Catalogue of botanical collection made in Nevada and Utah, in 1867-9
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120 125. Lepidium montanum, Nutt. var. alpinum: Remarkable for the locality in which it was found, but peculiar only in its slender growth & in the broader outline of the lobes of its leaves. - Personal. July 13 - Aug. 19, 1869. Wheatbelt Mrs. Utah. Rocky gulch of Cottonwood canon. 15sf. 121. 126. - L. Oct. 1, 1867. - Dunglen Range, Mr. Granite Peak canon. 5,000 ft. 15sf. 127. - L. spatulatum, Vasey? var. 2ip. 123 Nov. 16, 1867. - Rocky foothills, West Humboldt Lake, Nev. 2 sf. 127. - L. dichotomum, Gr. (Borck. Acad. A.S.T. VII. 329) Differs from the description in its leaves which are pinnae with a few linear lobes. The flowers are also fuselous. Apr. 4, 1867. Under sage brush, near Carson City, Nev. 28 sf. 124 129. - L. flavum, Eaton. (Hist. of Whipple's Exped., Pac. R.R. Rep. IV. 69) Dr. Corry's Lepidium, though from very scanty early specimens, needs little alteration. The prostrate branches of the mature plant are 6" or more in length, with short densely fruiting bractlets. The ramal leaves are simple, orate-spatulate, with a few teeth toward the apex. Abounds about Humboldt Lake, Nev. a) Nov. 16, 1867. - Foothills east of Humboldt slough. 1sf. b) May 16-20, 1867. - Foothills west south of Humboldt Lake. 12 sf. 125 129. - L. macranthum: var. Sp. Perennium nanum capitatum; foliis congestis oblongatis apice trilobatis, petiolis marginalis citralis; floribus ignotis; scapis vix fistulae exundibus 1-3-floris; siliculis oratis apice acuminato exalato praefixa imaginatis stylis; colymbidibus acuminatis. Sept. 24, 1867. Dry gravelly foothill, head of Holmes' Creek Valley, Utah. 6,000 ft. 12sf.