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short and fleshy, 1-flowered, articulated above the middle, where they are 
involucratc with 5-7 subulate membranous verticillate scales ; sepals some- 
what hyaline; petals rose-color, 6-15" long; capsule 3" long, many-seeded; 
cotyledons accumbent. — Plant sometimes green with white flowers, but more 
often purplish ; very tenacious of life. Mountains, from Oregon to Northern 
California and Utah ; Northern Arizona, (Ives.) Frequent through Nevada, 
and also found on Pilot Rock Point at the south end of Salt Lake ; 5-G,000 
feet altitude; May, June. (187.) 
Lewisia brachycalyx, Eng. Proc. Amer. Acad. 7. 400. Leaves spat- 
ulate or nearly linear; scape not jointed, 2-bracteate at the very base; calyx 
herbaceous, decussately 4-sepaled, 2-3 times longer than the (7-9) cuneate- 
obovate petals ; stamens 10-15 ; stigmas 5-7, exceeding the style ; cotyle- 
dons incumbent. — Reported from Utah, (Dr. J. AV. Brewer,) Western New 
Mexico and Arizona. 
ELATINE^. 
Elatine Americana, Arn. Throughout the Northern States ; Missouri, 
Nebraska, and New Mexico. Collected by Dr. Torrey near Washoe Lake, 
Nevada. 
Bergia^ Americana, Seubert. {Elatine, T. & Gr.) Diffusely branched 
from the base ; stems ascending, puberulent ; leaves oblong-spatulate, rather 
acute, serrate, tapering into a short petiole ; flowers on short pedicels, mostly 
solitary in the axils.— Stems 6-10' high, glandular or hispid-pubescent ; sepals 
denticulate, exceeding the narrowly oblong obtuse petals ; stamens 5 or 10 ; 
dehiscence septifragal, as in Elatine^ the entire septum remaining attached to 
the axis. Southern Texas. Found in Carson River Bottom, near Reed's 
Station; August. (188.) 
HYPERICACE^. 
Hypericum Scouleri, Hook. Perennial, herbaceous; stems terete; 
leaves oblong-ovate, closely sessile or clasping; cyme compound; sepals 
broadly ovate, rather obtuse, one-third as long as the petals ; stamens numer- 
I BERGIA, L. Flowers pentamerons. Sepals acute, herbaceous, or nsnally oostate ^vith the margin 
memljranons-liyaline. Capsule subcrustaceoue; dehiscence sopticidal, witli a gn atcr or los wi.lili of tho 
septa adherent to tho axis.-Prostrato or much-branched herbs or shrubs, (tho single North ibuerican spo. 
cies an erect annual,) often pubescent, with axillary solitary or cymosely fascicled flowers, larger than 
in Elatine. Benth. «fc IIOOK. 
