Botany of United States Geological Exploration, 40th Parallel
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Ceratophyllum 69. Ceratophyllum dimidium, d. ? the lions about (5-7") , brines, t. with conspicuous andular teeth, (scaffyandulata) strongly sinuate but the teeth are clothed with a round white pricker Oct. 4; 1867. - Spanish Spring, near Glendale - 3 sp. Urticaceae 70. Urtica dioica, l. var. (U. gracilis or minor, or an included with by K., and omitted in this.) 6° Monocotous or pachytes sometimes wholly staminate ; bracts orch or orch lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely crenate, shorn & leans (especially bent) covered with a fine velvety pubescence, prickles everywhere, more or less numerous. - Saw a 190 Anderson per near San Francisco + perhaps seen as described in Muck. 1829, Calif. no such pubescent specimens in Herb. Gray, foreign or native. a) Sept. 10, 1867. - W. Hunt 6" Im. - Wright Cain b) July 16, " near Glendale (USWB) c) " 9, 1868 Roberts cnkitation a new Mexican specimen (196 Perry, 1867.) is low (10" high) more densely prickly & less pubescent, the stamens are not distinct. 71. Celtis occidentalis, d. var., jumilla 2-6° height. All the forms of the genus (excepting C. pallida, Linn.) may apparently be reduced to this species, evidently from Virginia to Oregon & from Canada to Florida, Texas & N. Mexico. a) July 29, 1866. - 2. Hunt 6" Im. - Etnishne rocks 6,500 feet 7 sp. b) May 21, 1869 - Rocky for Mills near Salt Lake City 5,000 ft. 10 " [illegible] 72. - Paridionia Pennsylvanica, Muhl. From Ver. hisp. & the coast (3 vols. Pall. 286) to Ask., N. Mex. & Colorado. (Mexico. Humpad. 40.) - Cans & stone shaded rocks. Aug. 1, 1867. - W. Hunt 6" Im. [illegible] Sept. 25, " Pack Can abov Villous Creek (1000 ft. valley) 2 sp. June 21, 1869 - Roadside near Sonnington more or less hispid throughout (commonly) instead of downy.