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215. Lythrum alatum, Pursh, Fl. 1. p. 334. Council Grove, and near Fort 

 Leavenworth ; August to September. 



ONAGRACEiE. 



216. Epilobium angustifolium, Linn. Ravines in the valley of Santa Fe Creek, 

 in the mountains ; June, July. 



217. E. coloratum, Muhl. ; Ton. %■ Gray, Fl. 1. p. 489. Santa Fe Creek, and 

 Raton Creek, in the mountains ; June to September. 



218. (Enothera biennis, var. hirsutissima. Valley of Santa Fe Creek, in the 

 mountains ; June. Plant 2 to 3 feet high.* 



f 219. (E. biennis, Linn. Near Council Grove. 



f220. (E. biennis, £ canescens, Torr. 8? Gray, I. c. Near Independence, Missouri. 



221. (E. sinuata, y. hirsuta, Ton. Sf Gray, Fl. 1. p. 494. Hill-side, near a field, 

 Santa Fe ; July. 



222. (E. coronopifolia, Torr. 8f Gray! Fl.l.pA95. Valley of Santa Fe Creek, 

 in various localities, on soil recently thrown up along the side of irrigating ditches, and on 

 old ant-hills ; May to July. — A span to nearly a foot high. Also gathered between the 

 Platte and Santa Fe by Lieut. Abert. To this I now refer the imperfect fragment in Dr. 

 James's collection which in the Flora N. Amer. was cited under (E. pinnatifida, and from 

 which the character " capsule somewhat tapering towards the apex "was derived. A 

 distinguishing character of (E. coronopifolia, which perfectly confirms the species, is found 

 in the capsule, which is ovoid-cylindraceous or oblong, turgid, only two thirds or not more 

 than three fourths of an inch long, two lines thick, minutely canescent, and usually sparse- 

 ly strigose-hirsute. The seeds are oval, striate and punctate, large for the size of the pod, 

 and much larger than in the next species. The petals turn to a deep pink or red in drying. 



• 223. (E. pinnatifida, Nutt. Gen. 1. p. 245. Gravelly soil at Santa Fe, and on 



* There is a remarkably distinct species of this section in Dr. Gregg's collection, which may be charac- 

 terized as follows : — 

 y CE. (Onagea) macrosceles (sp. nov.) : glabra; caule gracili erecto; foliis crassiusculis tevibus dense 

 ciliatis subintegerrimis, radicalibus (7- 12-uncialibus) spathulato-lanceolatis in petiolum longe attenuatis, cau- 

 linis subsessilibus lanceolato-oblongis ; tubo calycis praelongo (5-unciaIi) gracili ovario lineari 5-plo laciniis plus 

 triplo longioribus ; stylo petalas dilatato-cuneiformes sequante stamina superante ; stigmatibus pralongis. — 

 Marshy borders of springs, Vara de San Jose, Ojo de San Bernardo, and Pelayo, Northern Mexico, Dr. Gregg. 

 — This species, which should probably stand next to CE. Jamesii, is remarkable for its smoothness, except the 

 ciliation of the leaves, and for the length of the calyx-tube. The corolla is 3 inches or more in diameter, yel- 

 low, turning slightly rose-color in the dried specimens. The anthers are half an inch long, and the stigmas 

 about the same length. The fruit is unknown ; the ovary is cylindrical and slender. 



