S() OENOTHEUEAE. 



OE.NOTUEKA. 



nutc pubcrula v. suhcaiicsccns : foll. lanccolalis, Inlcrruplc pinnalindis subpelio- 

 lalis, scRnienlis broib. oblusis l-'2-denlalis v. inlcgris; Oorib. parvis quara pe- 

 tioli \ix lon^iiirib.; calycis tubo subulalo, quain scgmcnta lincari -lanccolata 

 longiori; slylo segrnciilis brcviori; capsulis ovoidco-oblongis, profundc (|uadri- 

 sulcaiis subulati^ ; tubo calycis pcrsistcnlc. — Ilocky niounlains. 

 60. OK. MTT.\LLII Torr. cl (Jr. I. c. f — Acaulis pubcsrcns: foll. lanccolalis pin- 

 nnlindis nciiniinalis pcliolnlis; calycis lubo fllifonni, foliis subbreviori, segmcnlis 

 lincari - Innccolnlis acuniiiintis , petnlorum circilcr loiigiiiidine; stylo segmenta 

 calycina siipcranlc; capsulis nunicrosissiniis subulaio-conicis teretibus. — Ta— 

 raxia loiigiflora >'ult. mss. — llocky mountains. 



Sectio XIIL CHYLISMIA Nult. mss. 

 (Nutt. mss. in Torr. ct Gr. Fl. N. Am. I. 506.) 

 Sligina capitatum; calycis tubo inrundlbulifurmi , quam ovarium conspicue 

 pcdiccllnlum brcviori; petalis obovalis intcgris; slaminibus crcrtis; (ilamentis al- 

 tcrnis brcvioribus; aiilheris oblongis mcdiuin vcrsus afHxis vcrsatilibus; capsulis 

 cylindraceis submembrannccis qiiadrinerviis gracililer pediccllatis; scminibus ob- 

 longo-obo\ntis adscendcnlibus, in serieni sinipliccm disposilis, tcsla nicmbranacea. 

 Ilerbae annuae: foliis plerumque omnibus radicnlibus ovatis petiolatis carnosis, 

 pedunculo iilurilloro; lloribus parvis luleis diurnis (?). 



67. OE. (CHVLISMIA Nult. mss.) SCAPOIDEA Torr. ct Gr. I. c. 7 — Giabra: foll. 

 ovntis v. ovalo-oblongis, intcgris v. obscurc dcnticulatis, limbo pctioli longitu- 

 dine; scapo nudo v. rarius 1-2-folialo G-S-floro; bractcis miiiulis quam pcdicclli 

 mulloties breviorib.; calycis segmenlis ovato-lanccolatis, tubum pctalaq. late 

 obovata subaequanlib.; slylo slaminibq. longiorib., pctala subaequaiilib.; capsulis 

 oblongis cylindraceis obtusissimis, basi aculis, quam pcdicelli longioribus. — 

 Rocky mountains. 



Sectio XIV. PRIMDLOPSIS Torr. et Gr. 

 (Torr. cl Gr. l"l. N. Am. 1. 507.) 

 Stigma capilalum v. subclavatum; calycis tubo filiformi longissimo, tarde de- 

 ciduo, apice parum dilatnto; staminibus crcclis, fllamentis altcrnis plerumque lon- 

 gioribus; anlhcris oblongis prope basin affixis vcl linearibus, prope medium affixis 

 versalilibus; capsulis radicalibus sessilibus brevibus. ilcrbae acaules floribus par- 

 vulis luleis. 



* Perennes: florihus palUde luleis, defloralis non decoloralis; foliis oblongo— 

 lanceolalis denliculalis petiolalis. — Iletcroslemon JSull. mss. 



68. OE. IIETERANTIIA Nult. Journ. Acad. Philad. VII. 22. — Acaulis glabra: foll. 

 oblongo- laiiccoiatis, in pcliolum gracilcm atlenuatis, marginc repandis v. sub- 

 integcrrimis; calycis lubo quam folia mullo breviori, scgmentis lineari-lancco- 

 lalis, pctala lale obovata relusa subacquantib.; staminib. allernis brevissimis; 

 anlheris oblongis propc basin affixis; capsulis ovato-ellipticis apiculatis glabris ; 

 stigmalc magno. — Jussiaea subacaulis Prsh. Fl. .\m. sept. I. 304. — DC. Prodr. 

 III. 54. no. 70 — Orcgon. 



69. OE. OVATA Null. inss. in Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. Am. I. 507. f — Acaulis pubes- 

 cens: foll. ovatis v. oblongis eroso-denliculatis, in pcliolum gracilem atlcnualis; 

 calycis tubo folia siibacquanle, scgmcnlis oblongo-lanceolalis, quam petnla ro- 

 tundala iniegrn breviorib.; slaminib. subacqualib.; anlhcris linearib., filamcnta 

 circilcr nequantib., propc medium affixis ; stiginnte parvo subclavalo. — California. 

 ** Ilerba annua: floribus luteis, defloratis viridescenlibus; foliis spalhulato- 



linearibus sessilibus. 



70. OE. GRACILIFLORA Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. voy. 341. - llook. Icon. pl. 

 1. S.^'^! t — .4caulis pilosissima: foll. linearib., basin vcrsus alienuatis, plerumq. 

 inlegris; calycis tubo quam folia breviori, segmentis quam pelala late obcordala 

 breviorib.; staminib. allernis breviorib.; anlhcris ovalib. fere basiflxis; ovario 

 ovato quadrangulari. — Crescil in California. 



