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county, altitude 1800 feet. Flowers white or pale lilac. Apparently 

 scattered throughout Kerr county in similar situations. 



April 30 (1685*1 ; type locality, "near Fort Smith." 

 Callirhoe involucrata (Nutt.) ; A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. (II.) 4: 



15 (1848). 



Nuttallia involucrata (Nutt.) Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2 : 172 (1825). 

 Maiva involucrata T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 226 (1838). 



Along the shore of Corpus Christi Bay at the Oso. Stems prostrate, 

 2-3 feet long, bearing a number of beautiful deep purple flowers. Found 

 later along Nueces Bay, and in San Patricio county, growing in sandy 

 ground near ant hills, altitude 35 feet. 



March 21 (1468) ; type locality, "Valley of the Loup Fork." 



MALVASTRUM A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. (II.) 4: 21 (1848). 



[MALVEOPSIS Presl. Bot. Bern. 19 (1844)?] 

 Malvastrum Americanum (L.) Torr. Mex. Bound. Surv. 2: 38 



Malva Americana L. Sp. PI. 687 (1753). 



Malvastrum tricuspidatum A. Gray, PI. Wright. I : 1 6 (1852). 

 In rich ground at the Southern Pacific bridge, San Antonio, altitude 

 600 feet. Only a few plants were seen. 



June 9 (1830) ; type locality, "in America." 



SIDAL. Sp. PL 683 (1753). 

 Sida angustifolia Lam. Encycl. i: 4 (1783). 



Sida spinosa var. angustifolia Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 74 (1859). 

 In dry ground at Corpus Christi, altitude 40 feet. This plant seemed 

 scarce, as only a few were seen. Flowers copper-yellow, open during 

 the forenoon. Stems ascending. 



May 30 (1801;; type locality, "Jamaica." 



Sida ciliaris fasciculata (T. & G.) A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 

 294 (1887). 



Sida fasciculata T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 231 (1838). 

 In dry sandy ground near Rockport, San Patricio county, altitude 35 

 feet, and at the Oso. Flowers open early in the forenoon, closing 

 about eleven o'clock, dark lilac. 



April 14 (1567); type locality, "Texas." 

 Sida diffusa H. B. K. Nov. Gen. 5 : 257 (1821). 



Sida filiformis Moric. PL Nouv. 38, /. 25 (1833-42), not Jacq. 

 Sida filicaulis T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 232 (1838). 

 A slender spreading procumbent plant, bearing small yellow flowers, 



