22 PLANTS ■WRIGHTIAN^. VI. 



S. FiLicAULis, Ton: ^ Gray, I. c. Live Oak Creek, Western Texas. (1332.) 



S. FILICAULIS, Torr. Sf Gray ; var. setosa : ramis adscenclentibus pedunculis caly- 

 cibusqiie pilis longis patentissimis setosis. — Bottoms of the San Pedro, Texas ; 

 May. Between Santa Barbara and the copper mines, New Mexico ; July. (892.) 

 — In PI. Lindh. 2. p. 163, 1 have alluded to the slender hairs which beset the young 

 stems of S. filicauhs ; but in the present specimens they are vastly more conspicu- 

 ous, and the stems are less procumbent ; so that, at first sight, they would be taken 

 for a different species. Dr. Gregg gathered this form in Chihuahua, and at Mon- 

 terey. It is very likely to be the Sida diffusa, H. B. K., the branches of which 

 are said to be " molliter pilosi " ; for, although the corolla is yellow, they often turn 

 purplish in drying. 



S. PHTSocALYx, Gray, PL Lindh. 2. j). 163, ^ PI. Wright, p. 20. Prairies of 

 Western Texas ; May. 



Anoda pentaschista (sp. nov.): scabrido-pubens ; foliis subtus cinereis, infimis 

 cordatis, caulinis hastato-trilobis, summis hastato-lanceolatis vel linearibus pedun- 

 culo brevioribus ; petalis flavis integerrimis lacinias calycis triangulares acumi- 

 natas pauUo superantibus ; capsula vix depressa 5-carpellari mutica calycem jequan- 

 tibus. — Valley between Ojo de Gavilan and Conde's camp, beyond the copper 

 mines. New Mexico ; Aug. (893.) — Root annual. Stem erect, paniculately 

 branched, 1 or 2 feet high. Leaves an inch to an inch and a half long, more or 

 less toothed ; the upper successively becoming lanceolate or linear, but always more 

 or less hastate-lobed at the base, 5 to 12 lines long. Flower only 3 lines long! 

 Calyx cinereous-pubescent like the lower surface of the leaves, not much spreading 

 even in fruit, in length scarcely equalling the capsule. Corolla bright yellow ; the 

 obovate petals only about 21 or 3 lines in length. Ovary 5-celled, with a solitary 

 resupinate ovule in each cell. Capsule puberulent, somewhat 5-lobed, only moder- 

 ately flattened at the top ; the 5 carpels opposite the sepals, obscurely umbonate on 

 the back ; the dissepiments entirely evanescent, while the bi'oad dorsal portion of 

 each carpel is wrapped, in the manner of the genus, half round the turgid seed. — 

 Although the fruit is only pentacarpellary, and little depressed, its whole structure 

 and dehiscence are the same as in Anoda, with which the foliage likewise accords. 

 The only character left to distinguish Anoda from Sida is the obliteration of the 

 dissepiments of the fruit. 



A. Wrightii (sp. nov.) : caulibus pedunculis petiolisque scabro-pubescentibus et 

 viscosis ; foliis glabriusculis obtusis, infimis ovatis grosse crenatis, cseteris oblongo- 

 ovatis seu triangulato-lanceolatis integris aut vix subtrilobis basi hand cordatis; 

 pedunculis folium superantibus ; petalis fiavis apice obsolete crenulatis calycis la- 

 ciniis ovatis obtusiusculis duplo longioribus ; capsula hirsuta 11 - 12-carpellari stel- 

 lariformi calyce patentissimo paullo breviore ; carpellis dorso crista calcariformi obtusa 

 appendiculatis. — On the summit of mountains near the copper mines. New Mexico ; 

 Oct. (894.) — Root annual. Stems one or two feet high, with divergent branches, 

 rough with a rather coarse and viscous pubescence. Leaves slightly if at all sub- 

 cordate, green both sides, 10 to 18 or 20 lines long, obscurely if at all lobed, not 

 hastate nor acuminate. Lower peduncles 1| to 2 inches long; the upper about an 



