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Order XXVII. - Linaceae.
23. Linum. Probably but a single species.
(a.) Sheet 52. Spec 1-2. Dry creek bank in canon, 500 feet above Star City. Sept. 20th 1867. (W. Humboldt—Mrs.)
(b.) Sheet 53. Spec 1-2. Summit of Star Peak, 10,000 ft. — Bloom not seen. Smaller than (a). (W. Humboldt Mrs. & Schr. 19th/1867).
Order XXVIII. - Geraniaceae.
24. Geranium Carolinianum? Sheet 54. Spec 1,2. Gravely to dry creek at Unionville, (W. Humboldt Mrs.) Sept. 10th 1867. — Seeds black & shiny, (not reticulated). — Geranium (probably the same) was found in bloom, Dec. 13th 1867, at foot of mountains west of Pyramid Lake — much branched, decumbent, 6' high, paleo pink.
Order XXXVIII. - Malvaceae.
25. Malva. — Plants probably of this genus. — Two species. — Decumbently branched, my judgment. — one with 1 me, with light red corolla, more erect, in sandy plains & bottoms — the other, with orange and red, in moist bottom land of Carson River. — two specimens preserved.