32 BOTANY. 



CAPPARIDEtE. 



Cleome^ integrifolta, T. & Gr. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets lanceolate or 

 oblong, entire, sub-miicronate ; sepals united below ; petals light-purple, with 

 short claws ; pods oblong-linear, much exceeding the stipe.— Stem 2-3° high ; 

 flowers large and showy. From New Mexico to the Upper Missouri and 

 Oregon. Frequent in Salt Lake Valley ; June-September. (130.) 



Cleome aueea, Nutt. Leaves 3-5-foholate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 

 (1-2' long,) acute at each end, entire ; sepals united at the base only ; petals 

 (3" long) oblong-eUiptical or ovate-oblong, nearly sessile ; stamens equal ; pods 

 linear-oblong, (1' long,) exceeding the stipe.— Stem 1-2° high, branched 

 above, the branches terminating in a dense sub-capitate raceme of bright 

 yellow flowers, elongating in fruit ; filaments filiform, much exserted, anthers 

 closely coiled. This is doubtless the plant of Douglas's collection, the C. lutea, 

 Hook., in Flora Bor.-Americana, though it does not accord in all respects 

 with the description and figure. From the head-waters of the Platte to the 

 Columbia. Frequent in the dry valleys of Nevada, and collected by Palmer 

 (1870) in Soiithern Utah ; May-August. (131.) 



Cleome % Small, (6' high,) branched from the base ; leaves 



3-foholate ; leaflets (4-7" long) oblanceolate ; flowers in loose few-flowered ra- 

 cemes ; sepals distinct; petals oblong, (5" in length,) yellow; stamens unequal, 

 scarcely exceeding the petals ; pods linear-oblong. — Apparently distinct from 

 the last, but the single early specimen is insufficient for a definite specific 

 description. Found near Humboldt Lake, Nevada ; May. (132.) 



Cleome sparsifolia. Annual glabrous ; stem flexuous, diffusely 

 branched; leaves simple or 3-foliolate; leaflets small, oblong, entire, shortly 

 petiolulate, mucronate, distant ; stipules setaceous, scanty or wanting ; floral 

 bracts minute; flowers in loose racemes; sepals minute, distinct; petals oblong- 

 lanceolate ; filaments equal and nearly equaling the petals, the anthers a half 

 shorter; pod linear, 4-6 times longer than the stipe. — Stem 1° high, nearly 

 naked, with small (2-3" long) scattered leaves; flowers large, yellow; petals 

 (3" long) with a broad claw and a large somewhat 2-lobed nectariferous scale 

 on the inner base ; siliques 1' in length. La Carson Desert, near Ragtown, 

 Nevada. August. Plate V. Fig. 1. A small plant ; natural size. Fig. 2 

 and 3. A flower and petal ; • enlarged four diameters. (133.) 



' cleome, L. Sepals distinct or somewhat united. Stamens 6, or rarely 4. Torus minute. 

 Pod linear or oWong, subsessile or stipitate.— Annual lierlis, or shrubs, with digitate or, simple leaves 

 and racemed or solitary flowers. Bbnth. «St Hook. 



