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III. Plantae Fr^montianae; or Descriptions of Plants 

 collected by Col J. C. Fremont in California. By 

 John Torrey, F. L. S. Washington City: pub- 

 lished by the Smithsonian Institution. April 1853. 



24 pag. 



PORTULACACEAE. 



Spraguea Torn Calyx disepalus, persistens; sepalis suborbi- 

 culatis, basi cordatis, emarginatis, membranaceis, patentibos. CoroUae 

 petala 4, aestivatione imbricata, libera, duobus exterioribus sepalis 

 alternftotibus, mterioribus sepalis oppositis. Stamiua 3, petalis oppo- 

 siU. Ovarium uniloculare. Ovula 8 — 10, basilaria. Stylus fili- 

 formis, apice fc-jfidus; lobis iiifus stigmatosis. Capsula meiubranacea, 

 compressa, uniloi'ularis, bivalvis. Semina 2 — 5, lenticulari-Gompcessa, 

 nigra, nitida, estrophiolata. — Herba Californica, perennis, glabra; 

 caulibus 1—5, scapiformibus, e caudice brevi ortis, remote squamo- 

 sis; tloribus confertis, scorpioiduo- spicatis; spiels pluribus, apbyllis, 



umbellatis, terminalibus. 



deli- 



Geaas dictum in honorem Isaac Sprague, plantarum 



neatoris acuratissimi. 



1. Spraguea umbellata Torr. (Tab. I.) 



Hab. secus rivulum Nozah ad pedes moiitium in Siera Nevada 

 Californiae borealis. Majo c. 11. et fruct. • 



BOMBACEAE. 



Fremontia Torr. Calyx basi tribractcatiis, patenti-caropanulatus, 

 5-partitus, subpetaloideus, basi foveolatos, aestivatione qiiiocuHCia '»• 

 Corolla nulla. Stamina 5; fiiamenta vix ad medium wonadelpna^ 

 antherae oblongo-lineares, bilocnlares, subanfractuosae, extrorsae, 

 Gulis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium 4 — 5-Iot'ulare; ovn 

 in loculis plurima, biseriatim inserta , horizontalia, anatropa; ^J 

 filiformis, subincurvus; stigma indivisum, acutiusculum. Capsula o ) 

 turgida, plerumque 5-locularis, loculicide debiscens, piHs "^'o' ^ 

 latis dense vestita, loculis polyspermis Semina ovata, g*f ' . 

 Frutex ealifornicus, stellato-pubcscens; foliis alternis, cordatis, 

 tis; stipulis nullis vel caducis; pedunculis cppositiioliis unifloris? 

 ribus amplis flavis. 



2. F. Californica Torr. (Tab. 11.) 



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^. J', ^uujurnuu i orr. (ran. ii.j , c* rrae 



Hab. ad fontcs fluminis Sacramento, in parte boreal" 



