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1. Iiesquerella purpurea (A. Gray) S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 253. 1888. 

 Vesicaria purpurea A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2: 14. 1853. 



Type locality: "Stony hills near El Paso." Type collected by Wright (no. 1320). 



Range: Western Texas to Arizona, south into Mexico. 



New Mexico: Big Hatchet Mountains; Florida Mountains; Organ Mmmtaina. 

 Canyons, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



One of the rather few early spring flowers occurring in the mountains of the southern 

 part of the State. 



2. LesquereUa aurea W'ooton, Bull. Torrey Club 25: 260. 1898. 



Type locality: South Fork of Tularosa Creek, 3 miles east of the Mescalero Agency, 

 White Mountains, New Mexico. Type collected by Wooton (no. 245). 



Range: Mountains of southern New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Luna; Wliite and Sacramento mountains. Transition Zone. 



The largest of our species. Its flowers are a deep yellow, abundantly borne on 

 erect or ascending stems, followed by the globose fruit on strongly recurved pedicels. 



3. LesquereUa montana (A. Gray) S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 251. 1888. 

 Vesicaria montana A. Gray, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1863: 58. 1863. 



Type locality: "From the Middle Mountains," Colorado. 

 Range: Wyoming to New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Pecos River; Sierra Grande; Raton. Hillsides, in the Upper Sonoran 

 Zone. 



4. LesquereUa lata Woot. & Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 126. 1913. 



Type locality: Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. Type collected by Fred G. 

 Plummer in 1903. 



Range: White Mountains of New Mexico. 



5. LesquereUa rectipes Woot. & Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 127. 1913. 

 Type locality: Northwestern New Mexico. Type collected by C. C. Marsh 



(no. 81). 



Range: New Mexico. 



New Mexico: South of Atarque de Garcia; banks of the Rio Grande, 19 miles west 

 of Santa Fe ; near East View ; Tunitcha Mountains. Dry plains and hills, in the Upper 

 Sonoran Zone. 



6. LesquereUa intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller, PI. World 1: 22. 1897. 

 LesquereUa alpina intermedia S. W^ats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 251. 1888. 



Type locality: Hills west of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Type collected by Fendler 

 (no. 38). 



Range: Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. 



New Mexico: Santa Fe; Wheelers Ranch. Upper Sonoran Zone. 



7. LesquereUa vaUda Greene, Pittonia 4: 68. 1899. 



Type locality: Gray, New Mexico. Type collected by Miss Josephine Skehan 

 (no. 89). 



Range: Known only from the type locality. 



8. LesquereUa gordoni (A. Gray) S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 253. 1888. 

 Vesimria gordoni A. Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 6: 149. 1850. 



Type locality: On the Canadian, in the Raton Mountains, New Mexico or Colo- 

 rado. 



Range: W^estem Texas to Arizona. 



New Mexico: Mangas Springs; Mesilla Valley; Gray; Kingston. Dry fields, in the 

 Lower Sonoran Zone. 



A common spring annual in the southern part of the State, where it occurs asso- 

 ciated with Sophias and other spring crucifers. 



