Nuttallia digitata.
Radical and lower leaves like those of a Delphinium, but the divisions
partly peltate; The segments eight or nine in number, three or four
inches long, linear, simple, bifid and trifid, the primary radical ones
occasionally somewhat hispid, the succeeding foliage smooth. Branch-
lets merely floriferous, naked. The peduncles a foot or more in
length, attenuated and articulated a little below the raliv, which is
simple, and five-cleft, attenuated at its base. The segments ovate,
acuminate. Flowers carmine-red, (lake-red, B.) about the size of
those of the common cultivated Mallows. The petals crenulate,
and distinctly unguiculate. Capsules one-seeded, and roughened
with depressed punctures, not spontaneously opening, and as in Malva
and Althsea disposed in a ring.
“ This genus, of which the species are hardy, ornamental, and perennial,
appears to afford an additional link of connexion between
the genera Sida and Malva.
“ Habitat. In the open prairies near Fort Smith, in bushy places,
not very common. Flowering in May and June.”
In the manuscript description of this and the preceding newly discovered
plants, with the use of which I have been obliged by the
author, the present genus has received from Mr. Nuttall the name
here given as a synonym. I have thrown that appellation aside, and
dedicated the genus to him, in commemoration of the services he has