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f 192. G. rivale, Linn. Margins of Santa Fe Creek, in the mountains ; June. 

 193. Fallugia paradoxa, Ton:! in Emorrfs Report, t. 2. (F. Mexicana, Walp. 

 Repert. 2. p. 46. Sieversia paradoxa, Don in Linn. Trans, p. 326. t. 22. — Rayado 

 Creek, between Bent's Fort and Santa Fe ; and on the Rio del Norte, on steep banks ; 

 May, in flower ; October, in fruit. Shrub 2 to 5 feet high. 

 • 194. Cercocarpus farvifolius, Niilt. in Torr. $<■ Gray, Fl. 1. p. 427. — Cliffs of 

 Santa Fe Creek, in the mountains ; July, in fruit. Shrub 8 to 10 feet high. The leaves 

 in these fine fruiting specimens are from an inch to an inch and a half in length ; the tails 

 of the fruit nearly three inches long and densely plumose. 



195. Agrimonia Eupatoria, Linn.; var. Banks of Santa Fe Creek ; July. 

 f 196. A. Eupatoria, Linn. Near Fort Leavenworth ; August. 



197. Potentilla fissa, Nutt. /3. major, Ton. S,- Gray, I. c. Perhaps a variety of 

 P. arguta. Rocky places, valley of Santa Fe Creek ; June, July. 



198. P. diffusa (sp. nov.) : humilis ; caulibus e caudice perpendiculari crasso ad- 

 surgentibus incano-villosis subnudis cito dichotomis et in cymam effusam diliquescentibus; 

 foliis radicalibus pinnatim 5 - 7-foliolatis, foliolis oblongis approximatis summis confluen- 

 tibus pectinatim inciso-serratis obtusissimis supra subsericeis viridibus subtus cano-tomen- 

 tosis mollissimis ; caulinis 1-2 foliolis segmentisve 3-5 lanceolatis, ceteris ad bracteas 

 stipulis ovato-lanceolatis fulcratas reductis ; pedicellis gracillimis ; calycis cano-villosi 

 laciniis ovato-acuminatis bracteolis lanceolatis obtusis sublongioribus petalis aureis obcor- 

 datis paulo brevioribus ; carpellis laevissimis. — Moist soil, along Santa Fe Creek; June. 

 — This species apparently should stand between P. eflusa, Dougl. (of which I have 

 present access to no specimen for comparison) and P. Pennsylvanica, e. Hippiana. The 

 flowering stems are 6 to 8 inches high, scape-like, bearing only a single well-formed leaf 

 near the base, and beginning a little above to divide into the. effuse, several times dichot- 

 omous cyme. Stipules entire, or nearly so. Pedicels li inch long. Flowers rather 

 smaller than in P. Pennsylvanica. 



s 199. P. crinita (sp. nov.) : humilis, multiceps e radice crassa, albo-villosa ; caulibus 

 adscendentibus circ. 3-foliatis apice laxe paniculato-cymosis ; stipulis ovato-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis majusculis ; foliis pinnatis, radicalibus 11 - 15-, caulinis 5- 7-foliolatis ; foliolis 

 oblongis confertis grosse dentatis supra subglabratis subtus rachique pilis longis albis 

 comptis villosis ; calycis laciniis ovato-acuminatis bracteolas oblongo-lanceolatas subsuper- 

 antibus petalis obcordatis aureis paulo brevioribus ; acheniis glaberrimis ; receptaculo 

 comoso. — Along Santa Fe Creek, and at the foot of hills, in sunny places ; July. — 

 Stems 6 inches high. Radical leaves 2 inches long, including the petiole : leaflets half 

 an inch long ; the surface soon smooth or nearly so ; the lower clothed with long and 



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