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1. P. CUCullata, J>eiitli. Stems slendor from !i woody hiiso, 2 to 8 inches high, 

 mostly simj)lo, pubcnilcnt above : hjaves glabrous or slightly i)ii})esi:ent, obloDg-lance- 

 olato or sometimes ovate-elliptical, J to 1 inch long, acute or obtuse, cuneato at base 

 and very shortly pctioled : flowers rose-colored, on pedicels 1 to 3 lines long, with- 

 out bracts : sepals glabrous or nearly so ; the outer 2J lines long, rounded-saccate at 

 base; the wings rather broadly spattdato, 4 to G lines long: lateral petals lint-ar-lance- 

 olatc, somewhat ciliate, c(pialling the broad ol)tuse more or less curved beak of the 

 rounded hood : fruit mostly from apctalous flowers near the root ; ca|)sulo gla])rous, 

 broadly ovate, 2^ to 3 lines long, retuse above, nearly sessile, narrowly margined : 

 seed 2 lines long, somewhat pubescent ; the caruncle vesicular and wrinkled, calyptra- 

 like, half tho length of tho seed. — I'l. Hartw. 299. J\ Nutbtnn, Torrey, Hot. 

 Mex. Bouml. 49, t. 1 2. 



From Santa Barbara to Ukiah, on dry hillsides. This has usually bocn confounded with the 

 next, and witli it referred to /'. Nutkaiui, Mo9ino, which however is doubtless a Mexican plant 

 and the same as P. oralifnlia, DC. 



2. p. Californica, Nutt. Much resembling the last ; but stems more shrubby, 

 stouter and more branched, \ to 1 foot high or more: flowers greenish white, usually 

 fruiting : se|)als all densely tomento.se ; tho wings oblong, scarcely narrowed at base : 

 lateral petals only equalling the hood, which bears a straight narrow erect beak : 

 capsule ovate, 4 lines long, emarginate or retusely 2-toothed at the apex, narrowly 

 winged : .seed 3 lines long, densely liairy ; the caruncle firm and terete, with a thin 

 lateral wing partially covering the body of the seed. — Torr. & Gray, P'l. i. 671. 

 P. Nntkana, Torr. & Gray, 1. c. P. cncuUata, Newberry, Pacif. R. Rep. vi. 70. 

 P. cornufn, Kellogg, Proc. (^alif. Acad. i. 01. 



In tho Sierra Nevada, from Kl Doiado Vn. to Orej:ron {N'rwbcrr]/) ; in nine forests. Possibly 

 Nuttall inidiided both species under his description, liut specimens ticketea by liim belong to the 

 piesciit form. Dr. Torrey ticketed spocimeus of his own collection as from Santa Barbara, prob- 

 ably liy inistiik(\ 



3. P. Bubspinosa, Watson. Glabrous or more or less judjoscent : tho stems 

 numerous, 2 to 8 inches high, branched above, tho branches often spinoso : leaves 

 ^ to an inch long, oblong or oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, attenuate to a narrow base : 

 bracts narrow, scarious; pedicels 2 to 4 lines long, at length usually deflexed : sepals 

 glabrous or ciliate ; the outer narrow, rounded-saccate at base ; the oblong rose-colored 

 wings 4 to 5 lines long: lateral petals linear, equalling the broad rounded bonk of 

 tho yellow keel : capsule obovate, emarginate, narrow at hxso, 3 lines long : seed 

 hairy, 2 lines long ; tho short caruncle with membranous lateral wings more than 

 half the length of the seed. — Am. Naturalist, vii. 209. 



On dry hills near Silver City, Nevada, KrVnrjg : Southern Utah, from several collections, and 

 Arizona, Pa/mer. Tlie only other species of tho inner liasiii is /'. acavthoclnda, Oray, collected 

 by Brandrgrc in S. Colorado, similar to this but more woody and with much smaller scattered 

 whitish flowers. 



P. Xanti, Gray, of Lower Califomia, is also a low perennial, pubescent throughout ; Ic^ives 

 oval, .shortly petioled ; flowers recurved, 3 lines long, white tinged witli yellow and purple, the 

 keel not beaked or crested ; capsule ovate, 3 lines long, deejdy emarginate, densely pubescent ; 

 seed with a short thick caruncle. 



2. KRAMERIA, T-inn 

 Sepals 5, somowliat unequal, more or less petal-like. Petals 5 ; the 3 upper similar, 

 long-clawed, approximate, tho lower short, sessile and fle-shy. Stamens 4, united 

 bolow : anthers 2-celled, dehiscing obliquely at tho apex. Ovary sinqtle, silky : 

 ovulna 2, ppniltjloua from toward the apnx of th(^ cell : stylo simplo, sf might, 

 obli(|UGly torniinal, acutish : stigma terminal. Capsido globose, coriaceous, inde- 

 hiscent, spinose or muricate, 1 -seeded. Seod naked, without albumen: etjibryn 

 straig}\t, the cotyledons auriculftto at base and including th<^ radicle, — Suinll "shrubs 



