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OXALIDAC E M . 



91. Oxalis Vespertilionis, Ton. 8f Gray, Fl. 1. p. 679. Low places, Santa 

 Fe ; July, Aug. — Perhaps only a smaller-flowered variety of O. violacca, with more 

 deeply lohed leaflets. 



f92. O. stricta, Linn. Upper Arkansas ; September. 



BALSAMINACEuE. 



f93. Impatiexs pallida, Nutt. Gen. 1. /;. 146. Western Missouri to Council Grove ; 

 August. 



pctalis albis. — Distinct from the next by the greater smoothness, the hairy and much less connate styles, the 

 pilose (not short-ciliate) filaments, and the more delicately reticulated seeds. 



2. G. maculatum, Linn. : caule erecto cum petiolis retrorso-piloso ; pedicellis glanduloso-pubescenti- 

 . bus; filamentis basi breviter ciliatis calyce stylisque nudis ultra medium connatis subbrevioribus ; valvis cap- 

 sular Ionge pilosis; rostro glanduloso-pubescente. 



3. G. pentagynum, Engehn. in Wish Rep.: caule erecto cum petiolis retrorso-pubescente ; pedicellis 

 g anduloso-pubescentibus ; filamentis basi pilosis calycem et stylos nudos ima parte solum connatos sequami- 

 bus ; valvis capsular pilosiusculis ; rostro glanduloso-pubescente. — Eastern Mountains of New Mexico, on 

 Wolf Creek. — Nearer G. maculatum than any of the others: distinguished by the characters above enumer- 

 ated ; also by the finer, more closely adpressed pubescence, the smaller leaves with narrower segments and 

 much more prominent veins ; inner sepals with colored margins, emarginate or somewhat bilobed : seed not 

 seen. 



4. G. Fremontii, Torr. — Vide supra, p. 26. 



5. G. Mexicanum, Kunth. 



* * PcdicelU deflorati declinali sett refracli. 

 +- Flore s violacei. 



6. G. cespitosum, James. — Vide supra, p. 25. 



7. G. gracile (sp. nov.) : caule erecto divaricato-ramoso cum petiolis el pedicellis retrorso-piloso; fila- 

 mentis basi piloso-ciliatis calyce et stylis pilosis ima parte solum connatis brevioribus ; valvis capsute pilosius- 

 culis ; rostro pubescente. — Pine woods, on the mountains of Cosiquiriachi, State of Chihuahua ; collected in 

 October, by Dr. Wislizenus. — Resembling the last; but erect, more hirsute-pubescent; the flowers, fruit. 

 and seed smaller; stamens shorter; styles hairy, more deeply divided; and the peduncles much shorter, 

 mostly of the length of the pedicels. — Near G. Mexicanum, Kunth 1 



+- +- Flores albidi. 



8. G. Heenaxdezii, DC: caule divaricato-ramoso cum petiolis patentim piloso ; pedicellis glanduloso- 

 pilosis; filamentis basi breviter ciliatis calycem et stylos pilosos ad medium connatos aequantibus; valvis cap- 

 sular parce pilosiusculis; rostro glanduloso-piloso. — Pine woods, on the mountains of Llanos, State of Chihua- 

 hua ; collected in October, by Dr. Wislizenus. — Leaves ]£ to 2 inches in diameter, the upper truncate at 

 the base ; peduncles as long as, or shorter than, the pedicels ; flowers white, about 8 lines in diameter. 



