RYDBERG: Rocky MOUNTAIN FLORA 565 
. Sphaeralcea grandiflora sp. nov. 
A meter or two high; stem glabrous below, stellate above ; 
petioles of the lower leaves 1-2 dm. long ; blades cordate or 
reniform in outline, maple-like, g-15 cm. wide, deeply 5—7-lobed ; 
lobes lanceolate or triangular, coarsely toothed with triangular 
teeth ; flowers in small axillary clusters, but at the end of the 
stem the subtending leaves become diminished and the inflorescence 
resembles a congested panicle; pedicels and calyx densely hirsute- 
pubescent with long stellate hairs, the branches of which are 1-2 
mm. long ; bractlets lanceolate, about half as long as the tri- 
angular-ovate, acute or somewhat acuminate sepals ; petals pink- 
ish, 3 cm. or more long ; fruit spherical, and deeply retuse at the 
apex ; carpels membranous, smooth on the sides and bristly on 
the back, rounded at the apex ; seeds reniform, brown, muricate. 
A close ally of S. rivu/aris, but differs in the larger flowers, 
the broader bractlets, the long hairs of the calyx, the usually 
blunter leaves and more rounded carpels. It grows at an altitude 
of 2,200-2,800 m. 
Cotorapo: Mesa Verde, 1901, /. K. Vreeland 882 (type); 
West of Ouray, 1901, Underwood & Selby rgog (in fruit). 
“ Touterea laciniata sp. nov. v 
lades oblanceolate, acute; staminodia similar and imitating 
another set of petals ; filaments nearly filiform, 34 as long as the 
petals 
This species is closely related to 7. speciosa, but differs in the 
deeply dissected leaves and more slender stem. In general habit 
it resembles somewhat 7. multiflora, for which it has been mis- 
taken ; but that species has broader, obtuse petals, more dilated 
filaments, and more diverging branches. T. /actniata grows on 
dry hillsides at an altitude of 1,500-2,200 m. 
Cotorano : Pagosa Springs, 1899, Baker 470 (type) ; Durango, 
1898, Baker, Earle & Tracy 496 ; Cafion City, 1900, Osterhout ; 
Antonito, 1898, Earle. 
