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17() CONTKinrTKiNS nioM IIIK NAIKiNAI, II KUllA Ul T M. 



Ni:w Mi:\iiit: MaiitxHH S|iiini;s, /I'n.v/d/, in issil; ( 'iiiri/iilliln MniinlniiiH, Mhuiik'As, 



.\\>\\\ 17, ISD'J. 

 I'tmi: lli.ilidii !.'!•, ill |s7l'; riiikarrl Moimhiiiis, M/y. Tliniiiiiunn, in |S7'_'; iumi 

 r.i'lii'siic, ./../(. .V .".(Mi-J, Maivli ;;o, isiil; Wasliinvrli.n, ./-.//<« .") IK )«•, May I, Is'.il, 

 Lavcikcii. ./n,„,vr)|!)ti///. May s, |,s<i4. 

 Ni:\ \i>\: Muiinl SaMi. I'aliiirltc i;aii).'c. aililiiiir L'.7(i(» li. :'.,il(iil inrtcrs, I'lir/i" 



•")S(;(i. in 1S!(S. 

 Cai.ikiumv: Wliijijih . in is,");',-.")-!. 

 Ml'. .Marcus !•',. .Iinics icrin:iii/.t'il ami ilcliiicil this ,-i|>ccicH, hut icjanlcil it Id lu'tlir 

 sal III' as < 'iiiinijili riis niiiiitinni.i inirjuiriisci ns ( iray. An cNaiiiiiialiiin di the type spcr 

 iiiicn n|' (iray's saiicty, however, slmws it tn lie the same as ' '. ///(//i('/).sm .hme-. 

 It is necessary, iherct'dre, Ici relcr Mr. .Iniies's < '. nldlinisin |<i niir /'. jiiiriinrnnri us n[\i\ 

 to tiive a new name to his ' '. jiiiriniiiisfi nx. 



50, PTERYXIA Niilt. in Torr. .v^ (iiii.v Fl. 1: <;24. Is4(>. 



C'lilyx Icctli r\ idciil. Fruit ohioiio- to nfliiculiif in outline. ;^liil)foiis. 

 Ciirpcl usuiillv .stfoii^lv tlattciM'd doisallv. with \viii<>'s tliiii tln'oiioli 



out. iiitcral fibs witli hi'oad wiiiii's, doisal and iiitcnucdiatcs t'niiii 

 sti'oiioly lilihi'd to broadly wiiiticMJ. Stylo))odiuiii wantiiiii'. Oil 

 tuhc.'^ .several in the intervals. Seed laee ])lane or with a shallow ami 

 broad eonca\ ity. 



IMants of aeaid(>s('ent habit or nearly so. and clothed at base with 

 ])ersistent leal" sheaths, with brio-ht otcimi or soiiiesvhat pale lea\t's 

 (diistei'ed at liase with main di\ isions ternate then piiuiately iintdy dis- 

 sected into short linetir more or less puiiLitMit seo-ments (not so crowded 

 or coidluent iis In /^/it ///>/>/, /•i/s). mostly no in\<)lucrt>, involuc(ds of nar- 

 row bractlets {not at all hyaline), and yellow tlowei's (e.\ce))t in 



y. (I I hi fjord). 



First s})ecies cited, lin'i/.i'la ii luh't nlJi'nid {SrJhnnu tri'dnnf/ilnmn 

 Hook. Fl. lior. Am. 1: l>G6. 1S;U). 



A ^onus of at least 7 sp(>cies, beloiie'inj^' to nortlnvestern United 

 JState.s, from \Vvoming to C'tilifornia. Oreoon. and ^^'ashing•ton. 



