160 Plants Lindheimeriance. 



(584.) C. digitata, JSutt. in Jour. Acad. Philad. 2, p. 

 181 ; Gray, PL Fendl. I. c, fy Gen. 111. 21, p. 53. Nuttallia 

 digitata, Bart. FL N. Amur. 2, t. 63, Hook. Exot. Fl. 3, t. 

 171. Nuttallia cordata, Lindl. Bot. Beg. t. 1938. Prairies 

 on the Pierdenales, at the margin of woods. May, June. 

 Also gathered by Mr. Wright. ' ; Root edible, more pleasant 

 than that of Psoralea esculenta," Lindh. — One of the most 

 showy species of this handsome genus ; the petals, over an 

 inch in length, are beautifully fringed at the summit. The 

 radical leaves are very various. 



349. C. pedata, Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 17, (excl. syn. Nut- 

 tallia digitata, Bart.) Sr Gen. 111. 2, p. 53, t. 118. Nuttallia 

 pedata, Nutt. in Hook. Exot. Fl. 3, t. 172. Dry prairies and 

 margin of thickets, near Victoria, New Braunfels, and on the 

 Cibolo, &c. Also abundantly gathered by Mr. Wright. 

 February, April. — In cultivation, this handsome species pro- 

 duces its deep cherry-red blossoms through the whole season, 

 and when supported attains the height of five or six feet. 

 Although it has been confused with the preceding, it is totally 

 distinct from it. It has much smaller flowers, leafy stems, 

 more incised foliage, and a slender, annual or biennial root. 



350. M. Wrightii, Gray, PL Fendl. p. 21, ^ Gen. 111. 2, 

 p. 60, t. 122. Malva aurantiaca, Scheele, in Linncea, 21, p. 

 469. Muskit flats, in black and heavy prairie soil. New 

 Braunfels. July. — The stems are rigid, from a more or less 

 ligneous base ; the rather large, golden yellow flowers open 

 in the afternoon. The fructiferous calyx is somewhat en- 

 larged, and expanded, and tinged with brownish-red ; the 

 carpels in the living plant (raised in the Cambridge Botanic 

 Garden,) are more deeply tinged of the same color. — The 

 characters of a new species, allied to M. coccineum, are sub- 

 joined. 1 



1 Malvastkum pedatifidum (sp. nov.) : cauJibus e radice perenni diflusis gracili- 

 bus ramosis ; foliis tripartita profunde trifidisve pilis stellatis parce hirsutis, segmentis 

 lateralibus bifidis, terminali subtrilobo, omnibus subpinnatifido-incisis, lobulis denti- 

 busve patentibus ; stipulis subulatis ; floribus sparsis axillaribus et seeus ramulos laxe 

 racemosis ; bracteolis 3 setaceis calyce subduplo brevioribus ; carpellis muticis, rostro 



