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1, 2, 3 vel etiam 4 petaloideae, ceterae minores antlieriferae) , ungnicnlo quam in petalis 

 semper angustiore. Filamenta 60 — 120, 3 — 4-seriata, 0,7 — 1,5 cm longa, linearia, exteriora 

 paullo longiora sed saepius ceteris multo latiora, sub anthesi erecta, apice snbulata, omnia 

 antherifera; antberae juniores lineares vel lineari-oblongae, apice non vel vix, basi magis 

 emarginatae, 1 — 2 mm longae, 0,7 — 0,8 mm latae, dorso paullo supra basin affixae, lateraliter 

 dehiscentes, defloratae non contortae. D i s c u s glaber. Stylus ante anthesin antheras non 

 superans, postremo 0,8 — 1,5 cm longus, filiformis, glaber, angulatus, e lamellis 3 conflatus, 

 margine lamellarum superiore apiceque dense papillosus, in fructu persistans emarcidus. Cap- 

 sula cylindracea vel subcylindracea, oblonga vel clavata, inferne vix attenuata, basi obtusa 

 vel rotundata, 1,4 — 2,7 cm longa, 0,6 — 0,8 cm crassa, brunneo-flavescens, postremo brnnneo- 

 nigrescens, subchartacea, scaberrima, indistincte vel manifeste striatula, calyce persistente 

 lobisque irregulariter recurvatis styloque coronata, intra lobos calycinos 3-valvis, valvis trian- 

 gulari-semiorbicularibus revolutis, incrassatis, cum placentis alternantibus; placentae 3 latissimae 

 intervallis nitentibus glabris duplo vel triplo latiores, lamellis horizontaliter positis 2-, vel 

 rarius 1-seriatis, membranaceis, media in placenta longitrorsum undulato-conjnnctis atque hoc 

 loco paullo magis elevatis crenatisque inter semina singula instructae. Semina in placentis 

 2- vel rarissime 1-seriata, horizontalia, marginibus placentarum exterioribns affixa, funiculis 

 nullis, ovalia vel ovali-rotundata 3 — 4 mm longa, 2 — 3 mm lata, medio 0,7 mm crassa, plano- 

 convexa, griseo-bnmnescentia, minutissime granulato-punctulata, late alata, ala semine ipso sub- 

 aequilata, membranacea; endospermium copiosum vel mediocre. Embryo rectus; cotyledones 

 planiusculae ovali-orbiculares, subsubito in radiculam subcylindraceam aequilongam vel paullo 

 longiorem acutiusculam contractae. 



Habitat in Americae sept. civitatibus unitis. 



Var. a in civitatibus Colorado et Utah. Vidimus e Colorado prope Canon 

 City: Engelniann; ex Utah: Parry n. 76, 77, 78. 



Var. jj in Nova Mexico ad El Paso versus: Wright n. 170 (V) 



Var. 7 ab Oregon per Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Nova Mexico, Texas 

 usque ad civitates Mexieanas septentrionales Cohahuila et Chihuahua. 

 Vidimus ex Oregon: Geyer u. 95; ex Utah: Palmer n. 171; e Colorado, South Boulder 

 Canon: Jones n. 622, Rocky Mountains (Lat. 39°): Hall et Harbour n. 570, South Pack: 

 Canby; e Wyoming ad Cheyenne: 0. Kuntze; ex Arizona: San Francisco Mts.: 

 Lenimon et Wife n. 4163, Winslow: Jones n. 4112, Bowie: Jones, prope Camp Lowell: 

 Pringle; e Nova Mexico: Fendler n. 242, prope Eagle Spring, east of the Rio Grande, 

 Mountains near El Paso: Wright n. 1882, prope Rio San Jose: Rusby n. 140; e Texas 

 prope El Paso: Vasey, Jones n. 3758; e Mexico: Mexican Boundary Survey n. 390, 

 in valle prope Chihuahua: Pringle n. 737, San Lorenzo de Laguna, Cohahuila: Palmer 

 n. 358 et 359, prope Saltillo, Cohahuila: Palmer n. 350. 



Var. 6 in civitatibus Colorado, Texas, Mexico. Vidimus e Colorado: Hall 

 et Harbour n. 569 p. p. (exceptis Horibus solitariis in Capsula adjectis, qui sunt JI. iiiida 

 Torr, et Gray), 2300 m alt.: 0. Kuntze; e Texas locis arenosis Callahan Co.: Reverchon 

 n. 322, prope Dallas: Reverchon n. 959B; Rio Seco, Western Texas: Wright n. 212; 

 e Mexico: Berlandier n. 1902. 



Floret m. April. — Sept. — V. s. in herb.; 



