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SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 19 
flowered ; sepals about 8, linear-oblong; petals wanting; fruit pe 
wings broad, diver ging. ~_ Along water-courses among ‘the mountains. 
Dr. “Smith ; oulter. 
NEGUNDO jraembelen Meench.—Caiion City, Brandegee. Along the 
Platte, Coulter. 
ANACARDIACEX. 
KRAUS GLABRA, L.—Golden City, Greene 
RHUS TOXICODENDRON, L. —Grows on of y slopes. Poisonous. Turkey 
sgn apse 
R cA, Ait., var. TRILOBATA, Gr. (R. trilobata Nutt.) A 
much- eahehert shri, 30_G0 high, smooth or with the leaves and young 
branches minutely pubescent; leaves trifoliate, paler beneath, lateral 
leaflets obovate, obtuse, 3-lobed at the apex, or nearly entire ; terminal 
leaflet larger, cuneiform, 3-lobed at the summit, 1/14! in length —Emit- 
ting a heavy, disagreeable odor when bruised. Distinguished from the 
eastern form by its greater size, smaller leaves, and smoother drupes. 
—Dr. Smith; B.H. Smith. Common on the mesas near Colorado Springs, 
Porter. Clear Creek Cation, Coulter. 
POLYGALACEZ. 
POLYGALA VERTICILLATA, L.—Dndley’s Ranch, on Clear Creek, 
Greene 
LEGUM™MINOS &. 
‘With wareatat RUOMBIFOLIA, Nutt. Perennial; stems erect, 8/-12’ 
high, angular, nearly smooth; leaves petioled; leaflets obovate-cunei- 
form, silky- puberulent, at length nearly glabrous ; ; Stipules ovate or cor- 
date, acute, as long as the petioles; flowers yellow, alternate or in 
pairs, lance-oval, jnecier than the pedicels; calyx-short, teeth triangular, 
acute, the upper lip 2-toothed ; legumes elongated, faleate, cettaiode, 
abrous, about 3’ long.— Hall 2 Harbour, 107 anby. 
HERMOP: A ar. MONTAN A, Gr. Somewhat pubescent; 
stems numerous, branched; Nopfiets 1/3! gem ae obtuse ; 
stipules oblong-ovate, exceedin ng the petioles; legum 2/=3' 
Ong, linear- oblong, erect, nearly straight, about 10- pooddd— Middle ele- 
vations in the mountains and on the plains. = ie Four miles from 
Denver on Clear Creek, Coulter. South Park, 
LUPINUS ORNATUS, Dougl. Watson's Rexivon, n Prov. Amer. Acad- 
a 
or less silky, mostly appressed; stipules setaceous;. leatlets 0-1, obD- 
lanceolate or cuneate-oblong; 3’-2’ long, acute or tish; raceme 
3/-8’ long, usually short-peduneled ; “a prea subulate or: ovate; 
pedicels 2-3” long; bractlets setaceous; calyx- lips nearly equal, the 
upper rather shortly toothed or bifid, the lower subentire ; “petals blue 
equal, 5’/-7” long, the banner acutis' sh sub-s ilky on the back, keel aie 
lo: wide. 
wg ovules 5-8; pod 1}/ long, 3-4” 
an. GLADRATUS, Wa tson. " Leaflets glabrous above, cuneate-oblong, 
acutish or obtuse ; flowers nearly white, with a dark purple spot upon 
beg a Renee: Dinca in the: esis of Colorado.”—Hall & Harbour, 
1 THermopsis, R. Br. Like Baptisia (Gray's Manual, p. 142,) but with large, folia-— 
ceous stipules, ge long, flat legumes. a a 
