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CRUCIFERAE. 
STREPTHANTUS Sagitlatus, Nutt. in Torr. & Gr., fl. 1, p. 76. Smooth, and branched 
above, with leaves oblong, acute, sagittate, and clasping; flowers lilac-red, not spotted. 
May. Shores of the Lake, Maj. Stansbury. Yoab Valley, Mrs. Carrington. 
S. . . . Crassicaulis, Torr. in Stansb. Rep., p. 348, T. 1. Stem inflated, hollow; 
leaves mostly radical, deeply pinnatifid, the terminal lobe much larger than the others, 
and triangular-deltoid. May. Eastern Shore of the Great Salt Lake, Maj. Stansbury. 
CARDAMINE rhomboidea? D.C., (a poor specimen,) cauline leaves sessile, round-oval 
and somewhat hirsute; flowers yellowish-white; silique lmear, 4—6 seeded. May. 
Yoab Valley, Mrs. Carrington. 
SIsyMBRIUM canescens, Nutt. in Torr. & Gr., fl. 1, 92. (Tansey-Mustard.) Leaves bipin- 
natifid, lobes oblong-lanceolate, somewhat toothed. Siliques in elongated racemes, half 
as long as the pedicels. May. Western Shores of the Salt Lake, Maj. Stansbury. 
Erysiuum asperum, D.C. Torr. & Gr., f. 1, p.95. (Wall-Flower.) Stem 12—18 inches 
high, canescent, with a scabrous appressed pubescence; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate 
entire; radical ones runcinate; flowers large, fragrant, yellow. Rocky soil. May. 
Kastern Shores of the Lake, Lt. Beckwith, and Mrs. Carrington. 
a Var. Purshii. The very same form as Pursh’s specimen in herbarium of 
Phila. Acad. of Nat. Sci. Stems simple, several from the same root, smaller than the pre- 
ceding, scarcely 1 foot high, few-flowered; radical leaves entire, or nearly so; siliques 13— 
2 inches long. June. Great Salt Lake Valley, Mrs. Carrington. 
Lerripium intermedium, Gray, Pl. Wright, No. 2, p. 15. (Peppergrass.) Upper leaves 
linear, entire, glabrous or nearly so, and resembling slender forms of L. Virginicum. May. 
Valley of Utah, Mrs. Carrington. 
L. . . . . corymbosum, Hook & Arn. Bot. Beech. ZL. montanum, Nutt. in Torr. 
& Gr., fl. 1, p. 116. Corymbosely branched from the root; stem purpurescent; radical 
leaves pinnatifid, or bipinnatifid; flowers rather conspicuous, white and crowded ; silicles 
elliptical, scarcely emarginate, wingless. July. Valley of the Wahsatch mountains, Mrs. 
Carrington. 
CAPPARIDACEA. 
CieoME lutea, Hook. fl. Bor. Am. 1, p. 70, T.25. Cleome aurea? Nutt. Leaves five 
foliate, leaflets narrowly lanceolate, entire; petals yellow; pods oblong-lanceolate, about 
the length of the stipe. June. Carrington Island, Maj. Stansbury. 
VIOLACEA. 
VioLA palustris, Linn. Torr. & Gr., fl. 1,159. Leaves reniform-cordate; stipules broad- 
ly ovate, acuminate; rhizoma articulated, somewhat scaly; flower of a pale lilac colour, 
