Botany of United States Geological Exploration, 40th Parallel
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Myrtaeaceae 29.- Oxybaphus angustifolius, Sw., from W. Texas and Chihuahua to S. Dakota and Minnesota. a) May 29, 1869. Fruit-hills near Salt Lake City b) July 11, . . . Gads Valley - Prov. R. bot. c) Aug. 2), . . . South of American Fork Can 30. Mirabilis Californica, Gr. Fig. in Myr. t. 46. fairly common a) July 31, 1869.- S. Washoe Mts. Canyon above Stockton Station b) June 22, 1869.- Douglas Range, mouth of Shaldy's Pass 31.- Abronia fragrans T & S. Smith. - Stowbar fully described - figured in III. t. 10. + Schmidtly, Fr. in Fl. Am. XV. (1853) 319. See Em. & Fren., but narrowly defined, the complete and duplicate inflorescence My specimens much more vividly coloured than Gray's. Stems, upright, fibrous attached nearly whole length. N. Arizona & New Mexico to the Platte & Colorado Bluffs, done, Stems nearly erect a) May 14, 1869, Fruit-hills near Salt Lake City b) . 29, " c) June 15, " Steward's Bluff, 32.- A. cycloptera, Gr. - flower 3-winged. The large spathe has its leaves annually broadly cleft - more widely as in the others. Stems 1" or more long - fruit 1" long by 1/4" wide - the seed 1/4" My cylindric. Figured by Dorsey, etc., etc., a) May 14, 1869. Sage Plain near Bickering's b) June 13, " Douglas Range, sandy foothills below Siskiyou Pass From N. Mexico to the Platte, In Mungo's list, "Pale" 33.- A. turbinata, Torr. Miss. in Herb. Gray. - Is it published? Distinguished at once by its membranaceous capsule from a multitude of umbellate shrubs. It has a hard rigid covering the seed, leaves often or rarely 5-lobed at base. Capsules raised in breadth more than length. Stems annual, 2" long. Aug. 12, 1869.- Coos Bcarn Basin Station May 10, 1869.- Horsington June 2, " Near Oregon