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Lupinus affinis, Agardh, Syn. Lup. p. 20; Torr. and Gray, FI. p. 376. Agate Pass of 
the Quartz Mountains ; June 1. 
Lupinus decumbens, var. argophyllus, Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 38. Utah, in a canon; May 29. 
Flowers yellow and white. This is the same as Fendler’s No. 167, and is very likely Pursh’s 
L. argenteus. L. laxiflorus, perhaps, runs into it. The calyx is conspicuously saccate-spurred 
on the upper side. 
Rosa gymnocarpa, Nutt, in Torr. and Gray, FI. 1, p. 461. On the Sierra Nevada ; July. 
(Enothera marginata, Nutt, in Torr. and Gray, FI. 1, p. 500. On the summit of the Hum¬ 
boldt Mountains, Utah ; May. 
(Enothera (Chylismia) clavaiformis, Torr. in Frem. Rep. 2 d Exped. p. 314. At the foot of 
the Sierra Nevada, on the eastern side ; June. What appears to he a cinereous and somewhat 
hairy, more caulescent, and branching variety of this, was gathered by Coulter: No. 180 of his 
California collection. 
(Enothera (Sph^rostigma) alyssoides, Rook, and Am. Bot. Beech, p. 394; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 
339. Near Humboldt river ; June. Flowers white. 
(Enothera (Primulopsis) tanacetifolia (n. sp.): stemless, perennial? minutely pubescent; 
leaves lanceolate in outline, interruptedly pinnately parted into very numerous small segments, 
some of them minute and oval or oblong, the others linear; all sinuate-toothed or pinnatifid ; 
tube of the calyx shorter than the leaves, filiform, dilated at the summit; the segments lanceo¬ 
late, shorter than the obovate petals and the style; anthers oblong, much shorter than the 
moderately unequal filaments; stigma discoid, entire. On the higher parts of the Sierra Ne¬ 
vada ; June 18. Root apparently thick and perennial. Leaves 3 or 4 inches long, including 
the short petiole, 5 to 8 lines wide, finely dissected. Tube of the calyx 2 inches or more in 
length ; the segments half an inch long. Petals bright yellow, nearly an inch long. Stigma 
broad and flat. Fruit not seen. 
(Enothera (Oodetia) rubicunda, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1856. In the Sierra Nevada; June. 
Peucedanum nudicaule, Nutt, in Torr. and Gray, FI. 1, p. 627, var. ellipticum. Minutely 
and softly pubescent; fruit narrowly elliptical, nearly three times as long as broad, the winged 
margin as wide as the disk. Round Valley, near the sources of the Sacramento, in the Sierra 
Nevada; June 27. Intermediate between P. nudicaule and P. macrocarpum, having exactly 
the foliage of the former and the fruit of the latter. The roots of this species are used as food 
by the natives. 
Peucedanum triternatum, Nutt, in Torr. and Gray, FI. 1. c. Seseli biternatum, Pursh, FI. 
1 ,p. 197; Hook. FI. Bor.-Amer. 1 , p. 304, t. 94. Sierra Nevada. The roots of this plant, in 
a dried state, were brought home by Lieutenant Beckwith. They are about the size of “pea¬ 
nuts,” and are collected very largely by the Indians. When dried they are hard but brittle, 
and have a mild sweet taste. They afford a good proportion of the food of some tribes. Besides 
a large quantity of starch, they contain much other nutritious matter. 
Cymopterus montanus, Nutt, in Torr. and Gray, FI. 1, p. 624 ; Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 67. 
Summit of the Goshoot Mountain, Central Utah. In the solitary specimen which the collection 
contained, the flowers are in a singular abnormal condition. The upper part of the ovary is 
furnished with ten spongy wings, which extend beyond the flower. The stamens are reduced 
to rudiments. The teeth of the calyx are normal. Instead of five petals there are only two 
or three, and these are of an unusual form. The styles are conspicuous, but seem to be desti¬ 
tute of stigmas. 
CHiENACTis stevioides, Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech, p. 371. Foot of the Sierra Nevada, on 
the eastern side; June. 
Layia glandulosa, Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech, p. 358. Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada; 
June. Rays white. 
