SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 49 
CEREUS PH@NICEUS, Eng. Syn. l.c., p.28. Heads 2/-3' high, 
2’ thick, generally forming dense hemispherical masses 1° or more in 
diameter, ovate or subglobose, 9-11 ribbed; areole pe mete a 
somewhat crowded; spines storia te Straight, radial ones 3-12, t 
per ones a little shorter, Bnseeicrti s 1-3, ‘bu Ibo ous at baie. mse Pa a 
little stronger, 5-10” lor g lores 0 ab longest ; stamens shorter 2 
the petals; stigmas 6-8 Gan n City, Brandegee ; 3; Greene 
CEREUS CONOIDEUS, Eng. € Big. P. RB. &., vol. 4, p. 35. Heans 
3/4! nig few from one base, of unequal height, ovate, acutish tow rel 
the apex, ‘conoid, 9-11 ribbed; radial spines 10-12, s slender, rigid; uppe 
ones 2-5” long, lateral ones 6-15"; ; upper central spines hardly lor iged 
than the lateral ones, wha one 1’-3! lon g, angular and often compressed. 
—Caiion City, Br mr 
CEREUS PAUCISP Eng. Syn. l. . 29. Stem 5/-9 high, 
2’—3/ in diameter, arate fe ‘lindrical, sparingly beand hing or simple, 5-7 
bed; areolz re remote; spines strong, 9-16” long, dark colored, radial 
3-6, central wanting or rare, stout, subangled. —Cartion City, Brandegee. 
od 
Op PUNTIA CAwinent , Eng. & Big. Syn. 1. Large, 
prostrate, extensively spreading, joints ascending, 6/-7’ long, subor- 
biculate; pulville remote, numerous, armed; sete straw-colored or 
brownish, few; spines 1-3, compressed, brownish, paler at the apex, 
14/-3! long, upper ones elongated, suberect, the others deflexed ; berry 
large, j Juicy, ovate, w ape A en seeds 2/3” in diameter, a angled, 
deeply notched at the hilum.—Caii n City, Brandegee. 
OPUNTIA RAF Ponisi Eng. “Sh yn. L c., p. 39. Very variable. 
—Caion City, Brandegee 
OPUNTIA MISSOURIENSIS, DC. Eng. Syn. l. ¢., p. 43. Gray's Manual, 
p. 185. Presenting a great variety of forms.—Caiion City, Brandegee. 
Foot-hills near Denver, Coulter. Colorado PRET Ey) Porter. Frequentin 
broad patches on ~ a and in the mountai 
PUNTIA ARBORESCENS, Eng. Syn. I. c., p. 51. Arborescent; 
5°-6° high, (but further south 10°-20° or more;) branches numerous, 
taherales <i horizontal, or epnreoy joints verticillate, cylindrical ; 
y ee 
lar—The tr port ion of the ems, deprived of the pa aren 
chyma, 
often manufactured into canes. ped oy along t tha ner a east of 
the mountains, Porter. Caiion City, Brandegee. 
CUCURBITACE. 
CUCURBITA PERENNIS, Gr. Pl. Lindh. Pt. 2,p.193. Root fleshy, very 
large, 6/-3° thick, fusiform, yellow inside ; stems trailing on the gronnd ; 
leaves strigose-can escent, cordate-ovate or triangular, narrow 
undivid or subsinuate-repand, m argin denticulate; lobes of the 
calyx ibulate, equal to the tube ; fruit globose, yellow, "9-3 in diam 
ter.—Plains and prairies east of He — o Porter. Near Cation 
Redfield. 
City, Brandegee ; 
ECHINOCYSTIS LOBATA, T. & G. Ghats Manual, p. 187.—Near Den- 
ver, Dr. Smith. 
UMBELLIFER. 
‘CrcuTa MACULATA, L.—Plains of the Platte, June, Coulter 
Mx.—Westo 
. 11,000 feet nitude, dow Coulter 
ae tne 
ston’s Pass and White House Mountain at 
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