34 SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 
and calyx arpa oe: pubescent; calyx-segments ovate, spreading ; 
pels hirsute.—Abundant in mountain ravine8S at middle elev: ational 
Wolke Hashaor, 149; Parry; Canby; B. H. Smith; Meehan. Ute Pass, 
Coulter. 
Rubus NutKanus, Mog.—Rare, Parry. Near Long’s Peak, Coulter. 
(BUS DELICIOSUS, Torr. Ann. N. Y. Lye., 2, p. 196. Shrub, 3°-4° 
high, branched; bran nehes, young leaves and calyx tomentose. pubes- 
cent vi puberale nt, not glandu ular; leaves reniform-orbicular , Tugose, 
14/-2' meter, more or less 3-5 lobed, finely serrate -toothe 
stipnles eta noc persistent ; peduncle 1-7 flowered ; flowers 
2’ in diameter ; sepals oval-oblong, with a dilated acumination, shorter 
‘than the oblong, Ww fas ~potatles fruit large, wat it purplish, flavor not 
agreeable to the human palate, but prized by bears.—Hall & Harbour, 
163; Parry, 210. Chiann Cafion and Glen Eyrie, Pavter. Clear Creek 
Caiion, Coulter. 
ot at TRIFLORUS, Richards.—Hall & Harbour, 164. Bear Creek, 
Coult 
rons Sede Michx.—Near Denver, Dr. Smith. Chiann Cation, 
Porte 
PURSHIA! TRIDENTATA, DC.—Shrub, 2°-4° high; stipules minute; 
eaves ee long; calyx- lobes ovate, obtuse; petals obovate, exceed- 
ing the calyx, 3”—5” long; fruit 6” long, tardily dehiscent, 2-valved.—Rare. 
Parry; 3 Meehan. Mountain of the Holy Cross, Coulter. | 
CERCOCARE PARVIFOLIUS, Nutt. Shrub 2°-10° high, branching 
from the grou nd; leaves 6-8” long, cuneiform-obovate, silky-pubes- j 
cent or nearly glabrous se tomentose-canescent beneath, serrately- 
toothed towards the apex, strongly nerved; flowers solitary or 2-4 | 
together on slender a i i ; calyx-tube oe 4’ in length; tail of 
the fruit 4” long, densely plumo se.—Hall & Harbour, 165; Dr. Smith ; 
BL. H. Smith. At the base of the foot-hills and extending into the mount- 
ains, Porter. 
ee Ce Ell so L.—Colorado Springs, Redfield. 
— DRYAS ocT , L. Low, suffrutescent; leaves oblong- phe 
deanery: apente toothed obtuse at each end, clothed with a white 
mentum beneath, the veins prominent, the margins DtAniaeat pret 
adnate to the petiole; peduncles terminal, L-flowered ; sepals linear ; 
flowers white or yellowish. Alpine—Hall & Harbour, 153 ; ; Hoopes. 
ursHtA, DC, Calyx eo tubular - a ae imbricately 5- lobed. 
Pets als wh ite, unguiculate. Stamens 10-25, i 8, with free filiform filaments 
and large ant ers. $ 1-2, say ; style Aue ered persistent, stigmatose at the 
op and on one side ; ovule solitary, cg ‘ruit coriaceous, ovate-oblong, pubes 
sessile, exceeding the calyx. in with a meml cory double — the two coatin 
separated th mares © ot deep purple, intensely bitter: dary peed emir fe 
eee _ obovate ; jicle inferior. ae “‘ittoseld benched. leafy shrub, 
d somewhat. landidacoutheotes upon the leaves, calyx, and fruit leaves 
small, alternate me 7 ss sub-cu sae 3-cleft, the lobes short linear revo- 
lute margins, can ath; flowers yellow, subsessil e, solitary, axillesy and ter- - 
8 n in CL ings Rep., Vol “Y. 
? Cercocarpvus, H. B. K. Calyx-tube persistent, cylindrical, ae and ence 
terete ; eee of se heiuispherie d pecitaces limb 5, small, valva Petals none. Sta-- 
mens 15-25, in ated on the limb of the calyx with short tec ineusved 
tilaments, and ei ane ccnliaanaink Ovary solitary, with a single sub-erect ovule; 
style filiform, villous. Achenium linear-oblong, coriaceous, included in the calyx, eau- 
date with the passant: lone plumose style; seed linear, with a membranous testa, 
: Menges cotyledons, and inferior radicle.—Shrubs or trees, with alternate > simple 
leaves and axillary or terminal flowers. Benth. § Hook. 
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