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'• P. PILOSA, Linn.; var. difFusa, floribus parvis, From the Limpio to the copper 

 mincs, New Mexico. (873.) — Var. erecta, -floribus capsulisque magnis, petalis 

 aurantiacis siccate rubris. Near the copper mines, New Mexico. (874.) 



Talinum parviflorum (Nutt. m Torr. §• Gray^ Fl. 1. p. 197 ; Gray^ Pl. Fendl. 

 p. 14): humile; staminibus 5; calyce tardius deciduo; capsula ovali; petalis 

 palUde roseis vel lilacinis; ca^t. fere T. teretifolii. — Stony hills at the copper mines; 



Aug. 



(871.) Also near El Paso; Aprih 



T. aurantiacum, Engelm. 8c Var. p. angustissimum, Gray, Pl. WrigM. p. 14. 

 Western Texas to the Pecos ; also, in 1852, between the Limpio and the Rio 

 Grande. (876.) — According to Mr. Wright, there are two forms of this species, 



plant appear quite distinct; the one, with copper-colored 



which in the 



living 



fiowers, being more succulent, and usually with purple stems ; the other has pale- 

 yellow flowers, and usually narrower leaves. The dried specimens caniiot be 

 satisfactorily distinguished. 



T. reflexum, Cav. Ic. l. p. 1. t. 1 ; PC. Prodr. 3. p. 357. T. spathulatura, 

 Engelm. in Pl. Wright. p. 14. Eocky banks of Providence Creek, Rock Creek, 

 &c., between the Limpio and the Rio Grande; June. (1327.) — Leaves mostly 

 broader than in Wrighfs No. 35. " Flowers yellow. Stems spreading or de- 



cumbent." 



Trianthema monogyna, Linn. Fields near El Paso ; July. 



Calltrrhoe involucrata, 



San Pedro and Pecos ; May. 



C. digitata, Nutt. ; Gray 



C. pedata, Gray^ l. c. (excl. syn.) 



from the Hondo to the Sabinal ; May 



C. PEDATJ 



(879.) 



SlDALCEA 



MALVACE^. 



Gray, Pl. Fendl p. 15, §* Gen. IU. 2. t. 117. On the 



(877.) 



Prairies of the Hondo, Texas; May. (878.) 



Pl. Wright. p. 15. Margin of thickets 



minor, floribus 



pallidis 



Along the San Pedro; May, 



Mexico.; Aug 



Malvastrum cc 

 the Limpio ; June 

 M. leptophylli 



MALViEFLORA, Gray, Pl. Wright. p. 16. Along the Mimbres, N 



(88Q.) . 



(881.) 



Gray, Pl. Fendl. p. 24, 8r P/. Wrightp. 16. West of 



Gray, Pl. Wright. p. 17. Stony hills, Escondido Sp 



Western Texas; June. Prairies, from Santa Barbara 



the 



mines. New 



Mexico; July 



(882.) 



M. pedatifidum, Gray, Pl Wright. p. 11 ; forma humilis; ramis floridis sim- 

 pliciusculis in racemum majus elongatum strictum abeuntibus ; segmentis foliorum 



Stony hills near El Paso 



(1328.) 



parce incisis vel subinteg 

 Salado, Chihualiua; April 



species than Mr. Wrighfs No. 42; usually with larger flowers; the 

 naked racemes often 6 inches lon" 



o 



valley of the 



This is an earlier and simpler state of the 



strict and 



The lowest leaves are ovate or roundish in 

 circumscription, and pcdately 3-5-Iobed. The Chihuahua specimens are more 



fy, and their flowers more purple 



