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lanceolate, entire; stipules oval, ciliate; raceme short, dense, glandular- 
tomentose j pedicels very short ; lobes of the tomentose calyx ovate ; petals 
white ; carpels 9-10, smooth and glabrous, (minutely apiculate at the inner 
angle,) niucronate.-— Stem 2-3° high, simple; leaves often 8' in diameter; 
raceme leafy at base; petals 8-12" long; anthers blue. Rocky Momilains of 
New Mexico and Colorado. Wahsatch Mountains, Utah; rare; C,000 feet 
altitude; July. (194) 
Malvasteum coccineum. Gray. From the Saskatchewan to Mexico, and 
west to the Rocky Mountains and Colorado River. Found on the foot-hills 
near Salt Lake City and on Antelope Island, but not met with west of Salt 
Lake. May, June. (195.) 
Var. GEOSSULAEiiEFOLiUM, Torr. Tall, (2° high;) leaves exceedintdy 
variable in degree of dissection ; flowers large, petals oft(;n f hjng. CoJJ(;(:1(mI 
by Tolmie in Southern Idaho ; by Wright in New Mexico, and also by Fre- 
mont and Stansbury. It is very frequent through Northern Neva* (a t o t Ii< • com- 
plete exclusion of the low eastern form, with which it cannot be confuuiidcd, 
though it would be difficult to find specific distinctions. The cells arr :il\v;i\ s 
1-ovuled. Specimens from the Goose Creek Mountains, Northwestern Utah, 
approach M. pedatljidum, Gray, of Texas and New Mexico, which, however, 
has 1-2-seeded carpels, and is therefore a good Spharalcea ii\n\ i\\)\ydvv\\\\y 
the same as S. incana, var. dissecta. (196.) 
Malvasteum Muneoanum, Gray. {Malva, Dougl.) Scabrous ^^■\\\\ a 
short stellate pubescence; leaves cordate-orbicular, (or cuneat(3 at Iwsc and 
subrhomboidal,) crenate, often somewhat 3-5-lobed ; flowers more or loss 
densely fascicled along the leafless upper branches, formiii- :tii iiil. rrupir.I 
spike; bractlets setaceous; calyx more or less densely lonx'titosr, tlx; lohcs 
broad-triangular; corolla purple ; carpels 10-12, nearly glabrous, not h<akc<l.— 
Stems 1-2° high, several from a woody base ; with much I he hahil of ihr 
but readily distinguished by the more fascicled llowers, which nre :i1m. snwiHcr, 
(petals J' long,) and by the much less dissected leaves, whicli are raiely h>he,l 
to the middle. It varies much infhedensity of the pubescence, in Ihe compact- 
ness of the fascicles, of which the flowers are sometimes nearly sessile, and in 
the size and obtuseness of the calyx-lobes. The se-n.enls of the h ave, are 
also either very obtuse or somewhat acuminate. Fr<.m Wa^hin-inn Tcrrii.ny 
to Southern California, Arizona, and Sonora. Found on >\nu>\mvs UUnA, m 
