CATALOGUE. 
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short, herbaceous, procumbent ; leaves reniform-cordate, obhquc at the base, 
crenate; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-fIowered; petals oblique, pubescent 
externally, yellow ; carpels 8-10, pointless. — New Mexico to Sonora, Cab- 
fornia, and Oregon. In Salt Lake Valley ; June-October. (201.) 
LINACEiE. 
LiNUM PEEENNE, L. Perennial, glabrous; leaves scattered, linear, acute; 
flowers nearly opj^osite the leaves and terminal; peduncles becouiiiiir elou- 
gated and nodding in fruit; sepals oval, with membranous margins, sluu-ler 
than the globose capsule; petals free, blue, rotuso, 3-4 times oxeeediuir llu; 
calyx; styles 5; capsule 5-celled, with bearded (lissej)inuui<s. — S1(miis A 
high; flowers large. From Canada, west to the Pacific and norlh io iUa 
Arctic Sea, and west of the Mississippi from Aihausas to NoHlieni ^lexieo 
and California. Frequent in Nevada and Utah; 5-10,000 feel all it ude; 
May-September. (202.) 
LiNUM (Linasteum) Kingii. Perennial, glabrous; stems numerous, 
ascending, panicled above ; leaves aUcrnatc, hncar or narrowly (AAinvj. 
obtuse ; glandular stipules none; flowers yellow, on pedicels longer llian lln; 
calyx; sepals ovate, acute, glandular-margined; petals free; filamenis dilated 
at base; styles 5, free, equaling or a little exceeding the si aniens ; ea])su](; 
globose, cuspidate, 10-valved, somewhat longer than the calyx.— Sleni I'-P 
high, shrubby at base, the caudex sometimes showing J 0 oi- uum- uumui] rin'j<; 
flowers showy, with petals 5" long; cap.sulcs IJ" in dianicl(>r. In Tinla 
and Wahsatch Mountains ; 8-10,000 feet altitude ; July, August. i 
GERANIACE^E. 
Geeanitoi Richaedsonii, Fisch. & Mey. {G.alluflonnu JJonh.) V, n 
near G. maculatum, L., from which i< is distiniruisho.l hy ih- ninrl. .1.-. |.t 
divisions of the style, (2-3- long,) the ])ilns<. filanu-uis. and tli. shorl dmn- 
(rarely pilose) pubescence, whieh is scuncwhat danduLu- ahov. Sfais 2 
high, numerous ; flowers of various shados of purpl.-, or whilo. i u Inir- 
flowored specimens are often more or loss j.ilosr., huf show no ofh. r .li!h-r- 
cncc, a Fremontii is of less size, will) smaller loavos, whirh an- .noro 
truncate at base and less deei)ly and I. >s >h:.r,dy -iivnh.I. lu the \hu \<y 
Mountains from New Mexico to the 8u..liatrhewan : a!>.> r.\Ww<\ hy Hn ■^v,.r 
