176 A SKETCH OF THE BOTANY OF THE BASIN OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF UTAH. 
EK. . . .  brevicaule, Nutt. in Jour. Ac. Nat. Sc. Ph. N. Ser. 1 p. 163. #. Fremontii, 
Torr. in Frem. Rep. Branches very short, clustered, tomentose; leaves jinear-lanceolate, 
elongated and rather acute, attenuated into a long petiole, whitely-tomentose beneath, 
less so above; upper scapoid stem very smooth; bracts acuminate, tomentosely margined ; 
umbel 2—3 times compound, with very large rays; flower small, glabrous, yellow. Val- 
ley of the Great Salt Lake, Maj. Stansbury. 
SANTALACE. 
Comanpra Pallida, D. C. Prodr. XIV. p. 636. (Bastard Toad-Flax.) Stem almost 
herbaceous; peduncules several, corymbosely clustered at the summit; calyx tube conspi- 
cuously continued beyond the ovary, forming a neck to the globular urn-shaped fruit; 
the lobes oblong; style slender; fruit dry. Stansbury Island, Major Stansbury. Salt 
Lake Valley, Mrs. Carrington. 
URTICACE@, 
Cettis. . . . (Nettle Tree.) A species of celtis perhaps new? Was seen by Col. 
Fremont at the southern extremity of the Salt Lake. 
CUPULIFER. 
Quercus. . . . (Oak.) Timber is said to grow on the Oquirrh Mountains, and 
oo the hills of Stansbury Island, composed of oak and other trees. 
SALICACER. 
Satrx. . . . (Willow.) Willows are common in the meadows at the foot of the 
mountains, and their presence is an indication of springs of running water. 
PoruLus monilifera, Ait. Gray’s Man. p. 419. P. Canadensis, Mich. (Cotton Wood.) 
Young branches slightly angled, at length becoming round. Leaves broadly deltoid, with 
spreading prominent nerves, slightly heart-shaped or truncate at base, taper-pointed, ser- 
rate. Fertile catkin very long; scales lacerately fringed, dilated and very large. Mouth 
of Weber River, Col. Fremont. 
CONIFER A. 
Pines and cypress in stunted forms are found on the tops of mountains, and even large 
trees on the Oquirrh Mountains, and hills of Stansbury Island. 
Epaepra Americana. Willd. Torr. in Stansb. Rep. p. 395. A leafless shrub, with nu- 
merous fastigiate cylindrical-pointed branches, furnished at each joint with a sheath of 
two oval-acuminate and subulate leaflets. Catkins about four, one of which bears the 
male flower, appearing at the joints of the branches. Fruit an oval two-seeded berry, 
formed from the scale of the calyx becoming fleshy after flowering; seed oval-acute, con- 
vex on one side, flat on the other. Shores of the Salt Lake, Ma). Stansbury. 
