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  Osterhout: 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  botany 
  

  

  F 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  Morgan 
  now 
  is, 
  Dr. 
  J 
  

   sole 
  monarch, 
  and 
  sol 
  

  

  f 
  

  

  thousands 
  of 
  acres 
  of 
  this 
  dreary 
  plain. 
  It 
  forms 
  patches 
  which 
  

   neither 
  a 
  horse 
  nor 
  any 
  other 
  animal 
  will 
  attempt 
  to 
  pass 
  over." 
  

   On 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  the 
  first 
  glimpse 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  was 
  

   noted. 
  Almost 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  July 
  was 
  passed 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  or 
  

  

  mountains 
  

  

  in 
  their 
  vicinity. 
  The 
  company 
  hoped 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  

   for 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  July, 
  but 
  the 
  day 
  found 
  them 
  journeying 
  along 
  the 
  

   South 
  Platte 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Vrain 
  Creek. 
  

   "Several 
  valuable 
  plants," 
  Dr. 
  James 
  observes, 
  "were 
  here 
  collected 
  

   and, 
  among 
  others, 
  a 
  large 
  suffruticose 
  species 
  of 
  lupine." 
  The 
  

   only 
  species 
  of 
  Lupinus 
  which 
  Dr. 
  Torrey 
  described 
  from 
  the 
  

   collection 
  was 
  L. 
  decumhens, 
  and 
  its 
  habitat 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  be, 
  "on 
  

   the 
  southern 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas." 
  ^It 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   collected 
  again, 
  but 
  since 
  what 
  I 
  suppose 
  is 
  L. 
  decumhens 
  Torr. 
  is 
  

  

  common 
  

  

  tioned. 
  July 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  July 
  

  

  camped 
  where 
  the 
  Platte 
  emerges 
  from 
  the 
  mountains 
  

  

  remained 
  

  

  man 
  

  

  plants 
  collected 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  were 
  Geranium 
  caespitosum 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  July 
  nth, 
  as 
  the 
  company 
  

  

  halted 
  for 
  the 
  dinner 
  time, 
  our 
  beautiful 
  blue 
  columbine, 
  AquUegia 
  

   coerulea 
  James, 
  was 
  collected. 
  This 
  was 
  just 
  after 
  crossing 
  the 
  

   divide 
  toward 
  where 
  Colorado 
  Springs 
  is, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  afternoon 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  Stanleya 
  integrifolia 
  James 
  was 
  found. 
  On 
  the 
  

   I2th 
  the 
  company 
  camped 
  on 
  "Boiling-spring 
  Creek," 
  now 
  

  

  from 
  

  

  " 
  Near 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  the 
  great 
  shrubby 
  cactus, 
  which 
  forms 
  so 
  conspicuous 
  a 
  feature 
  

   in 
  the 
  vegetable 
  physiography 
  of 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansa." 
  

  

  mbling 
  

  

  common 
  

  

  smooth, 
  and 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  an 
  orange." 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  13th 
  Dr. 
  James 
  with 
  two 
  companions 
  

  

  left 
  camp 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  " 
  ascent 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  peak," 
  Pikes 
  

  

  Peak. 
  They 
  ate 
  dinner 
  at 
  the 
  " 
  boiHng 
  spring." 
  Manitou, 
  and 
  

  

  halted 
  at 
  sunset 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  cluster 
  of 
  fir 
  trees," 
  near 
  a 
  brook. 
  

  

  