Lestjuerella. CKICI llllLK. Il'.l 



upon a narrow petiole. — Wats. 1. c. "25:^, 2.">:). \',siatriii Lii'l>ninamt, H<M.k ' 

 Torr. IJot. Wilkes ICxped. 232. — Wa.shiii<;ti>n, on tlic Coluniliia Kivcr, eimt 

 Mountains, Wilkes, Lj/all, Suksfiurf; in tin? Wallowa Mountain.'*. K. < ini.' 

 collected by Domjlas, ))Ut locality not given. 

 # * Ovary and poil glaln-ous (or pubescent in L. (ionlun. 



compressed. 

 4- Pods oblong or pyrifurui, substijiitate, on long a.scen(ling pedir<:b): ArkaiiHiin anuuiiln. 

 Li. repanda, Watson, 1. c. 252. Pubescence fiuely and for tlie most part sparingly scurfy- 

 stellate ; stems simple or branched, a foot high : lower leaves somewhat lyraU>ly j/innalitid ; 

 the upper linear-spatulate, entire : jjctals broadly spat u late, 3 lines long: young p<Mis oblong, 

 acutish, .somewhat narrowed to a very short stipe; the style about a.s long. — Vtsuana 

 repanda, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 101. — Banks of the Red River, ArkiUi.sajj. 



L. Nuttallii, Watson, 1. c. Resembliug the la.st, but the radical leaves aud flowem 

 unknown: pods erect on long spreading pedicels, broadly pyriforin, soniewliat coiwtricleJ 

 above the abrupt bjuse, 2| lines long, upon a short stipe ; the slender 8t\ le one or two lines 

 long; cells 6-8-ovuled.— Vesicuria Nuttallii, Gray, PI. Lindh. pt. 2, 148. — Prairies of the 

 Red River, Arkansas, Leavenworth. Probably the fruiting form of the Lxst. 

 H— 4— Pods globose : southwestern (except L. arclicn). 

 ++ Pods pendent on recurved pedicels, sessile or scarcely stipitate ; cells 2-6-ovuled. 

 = Flowers white or rose-colored. 

 L. purpurea, Watson, 1. c. 2.53. Biennial or perennial with simple or branched caudex ; 

 the firm pubescence scattered or on the lower leaves more or less c<jmpact ; stems simple 

 or branched, often a foot high or more: leaves oblauceolate ; the lower <jftcn conrsoly 

 repandly toothed or pinnatifid : petals sjjatulate-obovate, 3 to 5 lines long : ])od*( rarely 

 ascending, not or scarcely at all stii)itate, 1^ to 3 lines broad ; the style a line long or K-ss ; 

 cells 2-6-ovuled.— Vcsiairia purpurea, Gray, PI. Wright, ii. 14. —From extreme W. Texa.-* 

 to Arizona. (N. Mex.) Specimens from Coahuila, Palmer, no. 29, have a longer style. 

 L. pallida, Watson, 1. c. Annual, finely aud rather sparingly scurfr-pulrtjscent, branching, 

 a foot high : leaves oblauceolate, repandly toothed : pod shortly stipitate, 2 lines broad ; the 

 style about a line long; cells 6-ovuled. — Vesicaria pallida, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 

 668. V. grand ijlora. var. pallida, Torr. & Gray, 1. c. 101. — Prairies near San Augustine. 

 E. Texas, Leavenworth. Much resembling large podi led forms of L. recttnala, but leaven 

 toothed, style somewhat shorter, aud flowers said to lie white. 

 ' = = Flowers yellow. 



L. recurvata, Watson, 1. c. Annual, thinly pubescent; the sleuder stems often branched, 

 afi.othigh or less: leaves entire, oblong-oblanceolate or -spatulate, an inch long or Ie«»: 

 petals spatulate, H to 3 lines long: pods sessile, 1 or 2 lines broad ; the very slender slvle 

 about as long; cells 2-4-ovuled. — Vesicaria ncurvata, Kngelm. in Gray, PI. Lindh. j>t. 2, 

 147. V. angustifolia, Schecle, Linnica, xxi. r}84, in part. — ( 'entnil Texa.H. 



•H- ++ Pods suberect upon a.scending or curved pedicels. 

 = Annual (rarely bieunialO, n>ostly branched: pods often stipitate: very closely allie<l 

 species. 

 L. Lindheimeri, Watson, 1. c. Pubescence very fine or dcn.-«ely compact and lepidotc : 

 stems a foot long: leaves oblong- or narrow-lanceolate, uu»rc or less repan<l : jn-tals i«|»at- 

 ulate-obovate, 3 lines long: i)od8 2 lines long, on a short stipe; the otvle rather shorter; 

 cells 6-8-ovuled.— Vesicaria Lindheimeri, Gray, 1 c. 145.— Texas. McMnllen. Ht-rlandier, 

 no. 17<J; Victoria, Lindheimer, no. 327; Dallas, lievervhon, distributed as no. 186*. 

 L. gracilis, Watson, 1. c. Pubescence very fine, usually scanty : stem sl.nd.-r and lax. 

 branching, a foot high or more: leaves narrowly oblancoolate, entin? or sparingly n«imnd: 

 petals spatulate-obovate, 3 lines long : pods stipitate, U or 2 lines broad ; the style nearly ..r 

 quite as long; ceUs 4-6-ovule.l. - IV.s/cnV, qraclli,. Hook. Bot. Mar. under t. 3464. S.VV» ; 

 Gray, 1. c. 148. V. polyantlui, Schlecht. Bot. Zcit. xi. 619. —Central Tex;is to Kai.sii.*. 

 Montgomery Co., Plank. 



