Sidalcea. MAI.N'ACK.K. 3Q3 



S. diplosc^pha, Or w. Soft-hirsiuo, ami witli w.ino fjiio soft pnJ)OMrpnre. a f.jot or two 

 liii,'li, \Mili -imaciiii;; Lraiiclics ami raci-mosely or torviiilMMiolv fiwllowcrwl jK-duiuli-j. : 

 kavi-.s round rLiiiforin in outline, oarli.-st nitTi-ly rrenatc,' iIm- r«'.st :.-7|,arto.| an.i clivii.i..nH 

 mostly 2-3-lobf(l, lohcs ami ilivi.sions of lower leaven l.roadish, of ii|i|>er liii«-ar. of the w•^^iIl• 

 bracteal ones almost filiform: calyx-lobes laneeolaiesul.ulate : |R-talM inch lon^ • cMri-U 



beakless, dcpresseil- or cochlcate-reniform and re or l.-ss reticulate-ruKoM. at inatiiriiv 



lightly sulcate down the hack, at separation leaxin;; iM-hind on the n-ceptade lu, many i.ul.'u- 

 late obtuse processes of nearly the height .if the narr.iw central re<eptac|e. — (irav in'llcnth. 

 I'l. Ilartw. 300, PI. Fendl. 19, & (Jen. HI. t. li!0, f. 1-6; Mrew. & Wats. Hot. ('alif. i. m' 

 Greene, Hull. Calif. Acad. Sci. i. 79. Sida diplosrifji/ta, Torr. & (;ra\ , 11. i. 234, Ck-j ; lU^ik. 

 & Aril. Hot. Heecii. 326, t. 76. — N. and \V. California, not uncommon in gniinfiehlH ; flmt 



cull, liy /'oiiij/ds. 



Var. minor, Gkay. Smaller, tho corolla barely inch and a half in iliameter, weminglf 

 deeper-colored and with a dark-piirplo centre: mature carjiels more nigose ami turgid.— 

 PI. Feudl. 19.' — Valley of the Sacramento, and Lake Co. ; the earliest collectors l>eing />«■■- 

 mont and Hartwvg. 



S. hirsiita, Gkay. Stem soft-hirsute, at least al.ovo, often glabnms lielow. strict or with 

 ascending branches, commonly 2 feet high, bearing numerous liowers in <len.He and rither 

 short racemes or spikes : cauline leaves palmately or pedately 7-9-jiarteil or -divided into 

 narrowly linear and entire divisions ; lower glabrous; liracts inostly small ami inconspicu- 

 ous: calyx densely cinereous-pnbe.'icent and hirsute; the lolies triangular lanceolate : petals 

 inch or less long, ligiit ro.se-color : carpels at maturity tliree fourths orbicular orsubreniform, 

 reticulated on the back and sides, ventrally tippe<l with a soft and hairy erect at length de- 

 ciduous subulate beak, at .se|)aration leaving a scarious portion of in.sertion on the thickicli 

 receptacle. — PI. Wright, i. 16 ; Torr. Pacif. H. Uej). iv. 72 ; (Jray, I'roc. Am. Acad. xxi. 4lo. 

 S. de/i>hinifolia. Gray, PI. Fendl. 19. & (ien. 111. ii. t. 120, f. lo-l'2 ; Henth. PI. Hartw .'JOO, 

 not Sida de/phiiiifoUa, Nutt. .S'. I/iiiiirrt/i, Hrew. & Wats. I$ot. Calif, i S4, mainly ; (ire.ne. 

 Bull. Calif. Acarl. Sci. i. 78. —Valley of the Sacramento and of the Stani.'.laus, in low and 

 wet but soon exsiccated grounds ; first coll. by Uarlweg, then by IH,/eli,w. 



•»- ■»- Carpels dorsally striate-rcticulated with long meshes or several-rihlied. 



S.* Calycosa, M. E. Jones.^ Like the foregoing, but with broader leaflets atid smaller and 

 less copious flowers : stem pale green or stramineous, covered toward thesummit with sparse 

 spreading pubescence: stipules ovate, acuminate, large, 3 lines in length, green : inflores- 

 cences terminal, spicate, short and dense : calyx-lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 

 (3 or 4 lines long) : mature carpels reniform, striate-nervose on the rounded back, minutelv 

 reticulated on the sides, the slender weak beak evanescent. — Am. Nat. xvii. 875; Grav, 

 Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 410. — Sonoma Co., on Kussian Hiver, ^f. E. Jones. 



S.* sulcata, Curran. More slender and branching : stem mostly glabrou.s, jiurplish : leaf- 

 segments narrow: stipules very small, dark reddish, a line in length : inflorescence at length 

 loose : flowers rather small for the grou]) and of deep color : calyx smaller ami le.xs inclined 

 to become scarious than in the la.st prece<ling species : petals reverscd-deltoid, 6 or 8 lines in 

 length and breadth. — M. Iv. Curran in Greene. Hull. Calif. Acid. Sci. i. 79. lieducod to 

 S. cnli/cosa by Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 410. Greene. Fl. Francis. 104. and K. G. Rakor, 

 Jour. Dot. xxix. .51. but apparently distinct. — Central California, Eldorado Co., .l/r.<. < 'unait, 

 Mariposa Co., at White Hock, Courjdon, and Marin Co., near Lagunita.s I^ike, />r. Merrill. 

 * * Exterior phalanges closely approximate to the interior at the summit of the colnnin, 

 2-parted into narrow divisions, each 2-antheriferons; interior |>halanges le^s conspicuous; 

 structure therefore similar to that of the or<iinary perennial sfM>cies. 



S. Hartwegi, Gkay. Slender, paniculately branching, a foot or two high, minutely pntK>.«- 

 cent : leaves simply palmately or ])ed.itely 3-7-parted into linear divisions, or some of the.ne 

 occasionally 2-3-lol)ed and broader: flowers few or several and nither h»>^' in short racemes, 

 minutely l<racteate : calyx-loiies lanceolate, attenuate ;icumin.ite : |)etals h.ilf tothn>o fourths 

 inch long, deep pink-purple: carpels at full maturity reniform-incurved (at first with kL^al 



1 Add ."syn. S. .seniniliflora, Grocno. Fl. Fmiirin. 10.1. 



3 Description altered tu exclude the nvxl following; ii|>ccios. 



