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Sph.«ralcea hastulata, Grat/, Pl Wright. p. 17. Yalley of tlie Pecos, in 

 alluvial soil ; June. Sandy valleys of the Mimbres Mountains ; Aug. (883.) 



S. Fendleri, Gray, Pl. Wright. l. c. ; var. foliis subtus plerumque subcanescen-^ 

 tibus. .On the Mimbres ; and mountain-sides near the coppcr mines ; July. (884.) 



S, iNCANA, Torr., var. dissecta, Gray, Pl. Wright. l c. Hill-sidcs, at Conde's 

 Camp, west of the copper mines, New Mexico ; Aug. (885.) 



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S. iNCANA 1 var. oblongifolia : foliis inferioribus 



ibus ramcisque 



oblongis vel lanceolatis, omnibus pl. m. trilobis lobo medio elongato vel subhastatis 

 dentatis furfuraceo-canescentibus (2 - 3-pollicaribus). — Banks of the Eio Grande 



near San Elisario; April. (1329.) — A puzzling form, manifestly inclined to run 

 into the following, some specimens of which have the lower leaves hastately some- 

 what 3-lobed. 



- S. angustifolia, Spach ; var. foliis lanceolatis, inferioribus nunc hastato-subtri- 

 lobatis ! Alluvial soil on the Piedra Pinta, Western Texas ; and around El Paso ; 

 July. (886.) 



S. ANGusTiFOLiA, var. floribus et fructibus minoribus, Cray, Pl. Wright. p. 21. 

 Between Providence Creek and the Rio Grande ; June. (887.) 



S. Wrightii (sp. nov.) : pube laxa canescenti-tomentosa, sesquipedalis ; caulibus e 

 basi suflfrutescente plurimis simplicibus apice longe racemoso-floriferis ; foliis cor- 

 dato-rotundis longe petiolatis, radicahbus inciso-sublobatis crenatis, caulinis 3-5- 

 fidis pedatisve, lobis cuneatis crenato-dentatis ; capsula 12-15 -cocca calyce aequi- 

 longa, coccis mucronulatis dispermis. — On a mountain, near Lake Santa Maria, 

 Chihuahua, April ; chiefly in fruit. - (1330.) — This species has much the habit of a 

 Sidalcea, having mostly simple and virgate stems, long-petioled leaves with rounded 

 cordate outline, and nearly naked, racemose inflorescence. It is from 8 to 20 inches 

 high ; the leaves about an inch in diameter, shorter than thcir petioles. Petals 

 apparently purple, 4 or 5 lines in length. Capsule large in proportion, 3 lines long, 

 ovoid-subglobose, with the apex truncate. 



SiDA hederacea, Torr.in Pl. Fendl.p.2'^; Grag, Pl. Wright. p.\^. Bottoms of 

 the Rio Grande below El Paso ; May, June. (888.) 



S. lepidota, Gray., Pl. Wright. p. 18. Around prairic-dog holes, between Prov- 

 idence Creek and the Rio Grande; June. Sandy valleys of the Mimbre*s'Moun- 

 tains; July. (889.) « CoroIIa light yellow." 



S. lepidota, var. sagitt^folia, Gray, l. c. Plains, from Escondido Creek to the 

 Pecos; June. (1331). — Much finer specimens than those gathered in 1849 (No. 

 47) ; all with the same long and narrow leaves, with 2 or 3 sharp lobes at the base. 



S. longipes, Grai/, Pl. Wright. p. 19. Rocky hills, from Live Oak Creek, Texas, 



to the Pecos. (890.) 



S. Elliottii, Torr. §• Gra^j, Fl. 1. p. 232 \ var. 1 humilis ; floribus minoribus. 



Between the Limpio and the Ilio Grande ; and on mountains at the copper mines, 

 Kew Mexico ; Aug. — A dwarf perennial with " deep yellow petals." There is no 

 mature fruit. The carpels appcar to be muticous. 



S. angustifolia, Lam. ; Cav. Diss. l. p. 14. t. 2. S. heterocarpa, Engelm. in Pl. 

 Lindh. % p. 163. Prairies at Santa Cruz, Sonora; Sept. (891.) 



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