60 BOTANY. 
Aconitum FiscHert, Reich. (A. nasutum, Fisch., of my list of 1874.)— 
2-3°, smooth below, puberulent above; petioles of lower leaves 2-4’; leaves 
round in outline, 3—5-parted, with each division deeply lobed or cut-toothed; 
flowers in a loose raceme, pedicels 3-1’, pubescent, erect; petals, conical 
galea, and flowers from blue to purple or even white. Grows abundantly 
along mountain streams in Colorado. (98.) According to Mr. Watson, “A 
small specimen was collected in Southern Nevada with an unusually nar- 
rowed galea and long projecting beak.” Also collected in Utah. 
Acta#a spicata, L., var. arncuta, Torr.—F lowers absent; pedicels vary 
from less than a quarter to more than half an inch in length in the fully 
formed fruit. There is no perceptible thickening of the pedicel with age, 
and this I take to be the most reliable characteristic furnished by the fruit- 
ing specimens. 
Pzon1A Brownu, Dougl.—Nevada. 
BERBERIDE &. 
Berseris Frnpueri, Gray (Pl. Fendler. p. 5).—Shrub 3-6°; branches 
and branchlets smooth and shining, as if varnished; spines 3—5-parted; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, acutish, entire, or irregularly spinulose-serrate, entirely 
glabrous; racemes pendulous, 1-2’, and densely flowered, somewhat longer 
than the leaves, which, however, vary much in size in adult condition; calyx 
with conspicuous red bracts, which are a little shorter than the sepals. 
Flowers yellow and as large as those of B. vulgaris. Unripe fruit with 
2-3 seeds; blooms in May and June. I probably collected my specimens 
from the exact spot at which Mr. Fendler obtained his. The shrub appears 
to be byno meanscommon. Santa Fé, N. Mex. (54.) 
BERBERIS REPENS, Lindl—‘A low, somewhat procumbent shrub, less 
than 1°; leaflets 3-7, ovate, acute, not acuminate, 1-24’, not shiny above; 
racemes few, terminating the stems, 1-14’.—Bot Reg. t. 1176. B. Aquifolium, 
Pursh, mainly, and of numerous authors.”—(FI. Cal. 1, p.14.) I have not 
seen the species. : 
Berseris Aquiro.ium, Pursh.—Common in mountain parts of Central 
Colorado. (57.) 
Berperis Fremontn, Torr.—Leaves pinnate, with 3-4 pairs of leaflets, 
