CATALOGUE. 
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1 i-2¥ long. Collected by Douglas and Nuttall on the Columbia River, and by 
Bloomer near Virginia City, Nevada. Found on the Mount Tohin rauirv, 
Nevada, and in the adjacent Regan's Vallcv ; 5-fi,000 feet altitude ; June. 
(lll.)_ 
Caulanthus ' CRASSiCAULis. {Stveptanthus/Yww Stanshun/\s Rep., p. 
384, /. 1.) Glaucous; stem gla1)roas, fistular, iidlated; le;iv<'s oblong, rnnciiiale 
or runcinate-pinnatihd, ^vith h)ng petioles ; liowers ascending, the dark-]>urple 
petals linear, rather obtuse, scarcely a half longer than the v(uy ^^■o(tllv calvx; 
siliqucs elongated, lineai-, tei-etc; se(Mls siibconii)rcssed, ii-i-<'gularl v aiii>ular; 
cotyledons very oldirpudy incundxmt. — Stem erect, sinijde or rarely l)ranched, 
2-3° high ; leaves mostly radical, tlie Jerminal lobes largest and triangular or 
deltoid; sei)als obloii<r. h)iig; petals slightly dilated above the short claw; 
pods on v(M-y short pedicels, ascending, .'l-o' long and 1}" broad, cylindrical, 
termiiiat(Ml by the consjHcnoiis stignia-lobes. On dry foot-hills of Nevad and 
Utah; known as ''Wild Ca1)1)age," and sometimes used as a barely tolcralde 
substitute lor the cultivated plant. This fancied affinity to the cauHflower- 
trll)e of more favored regions has su guested the generic name. In flower 
and fruit, May-July. (112.) 
CaulAxNthus pilosus. Biennial, pilosely hispid, branched ; leaves 
petioled, lyrate-pinnatiful, lobes sparsely angular-toothed ; racemes loosely 
flowered; flowers greenish-whitCj spreading; petals a little exceeding the 
sepals, oblong, contracted above ; siliqucs linear, elongated, subterete ; style 
none, or a mere contraction between the ovary and the somewhat lobed 
stigma; seeds oblonu-, tlattened. — A coarse, nnsiu-htly plant, 3-4° high, the 
' CAULANTIirS. (Scf unit' fo Slrri>linilhiix, on ji. l'>. ) Srj.als |;uyr. iic;uly ( (iiiaJly 8;K'c;itr 
;it h;\s>'. I'rt.i]- but littlr Joiiovr tlian the >i']>a!s, in)ilii]iUc-i iis|ic(l, Hie lamiiui oii]y a somcwlint dilated 
ilioiuboiilal ( Xti Dsion of tli.. broad v]:\\\ . Antln^is Jiucar. Si]i(jncs .sfssilc or witli a >I)ort and thick fiti]>v. 
terete, el(tnna1 I'll ; \ alvrs cuiivi x, murr or li'ss distiiH tly l-iirivcd ; sti))c slioit oi' none: stioina 2-]oljed, or 
slijrhtly ciuar;:!!!.!!!'. S.-rds in one row. ohloni;-, iiattrncd. iiiiiiiar^iiiat c nr sc;irccly mar'-inod : cotvleilor.-^ 
iiiorc f)r less iiicnudi' ii!.— Stout bii iniial or iirrcmiial lii-rhs: Iravrs mostly pimiatifid : ilow. rs in li-n- 
loo-c racniii's : ]iods '.]-7> Ion - 
Tlioii-li liM jinii'ally to . ^ 1 wiili tin- Si.^ijinln-ht. yvt. ]\kr T!i:l>ijt,!iliH„i. -cnns is so clo.-fly 
1 '■laird to J/-o/»Vs and Sin phinllnts tliat souh' ]i->s art i tiria 1 arra n-.sinii i . thai wmiiM l.rin^ tliciii iifan-r 
1";:'^' • ' ■ ' - '' '' - ri-tVr to it thr I'ollov. inu additional >iM-i ii s : 
•^Irrplmi'lms. !*,ri v,-. I'riH'. Au'ir. Amtl. (i. rd'J.) Uiniiiial. ,l,ro;i-, and 
!^''"- • • ' '■ li' tiolrii. (-iiarsi ly lai iniatr-pininUilid ; tl(>\vin-s ^■l■(MMlish-^Vlli;<■, i lon^ ; jiod 1 
loll^^ trrric. aniininatc witli tin- iH>arly nitirr >ry]c : fotylrdons dn idrdly iiimnd.cnt. sliortcr than tli" 
radicle. California. 
C. C<>ri.Ti;i:i. {Strrpluuthns^ (iruy MSS. ,s. u roiilnjUn.H. Gray, Pnti . Aimr. C. ]-.-,, in jiart. not 
of Xuttall.) Canlinc loaves cordate lancc<datf, .-nt iiv <m i ar. I v dentate, hi-pid : iiedicids Ids), id. spread- 
ing ; sepals oldoTig-IanceoIate, 4" long, often hir^-nte at ha-e : ^lods detiexed. tlie valves nerved: stigma 
strongly 'i-lobod. S. California. 
