384 ©. E. Schulz. 
Distributio geogr.: America borealis trans Rocky Mountains oceiden- 
tem versus sita. 
A. Planta valida, 15—50 cm alta. Racemus 12—30-florus. 
17. C. ealiforniea (Nutt.) Greene. 
Rhizoma globoso- vel ovato-tuberosum, 0,5—2 cm longum, 0,5—1 cm 
crassum, singulis annis 0,5 —2 cm procrescens, a priore abstrietum, rarius 
stolones tenues apice tuberoso-incrassatos, —7 cm longos emittens. CGaulis 
15—40 cm altus, erectus vel adscendens, simplex vel superne pauci-ramosus, 
inferne nudus, superne 2—4-folius, glaber. Folia rhizomatis 15—20 cm 
longa, longe (= 2—3 fol.) petiolata, simplicia: ovato-orbicularia, basi sub- 
cordata vel reniformia, aut trifoliolata: foliolum terminale orbiculari-cordatum, 
utrinque erenis 3-5 latis, brevibus, mucronatis inaequaliter repandum vel 
erenatum, longiuseule (= !/a ff.) petiolulatum, 52—62 mm longum, 50— 
95 mm latum, lateralia subminora, obliqua, caeterum similia, brevius (1/3 ff.) 
petiolulata, aut raro 5-foliolata: ff. terminale minus, 45:50, lateralia ima 
longius (— 1'/, ff.) petiolulata; folia caulina minora 4—A1 cm longa, bre- 
vius (— 1—!/, fol.) petiolata, 3-, rarius 5-foliolata: foliola angustiora, brevi- 
ovata vel late lanceolata, praesertim antice apice producto grosse acutius- 
cule dentata, manifestius mucronata, brevius petiolulata, terminale 23>—-58 mm 
longum, 15—50 mm latum; omnia glabra.. Racemus sub anthesi sublaxus, 
dein elongatus, 12—50-florus. Pedicelli floriferi 8—10, fructiferi 20—25, 
raro —30 mm longi. Flores ce. 10 mm longi, raro —14 mm (f. grandi- 
flora).. Sepala c. 4 mm longa, late subovato-oblonga, apice rotundata. 
Petala rosea vel violacea, rarius alba (f. lactea), late obovata, ad basin 
cuneato-angustata, apice rotundata. Stamina interiora 7, exteriora 6 mm 
longa: antherae majusculae, 2 mm longae, oblongae. Pistillum eylindri- 
cum: ovarium 1%#—46-ovulatum, in stylum c. 2 mm longum, crassiusculum 
attenuatum; stigma stylo sublatius. Siliquae pedicellis erecto-patentibus 
vel adscendentibus vel horizontalibus subhorizontales, 30—48 mm longae, 
2,5—4 mm latae, in stylum 2,5—6 mm longum, crassiusculum, viridem 
attenuatae; stigma 0,75 mm latum, stylo subaequilatum; valvae viridulo- 
flavae, interdum violaceae. Semina fere 3 mm longa, 2—2,5 mm lata, 
c. 0,75 mm crassa, oblongo-ovalia vel suborbicularia, fulva, vix alata: pe- 
tioli eotyledonum 4-plo longior quam radicula brevissima. — V. Ss. 
©. californica Greene! Fl. Franeise. 266 (1891). 
Dentaria californica Nutt. in Torrey et Gray Fl. North-Am. I. 88 
(1838 —40). 
©. angulata Torrey Pacif. Railr. Explor. IV. 65 (1857), non Hook. 
Tota planta carnosula. Rhizoma in sicco firmissimum, parce fibrillosum, vetus 
rugosum, griseum, novum laeve, albidum. Gaulis subfirmus, ad apicem crassescens, 
teres, in coelo viridulo-violaceus. Folia subtus interdum violacea: petioluli subalati. 
Pedicelli apice inerassati. Sepala albida, ad apicem saepe purpureo-violacea, 3-nervia, 
late albo-marginata. Petala + patula, praeter nervos tenues evidenler 3-nervia,. Fila- 
