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Vesicaria grandiflora Hook. var. 8. pallida Torr. & Gray, 
Fl. N. Am. 1: 101. 1838; Walp. Rep. 1: 141. 1842 
V. pallida Torr. & Gray; Fl. N. Am. 1: 668. 1840; Walp. 
Ann. 2:39. 1851. 
Alyssum pallidum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 931. 1891. 
Annual; stem slender, decumbent, much branched, sparingly 
pubescent, about 3 dm. long; leaves narrowed at the base, rather 
coarsely toothed, an inch in length; flowers almost white; calyx 
copiously hairy, sepals elliptical-oblong; pods globose, scarcely 
stipitate; septum veinless; ovules 6 in each cell. 
istribution: small prairies near St. Augustine, Texas. 
No confirmation of this species has been had since the type 
was collected, and the plant may not differ essentially from L. 
recurvata. In this case the name pallida must replace recurvata 
because of priority. This would certainly be most unfortunate 
since the latter name is so characteristic and so widely accepted 
for that species. Because pallida may prove amply distinct 
from recurvata and the author would deplore the replacing of 
that name by an unfamiliar one unless absolutely necessary, the 
present species is maintained. The description is compiled from 
the original publication in Torrey and Gray’s ‘Flora’ 1: 101. 
1838. 
20. L. aurea Wooton, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 25: 260. 1898; 
Wooton & Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 19: 275. 1915. 
Annual, rather loosely stellate throughout; stellae rather few- 
rayed, rays distinct; stems several to many, erect or decumbent, 
simple or branched, 2.5-4 dm. long; terminal bud developing 
into a fertile stem; radical leaves usually absent in mature speci- 
mens, about 3 em. long, blade suborbicular, toothed, narrowed 
abruptly to a toothed petiole; cauline leaves numerous, oblanceo- 
late, entire or shallowly toothed, usually obtuse, 1-3 cm. long; 
petals narrowly spatulate, yellow, about 6 mm. long; filaments 
linear; fruiting inflorescence elongated; pedicels recurved, .8- 
1.5 em. long; pods pendent, sessile, glabrous or sparsely pubes- 
cent, globose or slightly elongated, 3-4 mm. in diameter; styles 
2-3 mm. long; septum thin, faintly nerved half way from apex 
