32 1 ] FLORA OF BOULDER, COLORADO 173 



Order 30. OPUNTIALES. 

 Family 74. LOASACEAE Reichenb. Loasa family. 



288. NTTTTALLIA Raf. WESTERN STAR. 



705. N. multiflora (Nutt.) Greene [Mentzelia multiflora 

 (Nutt.) Gray; T outer ea multiflora (Nutt.) Rydb.] 

 MANY-FLOWERED WESTERN STAR. 



Common on the plains, mesas, and foothills, 5100-8000 ft. 

 (Daniels, 77). 

 TEXAS to COLORADO, ARIZONA and MEXICO. 



706. N. speciosa (Osterh.) Greene [Mentzelia speciosa 

 Osterh. ; T outer ea speciosa Osterh.]. SHOWY WESTERN 



STAR. 



Near Boulder; also between Sunshine and Ward (Ryd- 

 berg). 



WYOMING to COLORADO. 



707. N. sinuata (Rydb.) Daniels. Nov. comb. [Tout ere a sinu- 

 ata Rydb.]. WAVY-LEAVED WESTERN STAR. 



At Boulder the type-locality (Rydberg). 

 COLORADO. 



708. N. nuda (Pursh) Greene [Mentzelia nuda (Pursh) T. & 

 G. ; T outer ea nuda (Pursh) Eat. & Wr.]. NAKED WES- 

 TERN STAR. 



At Boulder (Rydberg). 



NEBRASKA to WYOMING and COLORADO. 



709. N. stricta (Osterh.) Greene [Hesperaster strictus 

 Osterh.]. STRICT WESTERN STAR. 



Along the Union Pacific Railroad, the flowers as large as 

 in the next, but the outer filaments dilated, 5200-5400 ft, 

 (Daniels, 678). Also at Lyons (Rydberg). 



NEBRASKA to WYOMING; TEXAS to COLORADO. 



710. N. decapetala (Pursh) Greene [Bartonia decapetala 

 Pursh; Mentzelia decapetala (Pursh) Urb. & Gilg. ; M. 



