34 . BOTAISTT. 



2-horned, about half the length of the stipe ; seeds nearly orbicular or broadly 

 oval, very minutely rugose.— 1-2° high, branching; leaflets i-V long; 

 flowers usuallybright yellow ; seeds less than 1" in length ; stipe l-f ' long, 

 equaling the pedicel. The specimens resemble 857 Wright, 1851, which, 

 though much larger than the plants of Grregg and Berlandier, has exactly the 

 same seeds. Sonora and other States of Northern Mexico. Hot Springs of 

 Grass Valley, foot of Havallah range, Nevada; June. (136.) 



Var. (?) GRANDIFLOEA. Leaflets ovate or orbicular ; bracts similar, con- 

 spicuous, setaceously mucronate; sepals long-acuminate; capsules beaked 

 with the long slender style ; flowers showy, bright yellow, but variable in size, 

 the petals 1-4" long upon the same plant ; seeds 1" or more in length, dark 

 colored, with the surface more or less rugose or irregularly pitted. The same 

 as 89 Anderson, from near Carson City, and perhaps a distinct species. 

 Truckee Valley and foot-hills of the West Humboldt Mountains, Nevada ; 

 5,000 feet altitude ; May, June. (137.) 



PoLANisiA UNiGLANDULOSA, DC. Glaudular-pubesceut ; leaves 3-folio- 

 late, leaflets and bracts oblong-lanceolate ; stamens 8-16 ; style longer than 

 the ovary ; pods linear-oblong, attenuate at base ; seeds turgid, rough and 

 warty. — A low small-flowered form, (the petals 2-4" long,) with the capsules 

 short-stipitate, and equivalent to P. trachyspei-ina, T. & Gr. From Western 

 Texas and New Mexico northward to the Platte. Found in Truckee Valley, 

 Nevada, and in Salt Lake VaUey ; July, August. (138.) 



VIOLACE^. 



Viola palusteis, L. White Mountains of New Hampshire, and mount- 

 ains of Colorado, Utah, Oregon, and California. Found in the Uintas and 

 Wahsatch; 7-8,000 feet altitude ; July. (139.) 



Viola cucullata. Ait. From the Arctic Circle to Florida and west, but 

 more rare, to the Eio Grrande and the Rocky Mountains. It is also reported 

 from Southern California and from the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Found 

 in the Pah-Ute range, Battle Mountains, and Euby Valley, Nevada, and in 

 the Wahsatch ; 6,000 feet altitude ; May-August. (140.) 



Viola canina, L. From the upper section of the Southern States to 

 latitude 59°, in the Rocky Mountains from Colorado northward, and frequent 

 on the Pacific Coast as far south as Monterey. Found in the East Humboldt 

 Mountains, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch and Uintas ; 4,500-7,000, and in 



