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S. Lemmoni, Watson. I'auicuLitfly bruncbed : lower leaves miknown ; the ui)per lauceo- 

 late, aunculate; the rameal braets ovate to roundeil, cordate, laspiiig with vc-rv sln.rt lobe«- 

 flowers rather small (2 to 4 lines loug) : sepals acuminate wiih recurved or sprea.lii..' tips- 

 petals white (?) : pods 2 to ;i inches long, narrow, on short pedicels; stign.a sessile; seeds 

 unknown. — Proc. Am. Acad. xxv. 125. - Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona, L,mmor,, lMt<0. 

 -»- -i- Glal)rous andglaucous biennials or perennials (!), with l)road thickish leaves obtuse 

 or only acutish ; the cauline eordately clasping : i).Hore.s<-enca ebrac-teate : stems niostlv 

 simple : sei)als obtuse, mostly more or less setosely pubescent. 



S. barbatus, Watson, 1. c. Stems apparently several from a jierennial (?) root, simple or 

 at len^nh branching • the leaves all similar and nearly e(iual, crowded, cordate, sessile and 

 clasping, obtuse or acutish, tliree fourths inch long or less ; floral bracts none : Howers 3 to 4 

 lines long, purple ; sepals ohtusish, setosely bearded near the apex : pods spreading on 

 pedicels 1 to 3 lines long, curved, I to 2 inches long by 1^ lines broad; stigmas sessile or 

 nearly so; seeds roundish, narrowly murgined.— S. torluosus, Grav in Torr. Hot. Wilkes 

 Exped. 227. — Sandy bottoms of the Ujjper Sacramento, Wilkes Fxped., lS42,*/.Kwmo„ 

 1879. Ripe fruit unknown. ' 



S. cordatus, Nutt. Stems often stout, simple or sometimes branched from the ba.'^e. 1 to 3 

 ffet liigh: lower leaves spatulate, coar.sely toothed, especially toward the summit; ilie 

 - teeth oltcn brist]e-tipj)ed, and the petiole occasionally bristly ciliate; cauline leaves oblong 

 to ovate or cordate, usually very obtuse and entire : sepals uniform and erect, 4 lines long ; 

 the narrow purple petals a half longer: filaments distinct: pods spreading, 3 to 5 inches 

 long by 2 to 2^ lines broad, on short pedicels 3 to n lines long, beaked wich"'a short tliick 

 style or the scarcely lobed stigma nearly sessile ; seeds orbicular, winged. — Nutt. in Torr. 

 & Gray,Tl. i. 77 ; Wats. Bot. King Exp. 19 ; Brew. & Wats. Bot. Calif, i. 34. — In the moun- 

 tams of Colorado and westward to tlie Sierra Nevada, Kbbett's Pass at 8,000 feet alt.. 

 Brewer. Specimens collected by Brewer (no. 1885) in Sonora Pass at 10,0Q0 feet alt. differ 

 in their entire and more lanceolate acutish leaves (the lower oblauceolate and ciliate), and 

 approach the next species. 



-1- -i- -I- Glabrous and glaucous annuals or biennials (?), with cauline leaves lanceolate 

 and acute : inflorescence ebracteate : pods broad except iu 5. cumpeslris. 



S. Arizonicus, Watson. Leaves rather thin, all entire or nearly so; the lower oblong- 

 lanc(K)Iate, i)etiolate, not ciliate ; the upper oblong to narrowly lanceolate with rounded 

 auricles: flowers pale; the sepals strongly saccate ; the petals C or 7 lines long: filaments 

 distinct: pods erect or ascending, 2 to 3 inches long by 2 to 2i lines broad, obtuse or acute, 

 with broad sessile 2-lobed stigma; seeds orbicular, very br.jadly winged. — Proc. Am. Acad! 

 xxv. 125. — Jlouutains of S. Arizona, Pn/ye, 1881, P(/m/(, Z,mmon, no. 4170. 



S. Campestris, Watsox, 1. c. Stems stout, 2 to 4 feet high : le.aves rather thick, often 

 irregularly toothed; the teeth at first seto.sely tippe.l and the lower jiiargin of the leaf 

 sparingly sctose-ciliate ; cauline leaves lanceolate or oblauceolate: flowers somewhat dark 

 purple, 4 to 5 lines long; the sepals often somewhat hairy at the top: filaments distinct: 

 ])ods spreading and curved, 3 to 6 inches long by about a line broad, beaked witli a short 

 stout style and shortly 2-lobed stigma; seeds winged. — At Campo near the southern 

 boundary of California, G. R. Vaseij, Parish Bros. A specimen collected bv Parish Pros, 

 in the San Bernardino Mts. is apparently the same. 



S. Carinatus, Wright. Stems 1 to 3 feet high : lower leaves lyratelv pinnatifid ; the upper 

 lanceolate and usually entire : flowers large, dark purple to white: "the sepals deeply .sac- 

 cate: filaments distinct: pods erect or ascending on pedicels 3 to 8 lines long, lilo 2^ inches 

 long by 2.i to 3 lines broad, beaked with a verv short stvle or the 2-lohed stigma se.<»sile • 

 seeds orbicular, broadly winged. — Gray, PI. Wright, ii". 11. — W. Texas to S. Arizona.' 

 (Chihuahua, Pnnijlr.) 



* * Filaments distinct : leaves sagitt.ate : pods rfflexed. narrow: i>ubesccnt annuals. 



S. heteroph^^Uus, Nitt. More or less pubescent throughout with spreading simple 



hairs: stem usually simple, 3 feet high or less: leaves linear, at least the lowest pinnafifid 



with divaricate lobes or toothed ; the upper usually entire : flowers purple or white. 4 t.. r. 



lines long: the calyx narrow but slightly saccate: pods abruptly refl.'xe.I on slender pedicels. 



