CATALOGUE. 257 
Emmenanthe parviflora, Graj. Pac. R. R. Surv., ( Wima??ison's Rep.,) 
6. 84, t. 15. Dwarf, much branclied, depressed, minutely liairj and glandu- 
lar ; leaves petioled, subpinnatcly-parted, the 5-9 lobes entire, oblong or 
obovate, 1-2" long ; flowers crowded, very shortly pcdicelled ; sepals linear, 
obtuse, from IV becoming 3" long; corolla yellow, rather narrow-campanu- 
late, nearly 2" long, persistent at the base of the capsule, the lolws sliort- 
ovate, the narrow 5-lobed disk adnate to its base; ovary ovoid, densely 
hairy, 2-celled, very many-ovuled ; style not exceeding the ovaiy, siiltjx'rsisl- 
ent; capsule 3" long, acutish, 20-40-seeded ; seeds oblong, liiiely reticu- 
lated. — Shore of Klamath Lake, Oregon, (Ncw])erry;) Santa IJiirbani, Cali- 
fornia, (350 Torrey;) near Carson City, Nevada, (81 Aixlcrson.) 'Vhv 
present specimens have much larger leaves, 1-2' long; stninciis uih"(|ii:iI; 
ovary 12-ovuled ; style exceeding the ovary, divaricately hirmcaic at (lie 
summit ; habit and foliage almost precisely that of Rhdo Ua gijmnoc/tidd. 
Foot-hills near Truckee Pass, Nevada ; May. (884.) 
Emmenanthe glandulifera, Torr. About 3' high, very slender, dif- 
fusely branching from the base, glandular-pubescent ; leaves 3-G" long, ol)l<iiiii-, 
cuneate at the base, the radical and lower sparingly an <1 obtusely toothed, 
the cauline entire; sepals 1-1 2" long, ligidate ; corolla y(;llow, 2" long, tubii- 
lar-campanulate ; disk very obscure; stamens (Hjiial, as long as t])e tii]>e; 
style equaling the oblong obtuse ovary, the divisions recurved ; ovules (; 12; 
capsule oviform, 1" long, 2-3-seeded ; seeds f long, transversely rugose- 
pitted. — Virginia Mountains, Nevada, aljove A'alley ^Vells ; 5,000 feet alti- 
tude ; July. (885.) 
Emmenanthe glaberrima, Torr. Decuni1)ent, diffusely luauehed from 
the base, glabrous throughout, stems becoming lO' louif; leaves ^-1' long, 
obovate or oblong-spatulate, attenuate into a rather short jietiole, entire di- 
coarsely 2-4-toothed, rather thick and flesliy, the- upper ones ap}>roxinutie iu 
pairs and nearly opposite; racemes lateral and jerniinal, ofleji cyjno^ely 
branching, few-many-flowcred ; jtedieels eicet, siiorter than the uariow -ob- 
long obtuse sepajs ; corolla briglit-y<illow, (•aniiia!iulat<>, " loui;\ hut lit- 
tle exceeding the calyx, cleft below the middle, the IoIm s obovate and ol.t use ; 
disk prominent; stamens equal ; style equaling the ovary, united to above 
the middle, the b?-anehes erect or jvcurved ; ovary irlaltrous, S ~ lO-ovuled ; 
capsule oblong, abruptly acuminate with the biise of the p. t-;-!« itt styh', 'l' 
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