6 SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO: 
‘PAPAVERACE®. 
PAPAVER ALPINUM, L. Seape one-flowered, 2/-3' high, naked, hispid 
as well as the calyx with brownish hairs; ap tee Ragaya-e st pone in outline, 
deeply pinnatifid, divisions a cised; flower nodding in the bud, 
68” in diameter r; petals lemon-yellow; cane obovate, hispid. Near- 
est var. flaviflorum, Koch. Fl ly m. 1, , p. 25.—Alpine. Hall; artis 
147; Meehan. California Gulch at 12 500 feet altitude, Coulter 
re GEMONE Mexicana, L. Most common on the plains alias wat 
fovt-hills. Stout, 2°-3° hi igh; flowers ree 2/-3’ in diameter, white, 
very rarely } yellow.—Hall; Dr. Smith; B. H. Smith; Porter; Coulter. 
ei gts a Vemma 
CORYDALIS AUVREA, L., vat CURVESIZTQUA, Eng.—Common in the 
mountains. Dr. Smith ; B. H. Smith ; Canby ; ’Porter ; Coulter. 
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CRUCIFERZX. 
NASTURTIUM Sidp amity R. Br.—Platte River near Denver, Dr. 
Smith. Golden City, Greene 
. NASTURTIUM srNUATUM, Nutt.—Platte River near Denver, Dr. 
Smith. 
NASTURTIUM OBTUSUM, Nutt.—Hall & Harbour, 32; Porter. Oro 
City, Coulter. ; 
. NASTURTIUM PALUSTRE, D. C.—Dr. Smith; Porter ; Brandegee. Near 
ewan epee SE? ge 
Pe suTA, Scop.—Common ey Arteagts in Colorado. Dr. 
Smiths Sohan ; Petkaee: ; Coulter; Redfie 4 
ARABI 8 DRUMMONDI, Gr.—Very ee ee strict or slender and _ 
"gil ations: glabrous or sueena with a stellate pubescence; pods erect — 
and straight or spreading and arcuate. Dr. Smith; Coulter. 
Var. ALPINA, Watson. A reduced alpine or subalpine fo form with a 
few crowded purple or white flowers; glabrous or stellately pabeaReBee 
cease House ae August, at 11,000 feet altitude, Coulter. 
RABIS RETROFRACTA, Grah.  (Stre; eptanthus angustifolius, Natt.) 
5 Gitte several from one r oot, 12’-18’ high, virgate, branching near the 
] ari 
li ht broader, closely cL eeipatae upper ones small blong- 
lanceolate, smooth, erect; flowers small, , pale red; petals s oblong-oval, 
the limb exserted; ‘sepals short, seit Hall & v7 
bour, 35. baal 
CARDAMINE CORDIFOLIA, Gr. Pl. Fendl., p. 8. Stem 19-3° oe 
erect, simple, from a fibrous, creeping rhizoma, glabrous or pi ose 
bape, cig to the top; leaves all petioled, cordate, sparing 
angular-toothed, ciliate, 2’-4’ in diameter; lowest : 
ordate isih-aéuniinnte ; flowers rather lar 
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ve, Redfield old. 
EH L.—Hall & Harbour, 33. Bear 
_g VBSICARIA STENOPHYLLA, Gr. Pl. Lindh., 2, p. 149. Low 
veral, spreadin 1g form a thick, woody caudex, a span or less high; 
Tinear or linear ity crowded silvery neta | 
