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@. pinnatifida flowers early from a slender monocarpic root; I should 
not rely much upon the shape = size of the petals; and the eaves are 
most aides eer But, in : 
NOPIFOLIA, Torr. sink Goi, is well marked by the strong vil- 
losity of. the throat of the ealyx, the short and thick, ovoid-oblong, or at 
most linear-oblong capsules, and the large, oval or oblong, strongly cos- 
tate seeds, the ribs tubereulate. 
The two following both have the calyx —— (rarely with a few 
hairs) in the throat, ‘much larger petals, and larger pods. 
PINNATIFIDA, Nutt., has less elongated je stouter capsules, and 
small, este striate-reticulated seeds (with pits between the ribs), apicu- 
e hilum 
late at t 
CE. atpicautis, Nutt., in all its forms, has — and perfectly 
smooth seeds, and its longe er, linear, capsules are closely sessile by a broad 
base, and mostly porrected or divaricate from the axis wich en them, 
“often flexuose, 
Dr. Parry’s No. 116 is @. pinnati vfida his 117, probably a eanescent 
form of @. albicaulis ; neither are in : 
The following communicati on from De En ngelmann was —— too late 
for insertion in its proper place in the July No. of the Journal. a. ¢.] 
“A large suite of specimen bles me to clear up some difficulties 
which have papel the following species of he ther 
wt mg ye coronopiFo.tia, Torr. & 1 fk “245; Gray, Pl. 
FendL, p. 43. Perennis 
patula, pibeat-cancesd ns, strigos. ispida ; foliis infimis lineari-spa- 
thulatis, caeteris pectinato-pinnatifidis; tubo calycis ad faucem dense villo- 
80; aequantibus  pistillo brevioribus ; 
Fe capsula ov ovato-seu lineari-oblonga torulosa basi nune in pedicellém brevis- 
simum attenuata suberecta ; seminibus magnis ovatis turgidis subobtusis 
rie oblique truncatis tubereulatis, My specimens were collected by Mr. 
Foudler (No. 222) near Santa Fe, along waterducts, and by Dr. Hayden 
2 iliacas PINWATIVIDA, ee n. 1, p. 245: Torr. & Gr. Fi. pA 
- 494, &. albicaulis, Pursh, Fl. 2, p. 733: DC. Prodr. 3, p. 51, non 
utt. GH. Purshii, Don, Syst. 2, p.688. G. Purshiana, Stand: Noni. 2, 
p. 207: Annua seu biennis, humilis, diffusa, (rarissime hitter puberula, 
rarius sursum hirsuta; foliis imis obovato-spatulatis acutis seu obtusis inte- 
gris, caeteris pinnatifidis s saepe ciliatis; tubo calycis ad aa cem nudo ; 
petalis late obcordatis seu profunde emarginatis ene alia 8; 
eapsula lanceolato-lineari torulosa sessili suberecta ; seminibus ovatis tur- 
\ gidis utrumque apiculatis 2 5, shi seriatim inter cos. via diepeitis elegan- 
ter notatis, Sandy soil on White River bet Loe! Missouri Nuttall, Geyer in 
Nicollet ’s Expedition, Dr. Hayden; Las V egas and sig Fe, New Mex- 
ico, Dr. Wislizenus, Mr. Fendler; the latter's cate s, few in number, 
his private number 239, were distributed with prcten of the next 
species under No, 223; Southern New Sener Wright (referred to @. 
