CATALOGUE. 13 
BERBERIDE^. 
Berberis Aquifolium, Pursh. Leaflets 1-6 pairs, not approximated to 
the base of the petiole, coriaceous, l-iierved, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic- 
oblong, oblique and slightly cordate at base, repand with numerous spinulose- 
cuspidate teeth ; racemes nearly erect, clustered ; berries purple. — Tlie form 
originally described by Pursh, and occurring in New Mexico, Colorado, and 
westward, (the B, repens of LindlcyJ is low, rarely exceeding six iuches in 
height, with about two pairs of leaflets. The larger shrul) of Oregon, wliere 
it is commonly known as the ''Oregon grape," is 2-G° high, more mnner- 
ous leaflets. The nearly allied B.jnnnata, Lag., seems confined to Cahfornia 
south of the Sacramento, Arizona, and New ]\rexico. Diamond and East 
Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, and in the AVahsalch, Utah; 4,500-9,000 
feet allltudc ; May-July. (47.) 
NY3rrMl7EACE^. 
NuPHAR ADVENA, Ait. Georgia to Western Texas and California, north- 
ward to latitude 56°. Met with only in alpine lakes of the Uinta Mountains: 
10,000 feet altitude ; August j in no way diflering from ordinary eastern spe- 
cimens. (48.) 
PAPAVERACEtE. 
Argemone Mexicana, L., Var. hispida, Torr. Leaves simuitely pinnat- 
ifid ; stem and leaves armed with rigid reflexed prickles; pod also very spiny.— 
Stout, 2-3° high; flowers large, 2-4' in diameter, white. Tliis is J. hispida, 
Gray, and A. ??iU7iita, Dnr. & Hilg., and has l)een also considered the 
same as the Mexican var. albi/lorum, Horn. From Arkansas and Kansas to 
Sonora and Nevada. Growing on dry foot-hills in Nevada, and in Salt Lake 
Valley, Utah; 4,500-6,000 feet altitude; June, July. (49.) 
EscHSCiiOLTZiA^ Californica, Cliam. Stem })rancliing, leafy; torus 
tubular or fumiel-rorm, more or less dilated. — 1-2° high; variable in the size 
and color of the flowers, and in the extent of the torus-linil). Cahfornia and 
Oregon. Rather rare in Western Nevada, and found only in fruit; colh'cted 
also by Mr. Stretch near Washoe City. (50.) 
' ESCHSCHOLTZIA, Cham. Sopivln colKTcnt, deciduous, calyptialike. F.-t;ils 4, similar, iiisci t-Ml 
with the numerous stamens upou tlu- tluo;it of tli.- more or less dil;it( <l torus. Ovary witli •> mTvifurm j.la- 
'■i-m-.v : style short : stijiiim dividrd iulo l-C. lin.N.r divr-tMit h.h. C^ij.siil.: liu.-ar, lU-sul.-at.>. drhisc. ut 
to thr l.asr ; thr rigid rei tu vcd valves i.laceutitVroiis on the mar-iii. St tals uut crested.— Annual oiabroiis 
and glaucous licvbs, with liuear-disseeted leaves and yellow long-peduncled tlowcrs. Bentii &ltloOK. 
