. Acer barbatum, Doug. in Hook, Fl Bor. An. 1. 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 77 
Has. 8. In a meadow of the Lower Platte River, not seen 
afterwards; May. Flowers milk-white (in these speci- 
mens). (n. 76). Of this species or variety the root is said 
to be eaten. 
1. Sida malveftora, DC. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1036 (excellent). 
Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 108. Torr. et Gr. Am. 1. p. 234. 
Var. 1. Floribus roseo-purpureis. Var. 2. Floribus puni- 
ceis (* deep red.") 
Has. Var. 1. Grassy fertile borders of rivulets in the high 
plains of the Spokan and Nez Percez Indians, (n. 404). 
Var. 2. Rocky ravines of Muddy River, near Smith's Fork 
of the Colorado: the only specimen found. (n.82). The 
latter differs in no respect from the former, save in the 
deeper and redder colour of the flower. 
2. Sida coccinea, DC. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 108. Torr. 
et Gr. 1. p. 235. Malva coccinea, Nutt. Gen. Am. 2. p. 81. 
Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1673. 
Has. Fertile elevated plains, Lower Platte, growing with 
Gaura coccinea, Pentstemon “ albidus," and Batschia “ de- 
cumbens.” June. (n. 174). 
3. Sida dissecta, Nutt. in Torr. et Gr. 1. p. 235. 
Has. Gravelly slopes of calcareous hills, Black’s Fork of the 
Upper Colorado. (n. 99 -—This seems tiet t to pus 
into S. coccinea. : A Tu : 
AcERINER, Juss. 
1. Acer Douglasii, nov. sp.; foliis cordato-rotundatis mem- 
branaceis obtusiusculis 5-lobis brevissime acuminatis grosse 
inciso-serratis glabris 3-5-nerviis subtus pallidioribus, ra- 
. cemis laxis umbellatis 4-8 floris basi (foliisque novellis) - — 
longe bracteatis, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis coloratis intus — 
. pubescentibus, calycibus petalisque linearibus glaberrimis, — 
fructibus umbellatis re E alis TON ob- cf 
tusis, (Tan. VI). 
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