158 A SKETCH OF THE BOTANY OF THE BASIN OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF UTAH. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPECIES CONSTITUTING THE BOTANY OF THE BASIN OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE 
OF UTAH, AS FAR AS IT IS KNOWN. 
RANUNCULACEA. 
Anemone Pennsylvanica. Linn. Torr. and Gr., fl. 1, p. 14. Wind Flower, leaves, 3—5, 
parted, on long petioles; segments oblong; incisely toothed at the apex; involucre and 
involucels similar, two-leaved, sessile. Flowers white, about one inch in diameter. May 
and June. Great Salt Lake Valley. Maj. Stansbury. 
DELPHINIUM azureum. Mich. Torr and Gr., fl. 1, p. 32. (Larkspur.) Leaves, 3—5, 
parted, many-cleft, with linear lobes; Petals shorter than the Sepals, the lower ones 
deeply two-cleft. and densely bearded. Flowers azure. May. Great Salt Lake Valley. 
Maj. Stansbury. 
Var. 6., Torr. & Gr., Fl. 1, p.32. Densely velutinous; flowers pale-blue, almost white ; 
Sepals with a brown pubescent spot. Great Salt Lake City. Mrs. Carrington. 
D. Menziesti, Hook, fl. Bor. Am. 1, p. 25. Torr. & Gr., fl., suppl., p. 661. Stem 6—12 
inches high; leaves five-parted; the divisions two to three-cleft, lobes mostly linear, entire. 
Flowers on long pedicels, large, violet-blue colour, upper petals whitish. May and June. 
Near the Great Salt Lake. Lt. Beckwith. 
Lt. Beckwith’s specimen apparently a white-flowered variety. Torr. 
BERBERIDACEA. 
Berseris (Mahonia) aquifolium, Pursh. fl. 1, p. 219, f.4. Torr. & Gr., fl. 1, p. 50, 
(Barberry.) Leaflets 3—6 pairs, coriaceous, unequilateral, or slightly cordate at base, one- 
nerved, the margin repand with spinulose teeth; racemes short; flower yellow; berries 
dark purple. On the sides of the mountains, near the Lake. May. Maj. Stansbury. 
PAPAVERACES. 
ARGEMONE hispida, Gray, Pl. Fendl. p.5. (Prickly Poppy) Stem 1—2 feet high, densely 
setose and hoary throughout, with a short and close hirsute pubescence; flower white, 3 
—4 inches in diameter; capsule covered with strong spines (called Thistly Plant by the 
inhabitants,) flowers early in the spring. Mountain-sides near the Lake, Maj. Stansbury. 
FUMARIACER. 
CoryDALis aurea, Willd. Torr. & Gr., fl. 1, p. 68 (Golden Corydalis.) Stem 6—8 inches 
high; leaves slender, finely divided; racemes terminal and opposite to the leaves; flowers 
golden-yellow. July. Stansbury Island. Maj. Stansbury. 
