WOOTON AND STANDLEY—FLORA OF NEW MEXICO. 275 
1, Lesquerella purpurea (A. Gray) 8. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 253. 1888. 
Vesicaria purpurea A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 2: 14. 1853. 
Type Locatity: ‘Stony hills near El Paso.”’ Type collected by Wright (no. 1320). 
Rance: Western Texas to Arizona, south into Mexico. 
New Mexico: Big Hatchet Mountains; Florida Mountains; Organ Mountains. 
Canyons, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 
One of the rather few early spring flowers occurring in the mountains of the southern 
part of the State. 
2. Lesquerella aurea Wooton, Bull. Torrey Club 25: 260. 1898. 
Type Locatity: South Fork of Tularosa Creek, 3 miles east of the Mescalero Agency, 
White Mountains, New Mexico. Type collected by Wooton (no. 245). 
Rance: Mountains of southern New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Luna; White and Sacramento mountains. Transition Zone. 
The largest of our species. Its flowers are a deep yellow, abundantly borne on 
— erect or ascending stems, followed by the globose fruit on strongly recurved pedicels. 
3. Lesquerella montana (A. Gray) 8. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 251. 1888. 
Vesicaria montana A. Gray, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1863: 58. 1863. 
Type LocaLity: ‘‘From the Middle Mountains,’ Colorado. 
Rance: Wyoming to New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Pecos River; Sierra Grande; Raton. Hillsides, in the Upper Sonoran 
Zone. 
4. Lesquerella lata Woot. & Standl. Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 16: 126, 1913. 
Type Locauity: Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. Type collected by Fred G. 
Plummer in 1903. 
Rance: White Mountains of New Mexico. 
5. Lesquerella rectipes Woot. & Standl. Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 16: 127. 1913. 
Type Locatity: Northwestern New Mexico. Type collected by ©. C. Marsh 
(no. 81). 
Rance: New Mexico. 
New Mexico: South of Atarque de Garcia; banks of the Rio Grande, 19 miles west 
of Santa Fe; near East View; Tunitcha Mountains. Dry plainsand hills, in the Upper 
Sonoran Zone. 
6. Lesquerella intermedia (8S. Wats.) Heller, Pl. World 1: 22. 1897. 
Lesquerella alpina intermedia 8. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 28: 251. 1888. 
Tyre Locauity: Hills west of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Type collected by Fendler 
(no. 38). 
RanGeE: Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. 
New Mexico: Santa Fe; Wheelers Ranch. Upper Sonoran Zone. 
7. Lesquerella valida Greene, Pittonia 4: 68. 1899. 
Tyre LocaLity: Gray, New Mexico. Type collected by Miss Josephine Skehan 
(no. 89). 
Rance: Known only from the type locality. 
8. Lesquerella gordoni (A. Gray) S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 253. 1888. 
Vesicaria gordoni A. Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 6: 149. 1850. 
Tyre LOCALITY: On the Canadian, in the Raton Mountains, New Mexico or Colo- 
rado. 
Rance: Western Texas to Arizona. 
New Mexico: Mangas Springs; Mesilla Valley; Gray; Kingston. Dry fields, in the 
Lower Sonoran Zone. 
A common spring annual in the southern part of the State, where it occurs asso- 
ciated with Sophias and other spring crucifers. 
. 
