Senehiem. CIUJCIKKlt.i;. 129 



Var. insigne, (iKKiCNic. "Stoulish and mostly simple, 4-8 iruli<'« liigli ; the montly 

 solitary fruiting riueine shorter anil ik-nser: ]mi(1s twico a.s larRo [ju« I J liiiet* in diiuni'tiTJ, 

 round-obovoid." — Fl. Francis. 274, ^ M.iu. Hay-Ucf; 24. —Ml. Dialdo Uaiigc, Ccutral Calif ., 

 aec. to Greene. 

 * * Apex of the capsule produced iuto two distinct teeth <jr lid>t!«: wc«tom annnals. 



L. latipes, Hooic. I'ubescent or somewhat hirsute, l)ranidnd from the haw?; hnuu-hcii 

 short, stont, prorunibeut : leaves lonj^, narrow, linear, in'in- or coar^tdy pinnatififl with a 

 few linear segments: racemes dense; jiedicels strongly (<.iiiprc.x>til, a-srending or nearly 

 erect: petals obovate, rounded at the apex, l.J lines h)ng, much e.\i<iding the »hort kojkiU : 

 pods ovate, conspicuously reticulated, pulterident, or coarsely pubescent, ending in two 

 a])i)roximate ovate-lanceolate acutish teeth ; the latter being a line or more in length ; Kinus 

 very narrow. — Ic. t. 41 ; Torr. it (iray, Fl. i. lie. ; Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 45.— 

 Flats and salt marshes, but also iu hard clayey soil, California, near the coant from Martinez 

 soutliward. 



L. dictyotum, Gkay. Decumbent, spreading, nmch brancheii from the base: leaves 

 linear, tapering at both ends, 10 to 22 lines long, a line or ks,s in width, n«ii:i!ly pntir*», 

 more rarely with one or two narrow teeth near the middle: pedicels stron 

 sepals scarknis-margiued, not persisting : petals usually none, when i»rest!iil 

 capsules ovate, strongly reticulated, pubesi cut at least when young, 1.J lim > 



- short, obtuse; sinus narrow. — I'roc. Am. Acad. vii. 329; Wats. Bot. King Kxp. .»u, t. 4, i. 

 1, 2;. Greene, Fl. Francis. 273, & Man. Bay-Reg. 23. — Damp and especially alkaline soil, 

 Wa.shington, Duck Lake, Suksdorf, Walla "Walla, Brandcjoc, southwar.l to San Diego Co., 

 Calif., Jom'.<, Clrveland ; also Nevada, Aiuhrson, Wulgon; fl. February to June. 



Var. aciitidens, Gray. Uacemes more elongated, loo!<e : pedicels widely sjireading 

 ordeflexcd: teeth of the capsule longer, acute or acuti.sh, more <jr less sprea^ling; sinui* 

 triangular. — Troc. Am. Acad. xii. 54. —Alkaline soil. Yreka, Calif, Greene; Oregon, 

 Ilua-ell Bros. ; San Diego, Calif., .Awps. The southern specimens collected by Prof. Jouea 

 show a transition to the type. 



L. Strictum, IJatt.w. F'inely jmbescent. l)ranched, nearly erect or more or lesR spreading- 

 leaves pinnatifid ; segments narrow, toothed, obtuse or acutish: racemes mostly nlher 

 dense; pedicels short, erect or ascending, exceeded l)y the capsules: the latter br iidly 

 ovate, glabrous, incon.spicuously reticulated, 1 to li liu<?s in breadth; teeth short i 

 sinus triangular: petals none: calyx often persisting to mature fruit. — Anal I 



L. o.ri/c(iri»iiii, var. (?) strictum, Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 46. & Bibl. Index, G."). L. (>.'•, 



Greene, II F'rancis. 274, in part. — Preferring alkaline soil, Ccntr. and N. California; fl. 

 March to June. 



Var. Oreganum, Roiunson, n. var. Segments of the leaves attenuate : eajisule 

 larger, \\ lines liruad : calyx promptly deciduous. — A. (hei/duum, Howell. Pacif. Cox-t I'l.. 

 coll. of 1887 ; Greene, 1. c. in part. — Kogue River Valley, ( )regou. How* II. 



L. oxycarpum, Torr. & Gray. Slender, branched from the biise, nearly or (juiie .<«mi>oth; 

 branches ascending, 4 to 6 inches long, loo.sely floriferotis more than half their \>-\r^\\< 

 leaves jiarrow, linear, acute, subentire or pinnatifid with a few narrow a/'Ute teeth ; 

 looser than in the preceding species; pedicels widely s|(rca.ling or deflexe.l, mor. 

 than in the other members of tlie ^roup, U lines long: tiowcrs small, npetal-'u- 

 very unequal, half line long : stamens 2 : c:ipsule .suborbicnlar, glabrate. finely n\ 

 \\ lines broad, tipped with two very short wi<lely divergent teeth. — Fl. i. I Ifi ; li 

 Am. Bot. Beech. 323; Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 46; Greene, 1. r. — Central Ca;.i :.- 

 Cadboro Bay, Vancouver, Macoim, preferring saline soil ; fl. March, Aj)ril. 



14. SENEBIifiRA, DC. Wakt Crkss. Swi.nk Cre8.s. (Dodi. 

 Jean Senebicr, vegetable physiologist of (Jeiieva. 17 l'J-l.Sn'.),) — Pr. 

 spreading and slightly surculont weeds from the Old WorM, exhaliiij; a eharae 

 teristic and disagreeable odor. — Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i. 140-14ri. t. 8, !•. 

 \1\)\) (An 7), & Syst. ii. .")•_>!; Vow. Diet. vii. 7"); Keielienb. le. Fl. tJcrm. 

 ii. t. 0. ro?o»o;)7^<:, (lierlii. Friict. ii. 2!»;!. I T- ''■ ! IJ..1.1 v.. .v 1 



