﻿178 
  COLLECTIONS 
  TOWARDS 
  

  

  smaller, 
  with 
  the 
  leaves 
  sometimes 
  almost 
  filiform, 
  and 
  the 
  scape 
  pu- 
  

   bescent. 
  

  

  5. 
  P. 
  pusilla, 
  Gen. 
  Am. 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  100 
  (P. 
  aristata, 
  Mich. 
  Fl. 
  Am. 
  

   1, 
  p. 
  95). 
  6. 
  P. 
  gnaphaloides, 
  Gen. 
  Am. 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  100 
  (P. 
  lagopus, 
  

   Ph. 
  Fl. 
  Am. 
  1, 
  p. 
  99). 
  

  

  7. 
  P. 
  *squarrosa. 
  Stamina 
  inclusa 
  ; 
  foliis 
  linearibus 
  striatis 
  glabris 
  ; 
  

   scapo 
  tereti 
  lanuginoso 
  ; 
  bracteis 
  linearibus 
  longissimis. 
  — 
  Hah. 
  In 
  arid 
  

   and 
  denudated 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  prairies 
  near 
  Belle 
  Point 
  or 
  Fort 
  Smith. 
  — 
  

   Obs. 
  Annual. 
  Leaves 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  inches 
  long, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  lines 
  

   broad, 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  and 
  arid, 
  attenuated 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  membrana- 
  

   ceously 
  sheathing 
  ; 
  caudex 
  woolly 
  ; 
  bracts 
  from 
  half 
  to 
  three 
  quarters 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  nearly 
  smooth 
  and 
  filiform; 
  calix 
  woolly, 
  segments 
  

   obtuse; 
  capsule 
  2-seeded. 
  Allied 
  to 
  P. 
  gnaphaloides. 
  

  

  NYCTAGINEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Calymenia 
  corymbosa 
  (Mirabilis 
  corymbosa, 
  Cavan. 
  ic. 
  4, 
  p. 
  55, 
  

   t. 
  379; 
  Allionia 
  nyctaginea, 
  Mich. 
  Fl. 
  Am. 
  1, 
  p. 
  100; 
  Ph. 
  Flor. 
  Am. 
  

   1, 
  p. 
  97 
  ; 
  Calymenia 
  nyctaginea, 
  Gen. 
  Am. 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  25). 
  

  

  2. 
  C. 
  angustifolia, 
  Gen. 
  Am. 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  26. 
  

  

  PRIMULACEAE. 
  

  

  Androsace 
  occidentalis. 
  — 
  Hah. 
  On 
  the 
  rocky 
  summit 
  of 
  a 
  hill 
  in 
  

   Cedar 
  prairie, 
  ten 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  garrison. 
  

  

  Dodecatheon 
  integrifolium, 
  (3 
  *album. 
  Foliis 
  ovatis, 
  integrius- 
  

   culis, 
  umbellis 
  paucifloris 
  ; 
  bracteis 
  lanceolatis 
  acutis 
  ; 
  floribus 
  albidis. 
  — 
  

   Hah. 
  In 
  humid 
  prairies 
  near 
  Fort 
  Smith. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  

   May. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  lanceolate, 
  sometimes 
  subdenticulate, 
  

   four 
  or 
  five 
  inches 
  long 
  ; 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  calix 
  and 
  bracts 
  very 
  acute, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  sometimes 
  acuminated 
  ; 
  flowers 
  constantly 
  white, 
  segments 
  

   elliptic-oblong 
  or 
  oblong-lanceolate, 
  spotted 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  incras- 
  

   sated 
  filaments, 
  sometimes 
  purple. 
  

  

  Lysimachta 
  ciliata. 
  

  

  Anagallis 
  arvensis. 
  Introduced. 
  

  

  Micranthemum 
  orbiculatum. 
  

  

  Centunculus 
  lanceolatus. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  ponds 
  near 
  Fort 
  

   Smith. 
  

  

  