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SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 103 
the base of the mountains av among the foot-hills.—Colorado Springs) 
Monument Park, and Ute Pass, Pe orter. Clear Creek Canon, Coulter 
ERITRICHIUM JAMESH, Torr., Pyarors ate a, Torr. in Hi: 
long; spikes terminal, numerous; flow ery Short pedicels; calyx 
campanulate, at first sca saeely longer than the t tube of the corolla, butin 
fruit elongated and closed, segments ovate; corolla ochroleucous, tube 
- shorter than the calyx-teeth, spreading limb 2-3" wide, lobes very ob- 
tuse; nutlets 4, similar, depressed, conniving at the top, but epee 
at the sides, very convex and smooth on the back, shining, edges ve 
acute, ventral suture adhering wd the style above the middle.— Hall e 
Harbour, 435. Plains near Denver, Dr, Smith. Colorado Springs, Por 
ter. Pehan City, Brandegee. Hen, Plains of the Platte, Co ulter. 
OSPERMUM DEFLEXUM, Lehm., var., FLORIBUNDUM, Watson. (E. 
foribundion Lehm.) Biennial; stem e rect, 20-40 high ,fistulous, praniebed 
villous with spreading hairs; leaves oblong lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 
ciliate at base, hirsute- pubescent ; racemes erect, spreading, bifid, brac- 
ones with deflexed peel ; ca caly x-lobes ovate, shorter than the bluish 
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r white corolla; nutlets ¢ mpressed, w ith a single marginal row 
barbed prickles which are cdnniatl e at hades Mi e ae Orsa meeps granulate 
or shortly pilose or nearly st Near iver, Dr. Smith. Plains o 
pe riite, vj ‘oulter. We t Mountain Vv alley, antes ( oleae ado Springs, 
Porter. B. H. Smith. 
soa OSPERMUM REepowsKU, Lehm.—Near Denver, Dr. Smith; B.H. 
Smith. Cation City, Brandegee. Abundant on the plains, P, orter; 
ilter. 
HELIorrorium CuRAsSAViIcUM, L.—Hall &@ Harbour, 192. 
HELIOTROPIUM CONVOLVULACEUM, Gr. Canescent with appressed 
Scabrous pubescence, branching from a suffrutescent base, 
Weak and spreadin ng, 6’-9' hi igh; leaves ovate and lance-oy ate, 9-1’ 
long, ciliate on the margins, peti ioles short, about 3” long; flowers 
Scattered along the leafy branches, short- peduncled ; calyx- lobes subu- 
late ; corolla salver- form, tube 3”—4” in length, eee spreading limb 
‘gi! long, somewhat Hin tes d, throat naked; lets 4, Bae ews 
pol aes angled, oblique, hairy, adnate to the ayle —Hall & H¥rbour 
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HY DROPHYLLACE £. 
-Hypropiyitievm Vireiicum, L. Mountains west of Denver, Dr. 
ohcall Cation nant Brandegee. Clear Creek Caiion at 9,000 feet altitude, 
“oulte 
ELLIStA NY wetted. L.—Caiion City, Brandegee. 
Puace1a crrecmagta, Jacq. DC. Prod. 9, p. 298, Perennial, hispi id; 
stems erect or ascending, 6’—20’ high, branching or subsim ple; leav es 
petioled, 1/-~3/ long, simple or pinnate, the leaflet s distinct 0 r the 
uppermost confluent, terminal one much larger, pared to narrow : eiaig 
olate, acute, en or obscurely serrulate, usually strongly nerved, on 
the upper side the tf upyeesaed strigose hairs between the nerves, on ‘the 
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