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302. MERIOLIX Raf. 



740. M. serrulata (Nutt.) Walp. [Oenothera serridata Nutt.]. 

 Tooth-leaved evening primrose. 



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



38). 



Manitoba to Saskatchewan ; Texas to Arizona. 



303. GAUKA L. Gaura.* 



741. Gr. parviflora Dougl. Small-flowered gaura. 

 Frequent on the plains, mesas, and lower foothills, 5 100-7000 



ft. (Daniels, 263). 



South Dakota to Washington; Louisiana to Arizona 

 and Sonora. 



742. G. coccinea Pursh. Scarlet gaura. 



Abundant on the plains and mesas, and in meadows on 

 lower hillslopes, 5100-6300 ft. (Daniels, 12). 



Manitoba to Montana ; Texas to Arizona and Mexico. 



743. G. glabra Lehm. Smooth gaura. 

 At Boulder (Rydberg). 



South Dakot.a. to Montana; Colorado to Arizona. 



304. CIRCAEA L. Enchanter's nightshade. 



744. C. alpina L. Alpine enchanter's nightshade. 

 Locally abundant along streams in shady caiions. 5700-8000 



ft. (Daniels, 279). 



Labrador to Alaska ; Georgia to Color.\do : Europe : Asia. 



•"Gaura and allied evening flowering plants have a special bee-visi- 

 or, Halictus galpinsiac Cockerell, which has been taken by my wife at 

 Boulder. It flies in the evening, at 7:30 p. m., when the other bees 

 have retired." — Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, in a letter to the author, Jan. 

 23, 190S. 



