ar 3888 : APPENDIX D.—BOTANY. 
& mens there are only five petals; and the filaments of the “7 
outermost stamens are only a little dilated, while the anthers 
2 
perfect: but in other specimens, collected by Colonel “Peon 
: there are ten petals, of which five inner ones are rather smaller 
, than the others; and so they are described by Mr. Nuttall Sir 
4 William Hooker thinks that M. levicaulis is not distinct from 
a this species; but Dr. Gray states (I. c.) that it differs in its yellow 
_— which open in the sunny hours, while in M. ornata they 
are white, and open toward sunset. 
M. atsicauuis, Dougl.; Torr. and Gr. Lc. Valley of the 
Salt Lake. 
_ Eropium crcurarrum, L’Herit—Islands of the ‘Salt Lake. 
Fi. June. This plant is widely spread over the western part of 
North America, from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific, and is 
doubtless indigenous. 
es Hevcnera rvpescens, Torr. (sp. nov.:) scapo nudo glabro vel 
* scabriusculo; foliis suborbicularibus breviter 5—7-lobatis _glabrius- 
culis, lobis crenato-dentatis, dentibus setoso-mucronatis, vel obturis ; 
panicula oblongo thyrsoidea sublaxa; staminibus exsertis; petalis 
linearibus calyce eequali longioribus. 
Stansbury’s Island, Salt Lake. Fl. June 26. Rhizoma thick 
and somewhat ligneous, clothed with brown vestiges of leaves, 
Leaves an inch or an inch and a-half in diameter, nearly orbicular, 
mostly cordate at the base, somewhat coriaceous, either wholly gla- 
brous or very sparingly strigose-pubescent, moderately 5—7-lobed, 
and the lobes crenate, or broadly toothed. The teeth “usually 
mucronate and sometimes ciliolate. Petioles 2-4 inches long. 
Scapes varying from a span to fifteen mches high, entirely naked, 
except a few remote appressed scales. Panicle rather loose and 
ye ew 15-20) flowered. Flowers abant one-third larger than in 
_ H. Americana. Bracts lanceolate and often toothed. seg pur- 
plish-red, campanulate, pubescent; the segments _linear-ob’ 
obtuse, and nearly equal. Petals raniely linear, persistent, shout 
as long as the stamens. Styles much exserted. 
_ This species has the foliage of Hh parvifolia, the inflorescence of 
HH. hispida, and the calyx of H. Americana, 
Plate V. Heuchera rubescens, of the natural size. Fig. 1, 8 
Fig. 2, the same laid open. Fig. 8, transverse section 
ig. 4, a seed. All the figures are 
