[From THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND Arts, Vou. VII, May, 1874 | 
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Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado 3 by Tuomas C. Porter 
and Joun M. Counter. Washington, March 20, 1874. 8vo, pp. 
80.—A prefatory note by Dr. F. V. Hayden states that this is 
“intended to be a type of a series of handbooks of different 
branches of natural history . . . . for the use of students all over 
various collections on which the work is based, as Parry’s, Hall 
and Harbour’s, Bell’s, Hayden’s, Brandegee’s, Porter’s, Coulter’s, 
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of all, although no list was published. “The plan followed in the 
Synopsis is that of Mr. Watson in his excellent catalogue, vol. v 
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botanists who have aided the authors of this Synopsis, the writer 
adds: “References to the authorities consulted and used are to 
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Astragalus Brandegei, Astr. scopuiorum, Kosa Arkansana, 
Erigeron glandulosum, E. Coulteri and Senecio renifolius, besides 
a couple of Mosses (by Mr. Lesquereux from Hall’s collection), 
and a Fungus by Mr. Peck. Hall and Harbour’s plants are 
refere . Vasey’s collection. g plants collected by 
rt in the mountains of Colorado, and altogether omitted in 
this $ i ; 
ynopsis are Aster Canbyi Vasey (No. 262); Aplopappus 
lunceolatus, var. Vaseyi, Parry (No. 273), and Artemisia os 
societies, so that ordinary students had practically no means of 
identifying their collections. It is much to be regretted, however, 
