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SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORALO. bs 
rather large, blue; pod oblong, somewhat faleate, hairy, the ventral sep- 
tum extending t to the dorsal suture, 6-8-seeded.—Norther — 
on the authority of Nuttall. The chara obers of the fruit are ms m 
specimens collected by Mr. Coulter in 1872 on Henry’s Fork of ans 
River. 
Oxy PIS SPLENDENS, Dougl. Acaulescent, silvery, silky-villous 
ihaiinistcont, 6’-12’ high; leaflets. somewhat verticillate, 3-6 together, 
very numerous, ‘lanceola te, very acute, usually 5-10” long; flowers 
in an oblong spike, erect, spreading, usually deep ene a ex- 
ceeding the leaves; flowers na much surpassing the x; pod ovate, 
erect.— Hall & Harbour, 135; Parry; Canby; Por ves ; A Sey St. 
Vrain pea ee — Pa rk, Coulter, 
XY¥TROPIS DEFLEXA, DC. Cat ileseent or subacaulescent ; more or 
less silky- valley ieee ascending, 6-9 long, leatiets ovate- -lanceo- 
late, 14-17 pa irs; peduncles very much elongated, scape-like; upper 
stipules, at least, adnate at the base, large, lanceolate, acuminate; flowers 
bright blue, about ini —— rather small, with a short calyx- tube, spread- 
bescent, usually féficabds- Meade elevations. Hall & Ha arbour, 12 
Parry, 433; Canby; Meehan. South Park, Porter; Brandegee. eral 
— and Sierra Madre Range, Cor “ps er. 
Var. (?) Villous with spreading s, dwarf, acaulescent; leaves, in- 
finding the ee Ads angie in geen 11 gaan ovate, ou _3it long ; 
peduncles 2’ long; flowers 6-8, capitate; fruit not seen—Horse Shoe 
Mountains, at 11 000 feet anleokk Coulter 
SopHoRa! SERICEA, Pursh. Herbaceous, low, 6’-12’ high, mo 
less silky-canescent; stem s ascending or decumbent, branching tose the 
base; leaflets about 21, elliptie or eeaval, 2”-3" long ; mere 
terminal short, at first’ coer? —— mene the oe short, pie 
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Shale ie eo & Harbour, 146; hee Smith. Abundant on the plains 
around Denver, Porter. Ute Pass and Clear Creek Caiion, Coulter. 
Lower branches elongated and ay exceeding the fruiting racemes. 
ee ee, Redfield. 
GLyc A LEPIDOTA, — spec bscoahiaiite 147; B. H. Smith; 
Porter. Plats of the a Cou 
HEDYsARUM MACKENZUH, Ric < aa Stems 2° high, sub-erect, mi- 
nutely puhesenne sit Bawls a my seacan ens stipules, at least the lower ones, 
connate; leaflets 5-8 (usually 5) pairs, canescently pubescent, oblong 
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or eee nearly glabrous above; racemes — Berke et 
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degee. Sierra Madre oe Coulter. 
‘Sopnora, Linn. Calyx broadly-campanulate, obliqnely | oe or somewhat 5- 
toothed at the summit, often somewhat turbinate or obconic + the base. Vexillum 
bovate or roundish, about the cy an of the other petals; keel itone;menzty straight, 
his petals somewhat united below the apex. Ovary nearly sessile, linear; ovules 
humerous ; a style — rogue a oF ineury stigma minute. Legume moniliform, 
aes , (dry o fleshy,) inged. Hallie le usually inflexed or ineurv 
rees, aoe or sometimes he narpasenes Ss ica leaves. ed 08 
ulate or or none. mes axillary or terminal, sometimes panict eulate. Brae 
. late, minute, niin eeeaee: rt 6. Fil. 5am 
