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BOTANY. 
spinose-toothed to the middle,) coriaceous, piiinatcly veined ; Howers blue, 
subumbeled, terminal. — Evergreen, matting the ground; young leaves 
silky-canescent ; capsule usually solitary, with 3 strong protuberances, 4" in 
diameter. Sierras of Northern and Middle California. Found only on the 
Washoe Mountains, Nevada, under pines; 5-7,500 feet altitude; May. 
(213.) 
SAPINDACEiE. 
AcEE GRANDiDENTATUM, Nutt. Leaves cordate or truncate at base, rather 
deeply 3-lobed, with broad round sinuses ; lobes rather acute, coarsely sinuate- 
dentate ; the umbel-like corymb nearly sessile, few-flowered, the pedicels 
long and nodding; fruit glabrous, with diverging wings. — Collected by 
Nuttall, probably in the Walisatch, and by Douglas on the head-waters of 
the Columbia. Frequent in the canons of the Wahsatch, rarely attaining 1° 
in diameter and 30-40° in height. The leaf has the outline of that of A. 
macrophyllum, but is only 3-5' in breadth. Fruit broadly winged, 1' long. 
C214.) 
Acer glabeum, Torr. {A. tripartitum, Nutt.) Leaves subreniform- 
orbicular in outline, 3-lobed or more usually 3-parted, the segments short 
and broad, acutely incised and toothed, somewhat 3-lobed, the middle one 
cuneate; corymb umbeled, pedunculate, few-flowered; sepals about 8, linear- 
oblong ; petals wanting ; fruit glabrous, wings broad, diverging.— A shrub, 
6-10° high, with variable foUage. From Washington Territory to Colorado, 
New Mexico, and Cahfornia. Eare in the East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada ; 
more frequent in the Wahsatch and Uintas ; 6-10,000 feet altitude. (215.) 
Negundo aceroides, Moench. From Florida to Pennsylvania and Wis- 
consin and northward, on the Red River and Saskatchewan, to latitude 54° ; 
in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico northward, and in 
California. Found only in the Wahsatch, Utah, but there very abundant ; 
5-6,000 feet altitude. (216.) 
ANACARDIACE^. 
Rhus glabra, L. From West Florida to the Mississippi, northward to 
Canada and the Saskatchewan, and westward in the Indian Territory and 
