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Ord. VI. CAPPARIDEiE. Juss. 

 1. Cleome lutea. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. l.p. 70. t. 25. Torr. et Gr. Fl. 1. p. 122. 

 Hab. Snake Country. Between Burnt River and Malheur River. {Tolmie.) 



Ord. VII. VIOLARIE.E. DC. 



1. V. Muhlenbergiana. Ging. — Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 78. Torr. et Gr. Fl. p. 140. 

 Hab. Snake Country ; at Hans Forks. 



2. V '. prcemorsa. Douglas in Bot. Reg. t. 1254. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 80. Torr. et 

 Gr. Fl. l.p. 14. 



3. V . pedunculata ; caule brevi, stigmate capitato utrinque piloso, foliis cordato-rhom- 

 beis basi subabrupte in petiolum longum attenuatis subpuberulis obtuse crenatis, stipulis 

 parvis lanceolatis integris, pedunculis elongatis, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis 

 ovato-lanceolatis calcare brevissimo. Torr. et Gr. Fl. I. p. 141. 



With the exception of the different shape of the leaves, this seems scarcely different from V. Nuttallii, 

 Ph. and Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 79. t. 26 ; and we had marked it as a broad leaved var. of that species, till 

 we saw our friends Messrs Torrey and Gray had described it as a new species ; whose opinion, in this case, 

 we are willing to adopt. The flowers are large, handsome, golden colour. 



4. V. chrysantha ; subacaulis, stigmate capitato utrinque subpiloso, foliis bipinnatifidis 

 junioribus hirsutis laciniis linearibus integris v. subpinnatifidis, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis 

 membranaceis integris, pedunculo elongato, sepalis lanceolatis ciliatis, petalis obovatis 

 subuniformibus, calcare brevissimo. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 49. Torr. et Gr. Fl. I. p. 143. 



One of the most distinct of all the species of this extensive genus. The root, if it may be so called, seems 

 to be a congeries of subterranean filiform stems, agglutinated together ; the portion of the stem above 

 ground being very short. Leaves bi- sometimes even tripinnatifid, very unlike those of any other Viola. 

 Flowers large, golden yellow, the two upper petals with a brown cloud on the outside, the lower with a very 

 short spur, and a few dark lines above the base. Anthers slightly combined. 



5. V. ocellata ; glabra, stigmate globoso-clavato, caulibus erectis elongatis gracilibus, 

 foliis longe petiolatis cordato-subacuminatis crenatis, stipulis lanceolatis ciliatis, pedun- 

 culis folio brevioribus, sepalis linearibus, petalis obovatis basi attenuatis lateralibtis supra 

 basin barbatis, calcare brevissimo Torr. et Gr. Fl. l.p. 142. 



Too near, I am afraid, to V. Canadensis. It is, however, a glabrous plant, very slender. The leaves 

 are narrower, the flowers smaller, the upper petals deep purple, the two lateral ones with a purplish spot 

 above the beard, the rest of the flower nearly white. 



Ord. VIII. CARYOPHYLLACE7E. Juss. 



1. Arenaria rubra. L. — Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. I. p. 98. — Spergula rubra. Torr. et Gr. 

 Fl. l.p. 175. 



2. A. verna. L. — Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 99. Torr. et Gr. 1. p. 161. — /3. parce pilosa 

 glandulosa, capsula majore. 



