SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 95 
eyery leaf, solitary, slender, mostly longer than the leaves; aclyx ovate, 
5-angled, with very short, subequal teeth, becoming much ‘dilated; cor- 
olla yellow, 3/4” long, twice longer th 1an the calyx.—Hall & Harbour, 
gee 
Mint IMULUS RUBELLUS, Gr. Bot. Mex. Bound., p.116. Annual, dwarf, §/-3! 
high, glabrous or viscid-puberulent; stem erect, simple or much br anched ; 
leaves 2/6” long, obovate or spatulate, narrowly ob sis or la neeolate 
or Hitiear, 3-5 nerved, mostly entire, sessile side narrowed at 0 
the lower short-petioled, about equaling the pedtmishe: calyx oblong, 
1-2” long, becoming somewhat dilated, the mouth squarely truncate, 
with short equal teeth; corolla yellow, red or purple, small and scarcely 
exserted or 2-3 thas longer than thee raly x and the dilated limb.—‘Sub- 
alpine; scarce.” Hall & Harbour, 401 
GRATIOLA VIRGINIANA, L.—Platte Rives: Coul 
LIMOSELLA AQUATICA, L.—“ Low mountains,” Hall & Harbour, 80; 
Brandegee ; Canby. 
SYNTHYRIS PLANTAGINEA, Benth. DC. Prod., 10, p. 455. Woolly- -pu- 
bescent, rooney smooth ; - radical leaves oblong, crenate, thick, coria- 
ceous, 3/6! long, 2/-335! broad, abruptly narrowed at base and somewhat 
decurrent on the pi Oo petioles ! 2’-3/ long, somewhat pilose on the 
Veins and ribs; scape 6/-12/ high, furnished with numerous oblong or 
orbicular, nearly sessile bracts; flowers in a long, dense spike, in fruit 
6 in len gth; fruit scarcely exceeding the round, ovate, persistent bracts. 
—Hall & Harbour, 405; Canby. Chiann Cation, Ute Pass, and South Park, 
Porter. Este’s Park; Coulter. At lower elevations. 
: SYNTHYRIS ALPINA, Gr. Sill. Jour., (N. S.,) 33, p. 125. Somewhat 
4 woolly, becoming smooth ; radicz - eaves elliptic or oval, sometimes 
___ Subcordate, closely crenate, 1/2’, on slender petioles; scape 2/6’ high, 
leafy-bracted; spike short, dense, in iter 9-12” long; sepals lanceo- 
late, villous on the outside toward the edge with long hairs as well as the 
racts; coroHa 2-parted, upper lip very broad, erose, lower much 
: Smaller, 2-3- -parted, lobes narrow, purplish- blue ; stigma capitate ; sta- 
hens exsert.—High alpine—Parry, 255. Gray’s Peak, Dr. Smith; Mee- 
: han. rene Lakes, at 13,000 feet altitude, Coulter. Redfield. 
VERONICA AMERICANA, Schwein.—Hall & Harbour, 408; Dr. Smith ; 
Pr mir; Meehan ter 
NICA ne INA, = —Hall & Har poe ae Meehan; Brandegee. 
tenn Lineoli: at 14,000 feet altitude, Cou 
‘ VERONICA SHRPYLLIFOLIA, L.— Hall € Harbor, 406; Meehan. Clear 
i Creek Cation, at 9,000 feet altitude, Coulter 
VERONICA. PEREGRINA, L. Pek Park, Coulter. 
GERARDIA TENUIFOLIA, Vahl. Branches slender, erect, strict, 
ero de -—Near Denver, Dr. Smith. Clear Creek, below Golden City, 
Sn 
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oLiA, Benth. DC. Prod.,10,p. 532. Gray's Rev. 
Pea »(N. S.,) 34, p. 335. Very glabrous, smooth o: r loosely woolly-pu- 
bescent above; stems 2°-4° high from a woody base, simple or branched, 
Somewhat glaucous, shining, Paes pubescent throughout; leaves 1 e 
long, occasionally 3/4” broad, 1l-nerved or more or less 3-nerved at 
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d andacute; spike interrupted; flowers ame or on 
t peduncles ;. calyx ineurved, 4/-1' toms deeply cleft anteriorly, sub- 
400, Upper Arkansas, Porter. Grand Cation of the Arkansas, Brande. 
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