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Fendl. p. 16.  Malva involucrata, Torr. and Gr. Fl. 1, p. 226. 
Upper waters of the Platte. The large tapering root is said to be 
edible. 
Viera Americana, Muhl.—Valley of Salt Lake, June 1. 
CicER ARIETINUM, Linn—Sandy bottom land in the Valley 
of Salt Lake; probably introduced. This plant has also been 
found by Dr. Pickering on the banks of the Kooskooskee, or Clear 
Water, in Oregon; and I have received it from Southern California, 
where it was doubtless taken by the Spaniards. It is a little 
remarkable that it should now be found apparently wild in the 
interior of Oregon and in the valleys of U 
PuHaca MOLLissima, Nutt. in Torr. and Gr. Fl. 1, p. 350. Asétra- 
galus Purshii, Dougl. in Hook. Fl. Bor—Amer. 1, p. 152. 
Var. 6 Urauensis ; foliolis. 6-8—jugis, obovatis; pedunculis folio 
longioribus. Shores and islands of the Salt Lake. This t 
is abundant in the Territory of Utah, and I have not received it 
from any other region. It differs from the ordinary form of P. 
mollissima:*and if there were not what appear to be intermediate 
states of it, I should consider it a distinct species. It is less 
branched, and has more numerous leaflets than the var. 6. The 
flowers are violet, four to six in number, in a short spiked raceme. 
The nearly mature legume is densely clothed with long woolly 
cream-coloured hairs, and very closely resembles that of P. mol- 
lissima. Our plant has much the appearance of hae gla- 
reosus, Dougl. (A. argophyllus, Dougl. es and which, I suspect, is 
a Phaca, but the leaves and fruit are rent. : 
Plate Il. Phaca mollissima, var. Ui iekncis of the natural size. 
Fig. 1, a flower. Fig. 2, the wings and heel. Fig. 3, the 
stamens. Fig. 4, mature fruit of the var. # Fig. 5, cross 
section of the same. Fig. 6, immature fruit of var. Utahensis, 
ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS, Pall.?—West shore of the Salt Lake, 
in sandy soil. Flowers white, shaded with purple. This plant 
seems intermediate between A. adsurgens and A. striatus, Nutt. 
The legumes were not found. May 1. 
Oxytropis Lamperti, Pursh——Upper waters of the Platte, c&c.; 
uent, 
Hepysarum Macxgnzn, Richards. App. Frankl. Journ. ed. 2, 
p- 28.—Promontory Range, Utah. Fl. May 1. 
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