52 CAPFAKIDACK.!;;. Cleomdiu. 



* Stipe longer than the pod. 



1. C. longipes, Ton-. ](atlu'.r stout, 1 or 2 foot hi^^li, glabrous : leaflets narrowly 

 obovulu to spuLuiuto, obtuao or retuso, ^ to 1 int:li long : supals ovato, ucutu : petals 

 2 or 3 lines long ; stamens long-exserteil : jtoils nearly triangular in outline, acuto 

 ut base, 2 Hues liigli, iS to 5 in breadth, the valves being lutiro or less strongly 

 horned : style halt' a line long or less ; stipe 4 to 7 lines long, about eciualling the 

 pedicel. — Gray, PI. ^V right, i. 11 ; Watson, Bot. King Exp. 33, 



Var. (?) grandillora, Wutson, 1. e. Leaflets and bracts narrowly obovate to 

 orbicular : sepals long-acuuiinute : style about a line long. 



Valleys and lootfiills in N. W. Nevada {Anderson, Jratsmi) ; New ilexieo {li'riyht) ; stouter 

 and larger leaved Ibiuis than the original ilexicaa specimens of Gregg and Berlandier. 



2. C. obtusifolia, Torr. Somewhat pubescent, branching, a foot high or more : 

 leaflets oval or ublung, 3 to U lines long, equalling the petioles, glabrous above ; 

 stipules long and fimbriate : flowers small, in leafy racemes : sepals ovate, lacerate- 

 ciliate : petals 1 or 2 lines long : jjoiIs 2 to 5 lines bnjad, the valves acutely and 

 often narrowly horned : style very slender, 2 lines lung : stijjc 3 lines long, reflexed 

 upon the equal pedicel. — Frem. Itep. 311. 



Near Sacramento ? {Fremont) ; Soda Lake on the Mohave River {Cooper) ; Arizona, Wheeler. 



3. C. plocasperma, Watson. Low, glabrous, diffusely branching : leaflets 

 linear-oblong, 3 to G liutss long; bracts mostly small : petals lA lines long : stamens 

 short or exserted : pods Khort-rhond)ic, the valves somewhat dilated: style short; 

 stipe once or twice the length of the pod, usually equalling the pedicel : seeds 

 minutely tessellated under the microscope. — l>ot. King Exp. 33. 



Valleys of Northern Nevada, Watson, lleo. R. Buryess. 



4. C. oocarpa, (jiay. Very similar : leaves and flowers slightly larger : pods 

 ovate, the valves not dilated : seeds smooth. — I'roc. Am. Acad. xi. 72. 



Saline valleys of Iliunboldt Co., Nevada {Torrcy, Oraij) ; S. W. Coloruilo, Bvandcgec. 



* -.': Stipe shorter than the pod. 



f). C- parviilora, dray. Low and slender, decumbently branched, smooth: 

 leaflets and bracts linear, lialf an inch long : flowers rather few : petals scarcely a 

 line long, equalling the .stamens : puds on long slender pedicels ; valves slightly 

 horned : style and stipe almost none. — Proc. Am, Acad. vi. 520; Watson, 1. c. 



At Camp Cady on the iloliave (Cooper) ; Northern Nevada, Anderson, Watson. 



5. WISLIZENIA, Engelm. 

 Characters nearly as in the preceding, but the pod didymous ; valves contracted 

 upon the solitary seeds and deciduous with them, nutlike, nerved or reticulated, 

 open at the scar : style elongated. — Smooth erect branching annuals ; with yellow 

 racemose flowers and 1 - 3-foliolate leaves. The following are the only species, 



1. W. refracta, Engelm. One to two feet high, widely branching: leaflets 3, 

 oblanceolate to ol)ovate, 5 to 9 lines long, usually exceeding the i)ctioles : flowers in 

 dense racemes, at length elongated : petals a line long : stamens ami ovary I'xserted : 

 cells of the ovary 2ovuled : fruit 1 i lines broad or more ; the divergent obovate 

 reticulated valves separated by a ])erforated partition : style filiform, 1 to 2 lines 

 long: stipe 2 to 3 lines long, strongly refractcil ujwn the rather longer pedicel, — 

 Wisliz. Pep. U; Gray, PI. Wright, i. 11, t. 2. 



Mohave Valley {Newberry) ; Colorado Desert {Blake) ; thence to Sononi and New Mexico. 



2. W. Palmeri, Gray. With the habit of the last ; leaves simple (lowest 

 unknown), linear, H inches long, very shortly petioled : racemes fewer-flowered: 



