SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 33 
HOFFMANSEGGIA! JAMEsH, T. & G. Fl. N. Am., p. 393. Canescently- 
pubescent ; low, much branched from a shrubby ’ base ; stipul s subu- 
late, entire ; -pinne 5, abruptly 10-16 foliolate; leafle ts oval, obtuse at 
both ends, nearly glabrous above; racemes ‘elongated, opposite the 
leaves ; flowers nodding or reflex ee rather large; calyx a little oblique, 
the four upper segments lanoeolate, es all membranaceous, at length 
deciduous from the persistent base; petals not glandular at the base, 
the upper one smallest, marked with reddish spots; filaments declined, 
hairy below, all fertile ; style subulate, dilated above and somewhat 
gibbous at the apex; legumes about 1’ long, broadly oblong, more or 
less lunate, scabrous, flat, 2-3-seeded, sprinkled, as well as the leaves, 
ea and petals, with sessile black glands.—On the plains of Easteru 
Colorado, Dr. Bell. 
OFFMANSEGGIA DREPANOCARPA, Gr. Pl. Wright., 1, p. 58. Mi- 
ethotd cinereous-puberulent, wholly ba a of glands 3 prs nu- 
erous, 1’-8/ high, springing from a thick, po oe root 6’/-8’ deep; 
sipalse and bracts ovate- acute, caducons ; pinne 3-5 pairs, besides 
the as one; leaflets 7-10 pairs, about 3” see crowded, subfal- 
cate, nerveless ; racemes loose- flowered, elongated, on long, slender, 
axillary peduncles; calyx 3” long, persistent, its divisions oblong-lan- 
ceolate, obtuse or acutish ; nee beg a little lo onger than the See 
broadly obovate, ver. obtu arly alike, without claws, ua nd 
glabrous ; filaments equal, “aritheiorain villous-barbate below the 
middle ; ovary s eae pod broad-linear or oblong, very obtuse at each 
end, strongly faleate, flat, 14/-2’ long, following the strong curvatnre, 
35! wide, of exactly the same width throughout, glabrous or minutely 
puberulent under a lens, 9 -10-seeded ; valves chartaceous, finely reticu- 
lated, transversely impressed between the,seeds.—Canion City, Brundegee. 
Cassia CHAMACRISTA, L.—Near Denver, Porter. 
SCHRANKIA UNCINATA, Willd.—On the plains, Porter. 
ROSACEX. 
PRUNUS AMERICANA, Marsh.—Near Denver, Dr. Smith. 
PRUNUS CHICASA, Me ?—Cafion City, Brandegee 
el aa enc L.—Hall & Harbour, 148; Porter. 
PRuNUS VI A, L.—Hall & Harbour ; ok sont B; i — 
Sonth. Park aia ‘Mountain of the Holy Cross, Coulte: one 
ape OPULIFOLIA, L.—Meehan. Platte River, ‘Dik 
Var. PARVIFOLIA, Gr. Much smaller in all its parts. sea & Har- 
bour, 150; oberg ge 
Sp puMosa, Nutt. (S. ibn we Smith, var. discolor, T. & G.) A 
branching shrub, (be: high; leaves broadly 0 ovate, cuneate and 
petioled, obtuse, sublobate and dentate , searcely mucronate, paler and 
sericeous beneath, smoother or nearly. glabrous above, 619! long 
oWwers numerous, in more or less branched terminal panicles; “ae 
concave, one re 0 m often glandular at base. oe ery aments mostl: 
Y or glandular, and thickened or dilated towards the base, nearly equal; an 
oval, nearly m. yle as as the sta thie Ww. the 
long or linear, faleate, comp: , 2-valved, 2-10-seeded. 
erbs, or suffrutescent plants, often dotted with b black glands. Leaves 
_ —Low, pere: her rs 
abruptly or or noquaay bipinnate.. Racemes oepoaiie the leaves; flowers yellow. Glands 
either sessile or pedicellate. 
T. § G. Fl. N. Am. 
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