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Argemone muniTa Dur. & Hilg. Pac. R. R. Rep. 5: 5. 1855. 

 No. 8258, collected May 15, between Bishop and Big Pine, 

 Inyo county. Not uncommon at intervals along the roadside, 

 the flowers varying much in size on different plants, being at 

 least five inches across in some instances, and in others not over 

 half as large. The original grew *'in large patches at William- 

 son's Pass, and was in full bloom in August and September." 



BRASSICACEAE 



Stanleya pinnaTA (Pursh) Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 8: 62. 

 1889. 



Cleome pin7iata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 3: 739. 1814. 



Stanley a pinnatijida Nutt. Gen. 3: 71. 181 8. 



No. 8182, collected May 5, near Laws, Inyo county, in dry 

 gravelly ground along shallow washes. Noted at intervals 

 along the railroad between Laws and Reno, Nevada. The type 

 came from *'Upper Louisiana," and its range is remarkable pro- 

 vided it is not an aggregate. 



Thelypodium laciniatum (Hook.) Endl.; Walp. Rep. 1: 172. 

 1842. 



Macropodium laciniatum Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 43. 1829. 



No. 8262, collected May 15, near the county hospital at 

 Big Pine, Inyo county, growing about granite rocks. Also 

 noticed in similar situations not far from Bishop. The plants 

 were often five or six feet high, branched, with lower leaves a 

 foot and a half long. The type was "common on dry rocks 

 about Wallawallah [Washington] , and at Priest's Rapid [Idaho] 

 on the Columbia." 



GuiLLENiA COOPERI (Wats.) Greene, Leaflets, 1: 228. 1906. 



Thelypodium Cooperi Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 246. 

 1876. 



No. 8184, collected May 5, near Laws, Inyo county, in 

 sandy or gravelly places, sheltered by shrubs. Not uncommon 

 on the east side of Owen's valley, but easily overlooked on ac- 

 count of its habitat. 



