Arnold Tiehm

Vascular plants first described in Rydberg’s flora of colorado

Types are indicated for 28 new names inadvertently published in Rydberg’sFlora of Colorado. Included are a discussion as to the validity of these new names and an explanation of the causes of this oversight. A lectotype ofLupinus decumbens var.argentatus is herein designated by Rupert C. Barneby.

VASCULAR PLANT TYPES OF CLARENCE KING'S EXPLORATION OF THE FORTIETH PARALLEL, 1867-1869

Presented here is a guide to the location, deposition, and authors of vascular plant type material either collected on the King exploration or described in the botany report of the exploration. A lectotype ofLupinus meionanthus var.heteranthus is herein designated by R. C. Barneby.

Fanny Searls (1851–1939)

A biography of one of Nevadas earliest botanical collectors, Fanny Searls, including a portrait and a sample of her handwriting, is presented.

INDEX TO PLANTS COLLECTED ON HOWARD STANSBURY'S EXPEDITION TO THE GREAT SALT LAKE, 1849-1850

Presented here is a synonymized list, including a list of types, of the plants collected on Howard Stansbury’s expedition to the Great Salt Lake, 1849–1850.

A new variety of Draba oreibata (Brassicaceae) from Nevada, U.S.A.

A new variety ofDraba oreibata, var.serpentina, is described, illustrated, and discussed.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains.@@@Exploration of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake.

during the eight years intervening between the two editions has been endless?the bibliography has been increased 50 per cent?and it would seem almost an impossibility to assimilate it. This has been done, and has led to as enjoyable and readable a work as the first edition. In some cases it has meant changing old lamps for new; in others, merely a burnishing up of the old. At anyrate, Professor Cathcart has done us a service in modernising our views which, in the realms of

Conservation and management of rare and endangered plants. Edited by Thomas S. Elias

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Cryptantha schoolcraftii (Boraginaceae), a new species of section Oreocarya from Nevada

A new species,Cryptantha schoolcraftii, is described and illustrated. It is related to theC. nubigena-sobolifera alliance but differs in short duration and lowland habitat. It further differs fromC. sobolifera in having smaller corollas, shorter nutlets, and a shorter style.

A NEW SPECIES AND A NEW COMBINATION IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN SILENE (CARYOPHYLLACEAE)

Silene nachlingerae is described, illustrated, and compared toS. aperta. The similarly floweredS. invisa is considered to be closely related toS. bernardina, and especially to its var.rigidula (Robinson) Tiehm, comb nov.

A new Haplopappus (Asteraceae: Astereae) from Nevada

A new species, Haplopappus graniticus, is described and illustrated. Its relationships seemingly lie with section Tonestus but its narrow heads and imbricated phyllaries are anomalous in that section.