156 REPORT OF AN EXPEDITION DOWN THE 



Slanhya integrifolia, James, in Long's first exped., 2, p. 17 ; Torr., in Am 

 Lye, N. York, 2, p. 166; Torr. and Gray, Fl 1, p. 97. 



On the Zuiii and Little Colorado rivers ; September, October. It is possible 

 that both this species and S. heterophylla, Linn., are only states of S. pinnatifida, 

 Nutt. 



CAPPARIDACE.E. 



Cleome integrifolia, Torr. and Gray, Fl. 1, p. 122; Gray, Gen. 111., t. 76. 

 Inscription Rock, New Mexico ; August. 



PORTULACACEjE. 



Porluluca oleracea, Linn. ; Engelm., in Gray Plant. Lmdheim. 2, p. 154, (in 

 adnot.) Rio Zuiii ; September. 



Talinum brevifolium, (n. sp.;) radice crasso ; caule erecto palulo folioso ; ib- 

 liis augusto-spathulatis carnosis, obtusis ; floribus axillaribus terminalibusque 

 solitariis ; pedunculis brevissimis ; sepalis ovatis obtusis ; petalis obovatis ; sta- 

 minibus sub-20 ; seminibus leevibus. 



On the Little Colorado ; September. Root very thick, and somewhat branch- 

 ing; stem 2-5 inches high, with numerous simple spreading branches ; leaves 

 6-8 lines long,5i-2 lines' wide, crowded ; flowers, few toward the summit of the 

 branches, about as large as in S. teretifolium ; the peduncles erect in fruit ; 

 sepals broadly ovate, veined ; style about as long as the ovary, three-cleft at the 

 summit ; seeds quite even, scarcely shining. 



MALVACEAE. 



Sidalcea malvccflora, Gray, PI. Wright. 1, p. 16. S. Neo-Mexicana, Gray, PI. 

 Fendl., p. 23. Sida malvaflora, Moc. and Sesse. Laguna Creek, to the western 

 borders of New Mexico ; August, October. 



Sphceralcea inccina, var. bblongifolia, Gray, PL, Wright. 2. p. 21. Inscription 

 Rock ; August. 



LINACE.E. 



Linum perenne, Linn.; Torr. and Gray, Fl. 1, p. 204. Zuni mountains ; 

 August. 



GERANIACE.E. 



Geranium cespitosum, James, in Long's Exped. 2, p. 3 ; Gray, PI. Fendl., p. 25. 

 On the Zuni and San Francisco mountains, New Mexico ; August, October. 



This rare species first discovered about thirty years ago, by Dr. James, and 

 was not found again for more than a quarter of a century, when Fendler col- 

 lected it near Santa Fe. 



