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City, Jepson; Princeton, Colusa Co., Chandler; Vacaville, Jepson 13,382; Stockton, Davy. Coast 

 Ranges: Oro Fino, Butler 121; Yreka, Butler 118; Marble Mt. valley, Butler 131; Eureka, Tracy 

 2519; Holmes Flat, Eel River, Tracy 4693; Fort Bragg, W. C. Mathews 85; Soldier Ridge, se. 

 Trinity Co., Jepson 13,380; Uncle Sam Mt., Lake Co., Jepson; Gilroy, Jepson 13,378; Carmel 

 River, Jepson 13,379; San Miguelito Rancho, Santa Lucia Mts., Jepson 1638; Arroyo Grande, 

 San Luis Obispo Co., Alice King. S. Cal.: Bluff Lake, San Bernardino Mts., Nora Pettibone; 

 Hemet Valley, Riverside Co., C. M. Wilder 943 ; Ft. Yuma, Parish 8295. 



Refs. — Radicula curvisiliqua Greene, Lflts. 1:113 (1905); Jepson, Man. 424, fig. 415 

 (1925). Sisymbrium curvisiliqua Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:61 (1830), type loe. North-West Coast, 

 in sandy soil, near streams, Douglas. Nasturtium curvisiliqua Nutt. ; T. & G. Fl. 1:73 (1838), 

 Columbia River, Nuttall; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 221 (1901), ed. 2, 188 (1911) ; B. & W. Bot. 

 Cal. 1:42 (1876) ; Gray, Syn. Fl. 1^:148 (1895). Boripa curvisiliqua Bessey, Mem. Torr. Club 

 5:169 (1894). Nasturtium curvisiliqua var. lyratum Wats.; Brew. & Wats. I.e. 43. Boripa 

 lyrata Greene, Man. Reg. S. F. Bay 20 (1894). Badicula lyrata Greene, Lflts. I.e. 



3. R. palustris Moencli. Marsh Cress. Stem erect, simple or mostly branched 

 above, (1 or) 2 to 5 feet high; herbage usually glabrous; leaf -blades broadly 

 oblanceolate or narrowly oblong in outline, coarsely toothed or, if deeply pinnati- 

 fid, mostly on the lower part of the blade, the lobes often irregularly dentate; pods 

 oblong, turgid, 2i/^ to 51/2 lines long, obtuse, the pedicels nearly as long; style ^4 

 to % line long. 



Marshy places near streams, 50 to 6200 feet : widely distributed in California, 

 but not common. North to British Columbia; east to the Atlantic. Europe, Asia. 

 Mar.-June. 



Locs. — Garden Grove, Orange Co., Alice King; Kern River delta, Davy 2151; Bakersfield, 

 Heller 7595; Sebna, Kate Stirring; Searsville, San Mateo Co., C. F. BaTcer 1856; Tracy, Michener 

 4- Bioletti; Lathrop, H. A. Walter; St. Helena, Jepson 13,375; Truckee River at Tahoe, Eelen 

 Geis 198; Grouse Creek, Humboldt Co., Chesnut 4- Drew; Yuba City, Jepson 13,377; Star Bend, 

 Feather River, Jepson 13,376; Biggs, Jepson 12,356; Redding, Blankinship. 



Refs.— Radicitla palustris Moench, Meth. 263 (1794); Britt. & Br. lU. Fl. ed. 2, 2:161, 

 fig. 2030 (1913) ; Greene, Fl. Fr. 268 (1891) ; Jepson, Man. 425 (1925). Sisymbrium amphibium 

 a palustre L. Sp. PI. 657 (1753), type from n. Eur. Nasturtium terrestre R. Br.; Ait. Hort. Kew. 

 2, 4:110 (1812) ; Gray, Syn. Fl. r:147 (1895). N. palustre DC. Syst. 2:191 (1891); Greene, 

 Fl. Fr. 268 (1891); Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 221 (1901), ed. 2, 188 (1911). Boripa palustris 

 Besser; Greene, Man. Reg. S. F. Bay 20 (1894). Nasturtium dictyotum Greene, Fl. Fr. 268 

 (1891), type loc. Grand Isl., lower Sacramento River, Jepson (a teratologieal form). Boripa 

 dictyota Greene, Man. Reg. S. F. Bay 20 (1894). Badicula dictyota Greene, Lflts. 1:113 (1905). 

 Nasturtium occidentale Greene, Fl. Fr. 268 (1891), type loc. plains of the upper Sacramento. 

 Badi(mla occidentalis Greene, Lflts. I.e. Boripa multicaulis Greene, Pitt. 3:97 (1896), type loe. 

 banks San Joaquin River. 



4. R. sinuata Greene. Sand Cress. Stems decumbent or prostrate, arising 

 from deep-seated vertical rootstocks, branching, pale green, puberulent, 4 to 6 

 inches long; herbage pale green, the stems puberulent; leaf -blades more or less 

 narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, pinnately parted in a sinuate and regular man- 

 ner, the segments rather crowded, subequal, oblong to deltoid, entire or coarsely 

 toothed; petals yellow, scarcely longer than the sepals, aging white and half again 

 as long; pods ovate to oblong, very turgid with rounded valves (almost obcom- 

 pressed), rounded at apex or pointed, l^^ to 21/2 lines long, on pedicels 11/2 to 2 

 lines long; style usually I/2 to % line long. 



Montane, often in the deep sand of lake or river shores, 5000 to 6200 feet : San 

 Bernardino Mts. ; Sierra Nevada. North to Saskatchewan, east to Arkansas. July. 



Locs.— Pods rounded or truncate at apex: Little Bear Valley, San Bernardino Mts.; State 

 Line, Lake Tahoe, Peirson 6187; Emerald Bay, J. T. Howell 1376; Lakeside, Eldorado Co., Helen 

 Geis 153. Pods pointed at apex: upper San Joaquin River, Madera Co., Congdon; CedarviUe 

 Canon, Modoc Co., B. M. Austin. 



Var. truncata Jepson. Habit and leaves similar to the species; pods oblong, l^^ to 1% 

 lines long, truncate, the style very short. — San Gabriel Mts. (Crystal Lake). 



Var. Integra Jepson. Leaf -blades narrowly obovate to broadly oblong, not lobed, sparingly 

 dentate or subentire; pods oblong-ovate, turgid, 11/2 to 2 lines long, on pedicels % line long.— 

 Montane, 6000 to 10,200 feet, east of the Sierra Nevada from Inyo Co. to Modoc Co. 



