SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 89 



PtANTAOINACEJE. 



PLANTAGO ERIOPODA, Torr. Ann. N. T., Lye. 2, p. 237. Perennial ; 

 base of the leaves and scape invested with a long dense wool of a rusty 

 brown color ; leaves broadly lanceolate, 4'-6' long, ! 7 -2 7 wide, attenuate 

 at each end, long-petioled, acute, very smooth and entire, distinctly 

 5-nerved; scape 6'-l high, terete, very glabrous; spike cylindrical, 

 3'-6' long, of rather remote, perfect flowers ; stamens and styles very 

 long; bracts broadly ovate, obtusish; capsules 2-celled, 4-5 seeded; 

 seeds not hollowed. Hall & Harbour, 372. South Park, Porttr. Wes- 

 ton's Pass, Coulter. 



PLANTAGO PATAGONICA, Jacq., var. GNAPHALIOIDES, Gr. Very abun- 

 dant on the plains. Hall & Harbour, 374. Near Denver, Dr. ftmith. 

 Colorado Springs, Porter; B. H. Smith. Plains of the Platte, Coulter. 



Var. ARISTATA, Gr. Plains of the Platte, Coulter. 



PRIMULA PARRYT, Gr. Sill. Jour. (N. S.) 34, p. 257. Leaves oblance- 

 olate, narrowed to a broad, fleshy petiole, and with the rest of the plant 

 somewhat glandular-scabrous, at least upon the margin, which is entire 

 or denticulate with short glandular teeth, 6 / -12 / long; scapes 4 / -16 / 

 high ; flowers rose-color, becoming purple in drying, 6-15, on unequal 

 pedicels, ^'-3' long; leaves of the involucre subulate or linear, unequal, 

 acute, several times shorter than the elongated pedicels ; calyx-lobes 

 broad-lanceolate, acute, equaling the tube of the pink corolla; corolla- 

 lobes rounded, obcordately 2-cleft or ernarginate. Alpine and sub- 

 alpine; common. Parry, 311; Hall & Harbour, 379. Gray's Peak, Dr. 

 Smith; Aleehan. Mount Lincoln, at 13,000 feet attitude, July 9, Coulter. 

 Redjield. 



PRIMULA ANGUSTIFOLIA, Torr. Ann., N. Y. Lye. 1, p. 34, t. 3, fig. 3. 

 Tufted, from a thick rootstock; scapes 3 // -12 // high, leafless; leaves 

 elliptical lanceolate or oblong, sometimes spatulate, 6 /7 -12 77 long, obtuse, 

 mem bran aceous, veinless, glabrous, very entire ; scape solitary, 1 -flow- 

 ered, shorter than the leaves, with a bract a little below the flower; 

 calyx cylindrical-oblong, 5-6 cleft, smooth, segments subulate, erect; 

 corolla purple, sub-campanulate, tube longer than the calyx, limb 

 erect, spreading, with ovate, obtuse, very entire segments, 6 /7 -7 /7 broad ; 

 stamens in the tube of the corolla ; filaments very short ; anthers oblong, 

 2-celled; style 1, straight, persistent; stigma globose; capsule ovate. 

 High-alpine. Pike's Peak, Porter; Parry. James's Peak, at 12,000 feet 

 altitude, Mount Lincoln, at 13,000 feet, and Mount La Plata, at 14,000 feet, 

 Coulter. Gray's Peak, Redfield. 



PRIMULA FARINOSA, L. Hall & Harbour, 378. Canon City, Brandegee. 

 Colorado Springs, Porter. South Park, Coulter. 



ANDROSACESEPTENTRIONALIS,L. DC. Prod. 8, p. 52. Annual, acaules- 

 cent, minutely pubescent; leaves rosulate, lanceolate or lance-ovate, J 7 -! 7 

 long, denticulate, on a broad petiole; scapes numerous, many-flowered, 

 3-20, 7 -6 7 high ; leaflets of the involucre subulate, acute ; calyx-lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, equaling the corolla; pedicels numerous, 

 filiform; calyx-tube obconic. Common at all elevations from low sub- 

 alpine to alpine. Hall & Harbour, 37 '6; Parry. Canon City, Brandegee; 

 Canby. Georgetown, Dr. Smith; B. H. Smith. Porter. Clear Creek 

 Canon, Long's Peak, and the Sierra Madra Range, Coulter. 



ANDROSACE FILIFORMIS, Retz. DC. Prod. 8, p. 53. Acaulescent ; 



