lower Platte." Kanoe: Nebraska and Wyoming to New Mexico. New Mexico: Fort Wingate; Farmington; Cimarron; Lamy; Willard; Stanley; Clayton; Nara Visa; Roswell. Plains, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 3. Abronia fendleri Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 324. pi. 4S. 1909. Type Locality: Santa Fe, New Mexico. Type collected by Fendler (no. 739). Range: New Mexico and northern Chihuahua. New Mexico: Farmington; Santa Fe; Coolidge; Chama River; Lamy; Socorro; Jornada del Muerto; Tortugas Mountain. Dry plains, in the Lower and Upper Sonoran zones. The specimens from the southern Rio Grande Valley differ from the typical form in having a m uch denser, yellowish pubescence. They are erect, and stouter than the plant about Santa Fe, which is much branched and spreading. 4. Abronia ramosa Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 321. pi. S9. 1909. Type Locality: Holbrook, Arizona. Range: Northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. New Mexico: Carrizo Mountains; Shiprock. Sandy plains, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 5. Abronia torreyi Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 319. pi. 38. 1909. Type Locality: Mesilla, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Type collected by Wooton(no. 11). Range: Southern New Mexico to Arizona and Chihuahua. New Mexico: Emory's 55th Monument; Mesilla Valley. Sandy fields, in the Lower Sonoran Zone. 6. Abronia angustifolia Greene, Pittonia 3: 344. 1898. Abronia twbinata stenophylla Heimerl, Ann. Cons. Jard. Geneve 5: 190. 1901. Type Locality: White Sands, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Type collected by Wooton (no. 157). Range: Known only from the type locality. Lower Sonoran Zone. The type collection of A...