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adoequantibus capsula ovali obtusa 8-10-sperma duplo longioribus ; 

 seminibus pellicula reticulata laxa. — P. curvipes Parry in Am. Nat. 9, 

 p. 16, non Torr. — S. Utah, Bishop, Mrs. Thompson, Parry. Corolla 

 2 lines long, white or yellowish, with the short lobes purplish or blue. 



++ -H- Flores laxiores pi. m. racemosi : calyx corolla ajierto-infundibu- 

 liformi vel carapanulata brevior, capsula obtusa paullo longior : folia 

 sat crassa, rotundata seu ovalia, venis obscuris. 



40. P. DEMissA. Subspitham;ca, a basi raraosa, viscido-piiberula, 

 noc hirsuta ; foliis obsolete reuiformibus cordatisve integerrimis vel 

 repandis (semipollicaribiis) ; lloribus in spicis brevi-peduuculatis | 

 petiolis brevioribus pauciusculis ; pedicellis brevibus erectis ; corolla ut 

 videtur alba (lin. 2 louga) sepalis linearlbus duplo longiore ; capsula 

 brevi-ovali obtusissima 10-sperma. — New Mexico, Dr. Palmer. 



41. P. puLCiiELLA. 8pitliam£ea, aperte ramoga, viscido-puberula ; 

 foliis rotundo-ovalibus obovatisve integei'rimis seu crenato-dentatis 

 (parum semipoUicaribus), basi obtusa vel acutiuscula; racemis flori- 

 buudis elongandis paniculatis ; pedicellis calyce brevioribus ; corolla 

 la^te purpurea (tubo flavida) majuscula (lin. 4-5-longa) sepalis spathu- 

 latis triplo longiore ; capsula elongato-oblonga obtusissima circ. 30— 

 sperma. — P. crassifolia Parry in Am. Nat. 1. c, non Torr. — S. Utah, 

 Parry. A showy vernal species, abounding on gypseous clay knolls ; 

 the limb of the corolla ampler than in the related species. 



42. P. PUSiLLA Torr. Exigua, digitalis, demum laxe parce ramosa, 

 glanduloso-iiubescens ; foliis ovalibus oblougisve integerrimis (lin. 3-6 

 lougis) ; floribus in racenio laxo puucis ; pedicellis liliformibus ; corolla 

 alba (vix lin. 2 longa) calyce subduplo longiore; capsula elongato- 

 oblonga obtusa et mucronulata 18-24-sperma. — Wats. Bot. King, 

 p. 253. — W. Nevada to the borders of California, Watson. Seeds 

 somewhat pyriform. Pedicels from 1 to 5 lines long. 



-H- -H- ++ Flores laxe racemosi : calyx corolla campanulata (alba) 

 brevior, capsula ovali-oblonga subito acutata 60— 100-sperma parum 

 longior: folia membranacea, cordato-rotunda, crenato-dentata seu 

 lobiita, pi. m. palmativenia, petiolo lougo breviora : stylus apice vix 

 bifidus. 



43. P. KOTUNDiFOLiA Torr. in Wats. Bot. King, I.e. — S. E. Cali- 

 fornia to S. Utah, Cooper, Palmer, Parry. 



§ 7. MICROGENETES. Semina oblonga t:-ansversim corrugata, 

 vermiculiformia : Cfet. Eiitocce. Annufe, Immiles, foliis plei-isque piu- 

 natitidis : stamina inosqualia inclusa : stylus apice tantum bifidus. 



