rol'LTKU AND ROSE — NORTH AMKHICAN I'MMKLLIFKKAK. 1 ()7 



Illy, //m 



avi's lyiii'-' 



•/.il. l^''''- 

 If UailuMv 



uliibrous, 

 tiru'k<MU'(l 



■pel. Sty- 

 iiitovvals. 



tlattciiid. 



thvic*' |>iii- 

 ii()ro or 1'"-^ 

 •iiliiH' invo- 



( 'i/ III op/' r'lx 



)Uiit!iiii- of 



I'. ni<(criiy I "'■""■ 



liivoliiccls witli entire bnietlets. 

 Iinoliicfe mostly cniisiiieiiDUs; ln'iicts and ln'acllets I \t> ;i-iiei'veil. 



I''rnit oliloiii,', S mill. Idms.' :>. /'. IiI'IIidhiix. 



I'"niit nrliiciilar, Kt tn IL' mm. ImiL' 1. I', /niiimriisirin^. 



lii\n|iiiTe iiKislly a Inw liyaliiu' slieatli ; liracts and liractlet.^ maiiy-iiei'ved. 



"i. /'. iinilliiii rniliis. 



1. Phellopterus montanus Niitt. in 'I'off. tSc (iitiv Fl. 1: tl-'4. ls4i). 



Fi(i. .M*. 



< 'iiitnijili riis iiiniitiiiiiix Tovr. i^ (iray l''l. 1 : (iL't. is|(). 



Klowcriiij;' iiiiilx'l^ cotiiptictlv cluslcit'd iit the hiiso of the rosette of 

 iiiiicll loijo'er lrii\('s, ofliMi iippt'iirili;^" sessile, soiiiewliiit eloiiy'iited in 

 tiiiit; iii\(»liiere itieons[)icii()tis. hyaline iind lolx-d. sometimes f('(luc(>(l 

 t'i a etip: in\()liieels eons) )iei tons, tlie 1 )riiet let s distinct . ol)o\ilte. entire, 

 with \ei\ hroad white and hyaline mtiro-ins, with more or less distinct 

 ;jreen central reuion; ])e(li('(ds sliorter thiin tho])riictIets: llowers \s jiit(\ 

 Miinetimes purplish: fruit hroiidly ohiono- to netirly orl>iciiliir. ♦! to S 

 mill. loii<i", witii hroad thin wiiiLi's somewliiit thickenccl at ins<M'tioii: oil 

 tuhes 1 to ;> ill th(> inter\ als. 4 to 8 on the {'ommissurtd side; sovd some- 

 w hat tlattened, with broadly conciiV(> fiice. 



Type locality . "hiuh l»are plains of th(^ I'liitte. toward the Kocky 

 Mountains:" collected l»y SuffiilJ; tyi)e in Ilerh. I'hilad. Acad. 



Open ])lains of ("olortulo, Arkansas. Wyomiiiti-, Kiinsiis, Nehraskti, 

 and South Dsikotii. 



Su r, nil IIS ijtiiiiini'il: 



Coi.oKAiio: Type specinuMis as cited niidei- type locality; //<(// <(• Hiirhitin- lMO, in 

 1S()L': I'nehio, //;c/,'.v, .Inne S, ISiiO; near Denver, Mi<r l-lnshrim,!, in ISitl; 

 ni'ar Windsor, (Mirhdul, May, IS!»."); lu'ar Denver, Ihlliil, May, isori, and 

 .Inne. IS'IH; iM)rt Collins, ('nni'l'ill, May :{(). IS'Mi; near Denver, Iliihimjir, 

 May-.Inne, iS'.Ki; Colorado Sprintrs, liiiillirni. .May '.I, I'.IOO. 



WvoMi.vd: JMirt Knssell, Rulnj, May, ISS."); Laramie I'lains, Xi/smi, :May, lS9:i 

 and IS!t4. 



Sol Til Dakota: I'.lack Hills, /.'//'//-r/v/ Tl'li, .Tune 14, isti^'. 



Xkhkaska: Denel County, A'//(///r/v/, .lime 27, iSiM. 



Ka.vsas: Siu'arsvilK', iMird County, Wnil:, April, Issti; .Vtwood, /V//, .\pril IS, 

 I Sill. 



.\uKANs\s: lM)rt Lyon, I'lilunr, .\pril !>, ISti;!. 



•1. Phellopterus macrorhizus (lUickley) C. t't R. 



('iliiii>lili riis iiHii-riirlii:iis \\\n'k\v\\ I'roc. I'hilad. .\ead. IStil: 4.")."). ISH2. 

 ('iliiuijili riiK iiKiiitiinKn /icdinicii/iitiis .loiies, I'roe. ('alii'. Acad. Sci Tl. 5: (iSti. 

 IS!).'). 



Ivcsemlilinii' /*. /iiii/ifiiiiiiK^ ])ut pedimcles eloii<iiite(l. in fruit liecom- 

 iiiL: twice as loiio- as the leii\c's; umbels open, with Ion »>•(> r unecpuil rays 

 and lono(>r pedicels; iin-olucels of distinct usually ot)oviite ])ractlets, 

 with one to sovcM'id nerves, and hu'enitc^-fringt'd tit jip(>.\; flowers 

 jiinkish; fi'iiit siiitdler, 4 mm. loii<i'. 



Tyjie locidity. "priiiri(\s north of Austin." 'I'e.x.; collected ])\ liiivl:- 

 I'll. March. iS^iO; ty))e in llerl). riiilad. Acad. 



N orthoastern Texas. 



