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Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: United States. War Dept Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Subjects: Pacific railroads Discoveries in geography Natural history Indians of North America
Publisher: Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer (etc.)
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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iculi, the base of which is somewhatadnate to the margin of the septum; and the ccecal pouch at the hilum is small, or indistinct.Cotyledons orbicular, accumbent against the ascending radicle, which is on the side remotefrom the placenta. As already shown, (in Gen. III. 1, p. 158,) the genus belongs to the Alys-sineas. Lepidum Alyssoides, Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 10. Llano Estacado; April.Lepidum Wrightii, Gray, PI. Wright. 2, p. 15. On the Pecos, Colorado, &c.Lepidum intermedium, Gray, I. c. Near Fort Washita; April. CISTACE.E. Lechea minor, Lam.; Torr. and Gray, Fl. 1, p. 153. On the Llano Estacado; March.Without flowers or fruit. CARYOPHYLLACE2E.Silene Antirrhina, Linn. On the upper Colorado, Texas; April. Paronychia Jamesii, Torr. and Gray, Fl. 1, p. 170. Guadalupe mountains, New Mexico.Without flowers. MALVACEAE. Callirrhoe digitata, Nutt.; Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 17. On the upper Colorado, Texas;April. Callirrhoe involucrata, Gray, I. c. A small variety. On the upper Colorado; April.
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BOTANY. 161 Malvaltrum coccineum, Gray, PI. Fendl. p. 21. Everywhere between the Rio G-rande andthe Colorado; March, April. Sph^ralcea hastulata, Gray, PI. Wright. \, p. IT. On the Pecos and Colorado. Spil&ralcea angustifolia, Spach; the small flowered variety, S. stellata, Torr. Pecos toLlano Estacado; March. SpHiERALCEA Fendleri, Gray, PI. Wright. 1, p. 21. Cotton-wood Springs, New Mexico.Fruit only, without foliage. GER ANIACEiE. Geranium Carolinianum, Linn. From Llano Estacado to Colorado, &c.Erodium Texanum, Gray, PI. Lindh. 2, p. 157; and Gen. III. t. 151. From the Pecos tothe Colorado; March and April. OXALIDACEjE. Oxalis Wrightii, Gray, PI. Wright. 1, p. 27. On the Pecos; March. LINACEiE. Linum rigidfjm, Pursh, Fl. 1, p. 210. On the Pecos, Llano Estacado, and upper Colorado ;March, April. Linum multicaule, Hook, in Torr. and Gray, Fl. 1, p. 678. Llano Estacado; April; Mr.Garrard. Linum perenne, Linn. From New Mexico to the Colorado ; March, April. ZYGOPHYLLACE^). Larre

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