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fragile ; leaves 1-2' long, ovate or oblong, on slender petioles ; petals deep- 
purple, 2-4" long, rhomboidal, with a short claw, undivided ; stamens all fer- 
tile, with a villous scale at the base of each ; stigmas short and hairy ; cap- 
sules 1' in length, on short pedicels, nearly glabrous. — Oregon and Northern 
California. Found in the Havallah range, Nevada, and frequent in the Wah- 
satch; 5-6,000 feet altitude; June, July. (400.) 
Gayophytum^ kamosissimum, T. & Gr. Glabrous, divaricately branched ; 
flowers very minute ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-oblong, equaling the rose-colored 
petals and exceeding the longer stamens ; capsules oblong, 3-5-seeded, rather 
shorter than the filiform pedicels. — Stems 6-18' high, becoming very much 
branched. Readily distinguished by the short pods (2-3" long) on pedicels 
of about the same length, which are often deflexed ; flowers i" long. Rocky 
Mountains, from Southern Idaho to Colorado. Frequent from Western Ne- 
vada to the Wahsatch ; 5,000 feet altitude ; May-July. (401.) 
Gayophytum racemosum, T. & G. Nearly glabrous, branched, the 
branches elongated, mostly simple ; flowers as in the last, axillary along the 
branches ; capsules Unear, tapering at base into a very short pedicel or sessile, 
many-seeded. — Glabrous or with a minute fugacious pubescence upon the 
young capsules ; stems 6-18' high ; capsules 8-10" long, sometimes only 
8-12-seeded. Distinguished from the last by its longer many-seeded nearly 
sessile pods and more simple branches. This species includes G. Nuttallii^ 
T. & G. Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Colorado ; California, (Bolander.) 
Pah-Ute range and East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch ; 
5-7,500 feet altitude ; June-August. (402.) 
Var. A reduced mountain form, 1-6' high, simple or branched, few- 
flowered, glabrous or clothed with a dense short appressed pubescence. The 
latter resemble Oregon specimens collected by Cronkhite, and are equivalent 
to G. cmium, T. &. G., which difiers from G. racemosum only in its pubes- 
cence. East Humboldt and Clover Mountains, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch ; 
7-10,000 feet altitude; July-September. (403.) 
Gayophytum diffusum, T. & G. Nearly glabrous, somewhat pubescent 
1 gayophytum, a. Juss. Calyx-tube not produced beyond the ovary, linear, subterete ; lobes 
4, spreading, deciduous. Petals 4, obovate, very shortly unguiculate. Stamens 8, or 4 alternate with as 
many staminodia ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers globose. Style rather short, with a capitate or cla- 
vate stigma. Capsule small, membranous, linear, 2-celled, 4-yalved, two opposite valves bearing a nar- 
row dissepiment. Seeds few-many, in a single series in each cell, ascending.-Annual slender branchmg 
herbs, with alternate linear entire nerveless leaves and small axUlary solitary flowers. Benth. & Hook. 
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