First Report on the Flora of Wyoming. 169 



Abronia micrantha, Torr. 



\'ery rare ; on the plains and hillsides ; by children called the 

 Sand Flower. 



Near Willow Creek, July 22, 1894 (No. 630). 



ILLECEBRACE^. 



Paronychia Jamesii, T. & G. Fl. N. A. i, 170 (1838). 



Frequent on dry, open slopes in the Laramie range. 

 Fairbanks, July 14, 1894 (No. 451); also near Laramie Peak. 

 Paronychia pulvinata, Gray, Proc. Acad. Phila. 18b3, 58. 



Infrecjuent and strictly alpine ; on the naked summits of the 

 Medicine Bow Mountains. August 23, 1895 (No. 1824). 

 Paronychia sessiliflora, Nutt. Gen. i, 160 (1818). 



Common on the slopes about Laramie Peak, August 8, 1895 (No. 

 1638); observed in some other localities. 

 Paronychia sp. 



Numbers 349, 461, 1331 and 1656 have for the present been 

 laid aside. They represent at least two species not given above, 

 but for want of sufficient literature they are now passed over. 



AMARANTACE^. 



Amarantus albus, L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1404 (1763). 



A troublesome weed in most of our fields and gardens. 

 Popo Agie River, August 3, 1894 (No. 740); Sheridan Experi- 

 ment Farm, September 1895. 

 Amarantus hlitoides, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xii. 273 (877). 



This too would find a place even in a very short list of the worst 

 weeds. 



Laramie, September 24, 1894 (No. 1176); Sheridan, September, 

 1895. 

 Amarantus chlorostachys, Willd. A. hybridus, L. 



Some specimens, apparently this, were collected by B. C. Buffum, 

 at Inyan Kara Divide, August 30, 1892. 

 Amarantus retroflexus, L. Sp. PI. 991 (1753). 



Where weeds run riot this will always be found. 

 Laramie, October, 1893; Lander, August 3, 1894 (No. 715). 

 Amarantus Torreyi, Benth. Wats. Bot. Cal. ii, 42 (1880). 

 Infrequent ; near Rawlins, June 29, 1892. 



