VI. PLANT.E WRIGHTIAN^. 21 



Sph.eralcea hastulata, Gray, PL Wrifjht. p. 17. Valley of the Pecos, in 

 alluvial soil ; June. Sandy valleys of the Mimbres Mountains ; Aug. (883.) 



S. Fendleri, Gray, PL Wright. L c. ; var. foliis subtus plerumque subcanescen- 

 tibus. On the Mimbres ; and mountain-sides near the copper mines ; July. (884.) 



S. iNCANA, Ton:, var. dissecta, Gray, PL Wright. L c. Hill-sides, at Conde's 

 Camp, west of the copper mines, New Mexico ; Aug. (885.) 



S. INCANA 1 var. oBLONGiFOLiA : foliis inferioribus ovatis, superioribus rameisque 

 oblongis vel lanceolatis, omnibus pi. m. trilobis lobo medio elongato vel subhastatis 

 dentatis furfuraceo-canescentibus (2- 3-pollicaribus). — Banks of the E.io Grande 

 near San Elisario ; April. (1329.) — A puzzling form, manifestly inclined to run 

 into the following, some specimens of which have the lower leaves hastately some- 

 what 3-lobed. 



S. ANGUSTiFOLiA, Spach ; var. foliis lanceolatis, inferioribus nunc hastato-subtri- 

 lobatis ! Alluvial soil on the Picdra Piuta, Western Texas ; and around El Paso ; 

 July. (886.) 



S. ANGUSTIFOLIA, var. floribus et fructibus minoribus, Gray, PL Wright, p. 21. 

 Between Providence Creek and the Rio Grande ; June. (887.) 



S. Wrightii (sp. nov.) : pube laxa canescenti-tomentosa, sesquipedalis ; caulibus e 

 basi suflFrutescente plurimis simplicibus apice longe racemoso-floriferis ; foliis cor- 

 dato-rotundis longe petiolatis, radicalibus inciso-sublobatis crenatis, caulinis 3 - 5- 

 fidis pedatisve, lobis cuneatis crenato-dentatis ; capsula 12-15-cocca calyce a3qui- 

 longa, coccis mucronulatis dispermis. — On a mountain, near Lake Santa Maria, 

 Chihuahua, April; chiefly in fruit. (1330.) — This species has much the habit of a 

 Sidalcca, having mostly simple and virgate stems, long-petioled leaves with rounded 

 cordate outline, and nearly naked, racemose inflorescence. It is from 8 to 20 inches 

 high ; the leaves about an inch in diameter, shorter than their petioles. Petals 

 apparently purple, 4 or 5 lines in length. Capsule large in proportion, 3 lines long, 

 ovoid-subglobose, with the apex truncate. 



SiDA HEDERACEA, ToTr. iu PL FeiuU. p. 23 ; Gray, PL Wright, p. 18. Bottoms of 

 the Rio Grande below El Paso ; May, June. (888.) 



S. LEPiDOTA, Gray, PL Wright, p. 18. Around prairie-dog holes, between Prov- 

 idence Creek and the Rio Grande ; June. Sandy valleys of the Mimbres ]\Ioun- 

 tains ; July. (889.) " Corolla light yellow." 



S. LEPIDOTA, var. SAGITT.EFOLIA, Gray, L c. Plains, from Escondido Creek to the 

 Pecos; June. (1331). — Much finer specimens than those gathered in 1849 (No. 

 47); all with the same long and narrow leaves, with 2 or 3 sharp lobes at the base. 



S. LONGiPEs, Gray, PL Wright, p. 19. Rocky hills, from Live Oak Creek, Texas, 

 to the Pecos. (890.) 



S. Elliottii, Torr. Sf Gray, FL 1. p. 232'? var.? humilis ; floribus minoribus. — 

 Between the Limpio and the Rio Grande ; and on mountains at the copper mines. 

 New Mexico ; Aug. — A dwarf perennial with " deep yellow petals." There is no 

 mature fruit. The carpels appear to be muticous. 



S. ANGUSTIFOLIA, Lam. ; Cav. Diss. 1. p. 14. t. 2. S. heterocarpa, Engelm. in PL 

 Lindh. 2. p. 163. Prairies at Santa Cruz, Sonora; Sept. (891.) 



PL. WR. — 4. 



