The genus Androsace in New Mexico 
ELMER OTTIS WooTON AND PAUL STANDLEY 
The early reports upon the botany of the southwest recognize 
two species of Androsace, A. occidentalis Pursh and A. septentri- 
onalis . The latter species, according to Dr. E. L. Greene, does 
Not occur in this country, being an alpine plant of the northern 
parts of Europe and Asia. 
Of the species that formerly went as A. septentrionalis one has 
been named A. pinetorum by Dr. Greene in Pittonia 4: 149, which 
isno doubt perfectly distinct. This species, originally described 
from southern Colorado, is found in the higher mountain ranges 
of that state and of New Mexico. The only specimens from this 
Territory in our herbarium are one from Bear Cafion, Sandia 
Mountains, collected in June, 1898, by Dr. C. L. Herrick (no. 205), 
and one collected on South Percha Creek, in the Black Range, 
Sierra County, May 3, 1905, by O. B. Metcalfe (xo. 1586). It no 
doubt occurs in the mountains of the northern part of the Terri- 
tory, since it seems to be quite common in southern Colorado. 
The species may be readily separated from the other members of 
its group by its relatively large pinkish or white flowers, whose 
corollas are longer than their calyces. 
Another more common species of this Territory which also 
Passed as A. septentrionalis is A. diffusa Small.* This is repre- 
Sented in our herbarium by specimens from the following locali- 
ties in New Mexico: 
In the White Mountains, Lincoln County : at Gilmore’s Ranch 
on Eagle Creek, July 14, 1897, and August 5, 1897 (Wooton 598), 
alt. approx. 2200 meters; on Little Creek, May 11, 1899 (Zurner 
708), alt. approx. 2400 meters; White Mountain Peak, August I, 
‘901 (Wooton), alt. approx. 3100 meters. In the Sacramento 
Mountains, in Otero County: at Winter Folly, August 1, 1899 
(Wooton), alt. approx. 2700 meters; in James Cafion near Cloud- 
croft, August 1 1, 1899 (Wooton), alt. approx. 2400 meters. In the 
Sandia Mountains in Bernalillo County: in Bear Cafion, May, 
* Bull, Torrey Club 25 : 318. 
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