30 Ign. Urban, 



alabastro valde imbricata, sub anthesi ut videtiir patentia, flava v. lutea oblonga, obovata usqne 

 suborbicularia, non v. latiuscule et breviter unguiculata, 1,4 — 9 mm lata, apice obtusissima, 

 truncata v. subemarginata, in medio saepius parce piloso-ciliata, caeterum glabra v. dorso 

 superne brevissime pilosa. Squamae petaloideae mülae. Filamenta 1 — 3-senata, juniora 

 praesertim interiora incurvata, adulta 2- — 8 mm longa, filiformia; antherae juniores ovali-orbi- 

 culares usque ovato-oblongae, 0,3 — 1 mm longae, 0,2 — 0,4 mm latae, basi et pleiumque apice 

 emarginatae, in 1/4 — '/u alt. aftixae, defloratae rectae, rarissime parum contortae; pollinis granula 

 ovali-globosa v. globnlosa. Discus glaber. Stylus initio antheras superans, postremo 2— 8mm 

 longus, margine lamellarum superiore et praesertim apice obsolete papillosus, in fructn per- 

 sistans. Ovula 15 — 50 placentis 3 affixa, funiculis nuUis. Capsula erecta, recta v. plus 

 minus curvata, clavato- linearis v. lineari-subcylindracea, subtriangularis, 1 — 2,5 cm longa, 

 superne 1 —2,5 mm crassa nigrescens, pube calycis tnbi, manifeste v. non striata, calyce per- 

 sistente et stylo coronata, apice 3-valvis; placentae angustae , intervallis nitidis glabris. 

 Semina dense aggregata et sibi accumbentia areis plerumque subimpressis, non alata, brunnes- 

 centia, manifeste vel plerumque obsolete tuberculato-granulata, 0,7 — 1,5 mm longa, 0,7 — 1 mm 

 crassa; endospermium mediocre. Embryo ^curvatus; cotyledones convexiusculae orbiculares: 

 radicula recta subrectave fere dimidio longior subteres. 



Habitat in Americae sept. civitatibus unitis oeeidentalibus. 



Var. «. a territ. Washington iisque ad Colorado territ.; vidimus e "Wa- 

 shington terr.: Lyall, ,.Falcon Valley": Suksdorf; ex Oregon prope Clear Water: Spal- 

 ding, ad Kooskooskei River: Geyer n. 663, „Steins mountain": Howell, locis arenosis: 

 Howell, Cusick n. 1273, Kellogg et Harford n. 242; e Montana prope Borzeman: Canby 

 n. 139; e California: Donglas, Coulter, Bridges u. 88, 89. Kellogg et Harford n. 1146, 

 prope S. Francisco: Bolander n. 4863, Guadalupe Ishind: Palmer n. 42, St. Diego: Parish 

 n. 214, Parry et Lemmon n. 137, Middle California: Greene, „Soda Springs, Nevada Co.", 

 alt. 7000 ped.: Jones p.p. „the Needles": Jones n. 3848, Vasey; e Utah ad Cannon, 

 alt. 7500 ped.: Jones n. 1461, Summers; e Colorado: Canby, Hall et Harbour n. 571 p. p. 

 ad Platte River: Jones n. 220. 



Floret April. — Jul.; fruct. Jun., Jul. 



Var./?. a Washington territ. usque ad New Mexico; vidimus e Washington, 

 Jakima Co.: Suksdorf n. 312; e' Montana ad Jefferson River: Seribson (?) n. OO'"; ex 

 Oregon: Nuttall, „Cold Camp": Howell, „Currant Creek": Howell; e Nevada prope 

 Palisade: Jones, Humboldt Nevada: Grunow; ex Utah prope St. George, alt. 2000 ped.: 

 Jones n. 1629, „City Creek Canon": Jones n. 1462 p. p., prope Ham's Fork: Geyer n. 368; 

 prope Ogdeu: Grunow; e Colorado territ. prope Golden City: Greene, Hall et Harbour 

 n. 571 p. p., Parry u. 126 et 571; e California prope Soledad: Jones n. 3133, prope 

 Argenta: Krause, Sau Bernardino: Parish n. 629, prope Jopo: Orcutt, San Bernardino: 

 Orcutt, prope San Diego: Mexiean Boundary Survey, Kellogg et Haiford n. 291 ; ex 

 Arizona, ad flumen Colorado: Palmer n. 151, prope Camp Lowell: Pringle; e New 

 Mexico prope El Paso: Wright n. 1380; e Texas prope El Paso: Jones. 



Floret vere. 



Var. 7. in California, Oregon, Nevada. Vidimus ex Oregon prope ,.Lower 

 Klamath Lake: Summers n. 1582, Multnomah County: Howell n. 149; e California 



