18 SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLGRADO. 
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RUTACER. 
~ PYELEA ANGUSTIFOLIA, Benth. Distinguished from P. trifoliata, L., 
(Grays Manual, p..110,) by its much smaller and more emarginate 
fruit, and its oblong or lanceolate leaves, pubescent or villous, becom- — 
ing smooth ey ge with age.—Fifteen miles west of Cafion City, 
Porter; Redfield 
VITACER. 
Z ViTIS boamiay are wes rs atlas Hy TR riparia., Gr.) —Cainion City. ; 
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CELASTRINEZ. ; 
=  PAcHYSTIMA! MYRSINITES, Raf. (Oreophila myrtifolia, Nutt.) Stems — 
1°-2° high, densely branched, very leafy; leaves roundish-oval, or . 
oblong, 4-9” long; fl ew ascicled on short peduncles, 
_ $mall, green or brownish, ae always perfect (moncecious, Nut- 
tall.)\—In dense clumps on wooded slopes. Hall & Harbour, 92; Par 
At middle ehescititines dian 
RHAMNACE X. 
.  CEANOTHUS VELU 8, Dougl., var. Laviearus, T. & G. Aden 
y+ branched shrub, ne 209-49 hi gh; leaves round or conoid 
’ long, © rather obtuse, sub- cordate, glandularly crenate-serrate, — 
coriaceous, glabrous and shining above, smooth or very slightly pubes- 7 
cent and strongly 3-ribbed beneath; petioles 4/ in length; panicles — 
axillary, compound, on rather long peduncles; flowers white—Parry. _ 
ape kes’ of aaret Greene. 3 | 
CEAN S FENDLERI, Gr. Shrub, 14° high, widely ae intricately 
eathed: gg Ret ai "bran chlets terete, slender, often spinescent, — 
whitish, puberulent, at length glabrous, smooth ; leaves small, 4/—3/ 
long, oval or elliptic, rine very entire, not glandular, 3- nerved, silky- 
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_ ain Valley, Brandegee. In the mountains, on the road from Denver to 
Idaho Springs, Porter. Sangre de Cristo Range, Redfield. : 
CEANOTHUS OVALIS, Big.—Foot-hills along the Platte, June, Coulter. 
CEANOTHUS OVATUS, Desf., DC. Prod., 2, p.31. (C. Ameria Ly 2 
var. he ain: T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1, p. 264.) Leaves ovate or oval, ser- 
rate 3-nerved, glabrous; thyrsus shortened; fruit serie ae 6. ribbed. 
—Hall & Harbour, 91. This plant we have not seen 
SAPIND 64a a 
_ ACER GLABRUM, Torr. (A. eb gai lsenn te Nutt.) Shrub, Baie high; . 
‘leaves sub-reniform, orbicular outline, 3-lobed or mo susally vat : 
parted; segments short and tivesik aeately incised he gee hed, aonls 
what 3-lobed, middle one cnieates "corymb umbeled, pedimnenlate, fe few. 
1 PACHYSTIMA, Raf. eae and stamens 4, inserted on or below the margin. of n.of the 
broad, flat, quadrangular disk that covers the small pyramidal ovary, pci L adheres to 7 
the throat of the sho rt, oheonie, 4-lobed ealyx. Style very short; sti Ss 
' 2-lobed. Capsule coriaceo , oblong, acute, 2 celled, loculicidally’ 2-valy 
seeded. = inclosed m pe white, membranous, dissected axil.—A low, bra: 
leafy, glabrous shrub, with a short-petioled, mostly serrate, pie otvteh 
-— ba ge Hinrsen: ’ Benth. &§ Hook 
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