ii 



240 coNTKim rioNs i'K(»m ihk NAri(»N.M. mkhhakh'm. 



r)S. Lomatium giganteum (". «.<: K.. sp. ii(»\. 



('aulcsccnt oi- sometimes acimlcscciil. 1 to 7 <lm. Iiiuh. lint'lv |)iiIh's 

 cent tliioiiuliout : lea\es \cr\ hirye. lenmtely fompoimd; leallel- 

 clorifi'atcd. sometimes reacliiiiu' s em. in leiit;lli. iisiimIIv eiitii'e. \('i\ 

 ))ale; rays \('i y iiii('(|iiai, tlie loiiii'ei' ones lo em. Ioiil;: pedicels '1 to ) 

 mm. ion*;': inxolucel of linear l»racllels: o\ai'y pulx'scent ; fruil linear 

 ()l>loti<:\ In mm. lonu'. with wind's miieli narrower than l>ody. ulaln'oii 

 or nearly so. 



Kescml)linj^' /.. sii/.sdnrvi in its stout lial»it. I»iil with more elonji'ateil 

 leaflets. pul»eseent ovaries, smaller Irnit. etc. 



'rv))e localitN . ("alit'ornia: collected i)y H. ll. \'<is,i/ in lcS7r»; tv])e in 

 r. S. Nat. llerl.. 



AVestern Calit'ornia. 



Sjii'i'miiiix I'.iiiiinni <l: 



Caln'ohma: Mcn<li)ciiii' ( 'niiiity, HhI'iikIi r ■>'\'2\. in IS()7; in-nlnilily >iiMii' sliilioii, 

 \'(i.sr(/, in 1S7."). 



" ['('iiriiliiiiiiiii {Frriilii, (icy.) Iiniii.'u'liiiiiiii (icy. MS."' (in llncik. i.inul. .Inniii. 

 lint. 6: l';5"). 1S47 ) is still ildiihtl'ni. It is iimliahly a <^i»»\ spt'i'it's, lint ninrc 

 than likely has liccn ilcscrilicil midci' sdinc nihcr name. 

 I'nic('(liiiiiiiii IrilrriKiliiiii lijilniiliiilhiiii iinnkcr 1. c. is also uncertain. 

 I?(ith (if these types are jiniliatily in the llritish Museum. Material which s(iiii> 

 t(i re|ircscnt these t\v<i I'nrms was sent t<i Mi'. V,. <i. I'aker Inr ciim|iarisiin, ami it is 

 to he refjretted that his rejinrt, new in transit, cau nnt he incdi-purated in this \\nil<. 

 Pi'iiccihtiiHiii jdritli ]\;ist\\n(u\ (Zee 5: SS. 1(100) is a new name wiiich has cniiir tn 

 us <lurin<_' the liual iimnl' revisidii. 



59. EURYPTERA Niitt. in Torrey .v^ (iray. Fl. 1: t'c^lt. 1.S40. 



C'iiiyx teeth minute or oi)solete. Frtiit strongly llaltened dorsally, 

 orbicular to siioi-tly ohione-. Carpel with liliform iiiid iipproxiiiialc 

 (lorsiil iind iiiterm(Hliate ribs, and with bi'oadly winded latertils (ol'teii 

 much broader tlitm the seed l)ody iind moi'c or less distinct tit base. 

 niidcino- it ('ordate or emtire-inate) eoherinu' until maturity with tlni-e 

 of the other car[)el; periciii'i) thin. Slylopodium wanliiiii': ili^k 

 impressed. Oil tiilies on(> to several in the intei'vals. Seed stroiiLily 

 dorsally flattened, w ith phine face. 



Acaulescent or caulescent (^laln'ous perennials, with elonutited roots. 

 branchiiij;' only tit base, leaves once or twice coi'ipound. leallefs 

 (>itlier i)roiid or broad in outline iind ahviiys shiii'ply toothed, and \t'l- 

 low flowers. 



Type species. F.iu'upfi ra I acnUi Nutt. 



A e-enus of (! species beloneine- to the Psicilic coiist and islands. 



The }.renus differs fmm tyjiical /yi////"//"/// especially in its fdliaue, which is ip;i(Ii 

 liioi-e simple, with hroad often (irliicular leallets, and shai'p muci'diiate teeth. I lie 

 wiujrs (if the fruit are inclined td he distinct, w hile in /.nuKiliiiiii the w inu'stn'c nn n] 

 Hud project helow the seeil. Nuttall's j^enns l-jiriijili rn, l)ase(l du a siM<_de sp( ■ u's. 

 was |iuhlishe(| hy Tdrrey iS; (iray in 1S4(), hut was reihiced td a sectinii of /'re '/"- 

 tauH bvBenthrtui tV: ilooker in dcnuv rbtiilnrtiiii in 18(i7, wlu're it has since reiuaini'd. 



