Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains.

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Title: Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains.
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: Stansbury, Howard Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 Birard, Charles Frédéric, 1822-1895 Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 Torrey, John, 1796-1873 Hall, James, 1811-1898 United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Subjects: Mormons Mormon Church
Publisher: Washington : Robert Armstrong, Public Printer
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ook.—On Green Eiver. In fruitSeptember 12 th. Cleome lutea. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. I., p. 70, t. 25, C. aurea,Nutt?—Carringtons Island, Salt Lake. Fl. June 18. Except in the greater length of the stipe and the large size ofthe plant, I see nothing to distinguish C. aurea of Nuttall from thisspecies. SiDALCEA malv^flora. Gray, mss. S. Oregana, Gray, PI.Fendl., p. 20. Sida malvoBjlora, Lindl. S. Oregana, Nutt.—Antelope Island, Salt Lake. Fl. Jime 18-30. A white-floweredvariety occurred in the same locality. Malvastrum coccineum, Gray, Gen. 111. t. 121, PI. Fendl. p.24. Cristaria coccinea, Pursh. Sida coccinea, D C, Torr. andGr. Fl. 1. p. 682. Var. j3 GROSSULARi^FOLiUM. M. grossulariosfoUum, Gray, 1. c.Sida grossularicefolia, Hook, and Arn.—Islands and shore of theS&lt Lake. May and June. The var. /3 does not differ from the ordinary form of M.coccineum, except in the larger size of the plant and in the lessdivided leaves. Callirrhoe involucrata, Gray, Gen. Ill 2, t. 117; PI. i
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PMCA MOLLI£SIMA KTcrr APPENDIX D.—BOTANY. 385 Fendl. p. 16. Malva invohicrata, Torr. and Gr. Fl. 1, p. 226.Upper waters of the Platte. The large tapering root is said to beedible. ViciA Americana, Muhl.—^Valley of Salt Lake, June 1. CiCER ARiETiNUM, Linn.—Sandy bottom land in the Valleyof Salt Lake; probably introduced. This plant has also beenfound by Dr. Pickering on the banks of the Kooskooskee, or ClearWater, in Oregon; and I have received it from Southern California,where it was doubtless taken by the Spaniards. It is a littleremarkable that it should now be found apparently wild in theinterior of Oregon and in the valleys of Utah. Phaca mollissima, Nutt. in Torr. and Gr. Fl. 1, p. 350. Astra-galus Parshii^ Dougl. in Hook. Fl. Bor.—Amer. 1, p. 152. Var. /3 Utahensis ; foliolis. 6-8—jugis, obovatis; pedunculis foliolongioribus. Shores and islands of the Salt Lake. This plantis abundant in the Territory of Utah, and I have not received itfrom any other region. It differs

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