Warea. CllUCIFER.E. 179 



Oregon, Thos. Iluw( II, 30 May, 18><."). A doulitful spciimen witli in<»re .slenrlcr ami flungatefl 



pods but otlierwise similar has i>oen collt'cteil at Caiidciaria, Nevada, Shoc.klnj, .Scptciiibcr, 



1882. 



♦ * Middle caulinc leaves ilistinctly j)etioled or sessile by a narrow base, not aiiriciilate- 



clasi)ing, often pinnatifid. 

 -t- White wooliy-pubestent: caulino leaves slender-petioled, hastately lobed at the biuw, 

 otherwise entire or nearly so. 



S. tomentosa, Parry. Stout, simple, erect : root tiiick, brown, brani-lied, j>erennial : 

 stem terete below, angled above : lower leaves lyrately jiinnatifid ; terminal segment ovate- 

 lanceolate, 1 to 3 inches in length, about an inch T)road; tiie lower segments ovate-<iblitng. 

 much smaller: raceme tiiick, 1 to 2 feet long, pedicels three fourths inch in length, clavate 

 at the summit : flowers cream-colored : sti|>e of the capsule nearly or quite as long ai> tlie 

 pedicels. — Am. Nat. viii. 212; Wats. Bibl. Index, 71. — Dry .slopes, in gyp.saceou3 soil, (»wl 

 Creek, N. W. Wyoming, Farn/. 



•i— •*-- Glabrous or glabrate. 



S. elata, M. E. Jonk.s. Quite smooth, often glaucous, simj)le or branched; stem tall, terete: 

 leaves coriaceous ; the lower narrowed toward the ])etiok', entire or si)mewh;it toi>tiied at 

 the base ; the middle and upper cauline ovate-lanceolate, entire, acute, alirujitly contracted 

 to slender petioles of a third their length : inHorescence long-peduncled ; jjedicels 3 line« in 

 length: sepals petaloid, bright yellow, with a well developed spatulate bhule : petals of 

 about equal length but much narrower and less conspicuous : filaments woolly : mature fruit 

 not seen. — Zee, ii. IG; Coville, Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. iv. 64. — Hawthorne, Nevada, 

 Jones : Inyo Co., Calif., Coville & Funs/on. 



S. albescens, M. E. Jones. Erect, branching : leaves thickish, very pale and glaucous, 

 oblanceclate or oblong in outline, lyrately piunatifid or entire, distinctly petiole<l beneath 

 the narrowed often hastately aurieled base : pedicels 4 to 6 lines long : sepals greenish white, 

 slightly enlarged above: petals 5 lines long, crcam-coloreil, witli a broad lilade, smonth or 

 .somewhat pubescent below: anthers tightly coiled: silique curvetl-asceuding, 1.^ to 2 incheM 

 long; stipe 6 to 8 lines in length. — .Zoe, ii. 17; Eastwood, ibid. ii. 227. — Dry soil, New 

 Mexico, Palmer; Arizona, on the Moencoppa, Jones; Moqui Village, teens ; Colorado, 

 Grand Junction, Miss Eastwood, on the Gunnison Kiver, Cowen. 



S. pinnatifida, Nutt. Branching, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, li to 3 feet high • 

 stems terete or nearly so, flexuous, rather slender, leafy : leaves thickish, very variable, 

 commonly p-nnatifid or pinnately divided ; .segments lance-oblong or oblftnccolate-ellijitic, 

 rarely linear, mostly entire ; the terminal one somewhat larger ; petioles narrow : ra«'emes 

 long ; pedicels 2 to .5 lines in length : .sepals narrow, pale yellow or greenish : jjctals bright 

 yellow, spatulate, mncli exserted, usually rather narrow : anthers curved or loosely coiled : 

 capsule 1 J to 2i inches lung, a line in diameter, widely spreading, a.scendin}r or .somewhat 

 deflexed";"stipe"3 to 7 lines long. — Gen. ii. 71 ; DC. Syst. ii. 512; Torr. & (Jray, Fl. i. 97: 

 Gray, Gen. 111. i. 154, t. 65, & PI. Fendl. 9 ; Wats. Bot. King Exp. 24 ; Jones. 1. r. ^'. lirtp. 

 rojthylla, Nutt in Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 97. 5. Jhilicosa, Nutt. Proc. Acad. Phila<l. iii. 23 

 S. pinuaUi, Hritton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. viii. 62. Cleomr piunatn, I'ursh, Fl. ii. 739. 

 Var. iNTEGiiiF6i,iA, Kobin.son, n. var. Leaves entire, ovate or elliptic, attenuate to each 

 end {S. inlecfrifolia, James, Cat. 185, & iu Long Exp. ii. 17; Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 166, 

 & in Sitgreaves, Rep. 156, t. 1, occurring in similar situations with the type and not distin- 

 guished except I)y its foliage). — W. Kan.s;vs and Nebnuika to Texas and S. California, 

 northward to the l.'pper Mi.ssouri Hivcr. The commonest and most variable species, closely 

 simulating the Capjinridacem in habit; tl. M.ay to August. 



50. WAREA, Nutt. {Mr. Nathaniel A. Ware, 1780- IS,").], tlio (Jisooverer, 

 who wa.s a teacher in S. Carolina and tr:ivelle<l ."Somewhat widtly in the Southorn 

 States.) — A genus of two erect slender glabrous :innual.'*, separated from 

 Stanleya chieH\' by their white or roseate Howers an«l dense snbcorvmlioiie 

 inflorescence, which together with the well stalked pods recall certain Cappa' 

 ri^^acecp. — ,^ our. Acad. Philad. vii. 8;^, t. 10; Torr. & Cray, Fl. i. !»8 ; (;r:iy, 

 Gen. 111. i. lofi, t. 60; IVnth. & Hook. Ceii. i. HO. [\\\ 11. L. KoniNSoN.] 



