SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 115 
mostly corymbose at the summit; lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, upper 
ones linear- lanceolate,. be entire, very rarely 2- toothed and min utely 
scabrous as well as the stems; lobe es of the small corolla 3/4! long, 
In adly obovate, noni exceeding the 7-10 setaceous divisions of the 
ier fructiferous calyx not exceeding the carpels. sed ear Pueblo, Greene. 
NYCTAGINACEE. 
MIRABILIS! es, Gr. (Quamoelidion oxrybaphoides, Gr. Sill. 
Jour., 2d. 8., 15, p. 320.) Stems Thoehatbant, diffuse, slender; leaves all 
deeply sere on rather long g petioles, lowest reniform, upper ones acumi- 
hate, often 2 uban gled; inv olucre 3 5-flowered, deeply 6. -cleft, very viscid- 
glandular as well the peduncles in the loose panicle, lobes ovate, 
eee wishes a little shorter than the campanulate per Ser sta- 
Inens 3; fruit subglobose-obovoid, glabrous, destitute Oe ribs or angles, 
blackish. —Canon City, eee egee Waaisites jr y Yr eke — Mays bo 
nade MULTIFL RA, Gr. ( Osybag hus snaitletoin us, Torr. in Ann. N. 
» p. 237; Ouamoptidion multiflorum, Torr. Sill. Jour. le, eek 
Phiverslent and minutely pu ubescent; stems subquadrangular, 
widely branched, with sidayeod joints; leaves Pian broadly dunaaes 
acute or aci minate ; petioles 4-6” an flowers rents wes ‘terminal; 
involuere campanuiate, 1 jc ig, pedunculate, segments ovate, ac ute; 
owers 4-7; perianth fumnel-form, 13/-2 oy long etree’ Soba. lobes 
‘ acuminate, purple; stamen ene -6, as long as the perianth; an thers large, 
yello aa fruit smooth,—Can lity, Brandegee. iG 
OXYRAPHUS Po a Sweet.—Hall & Harbour, 483 Golden 
City, Dr. Smith. ee Porter. Canon City, Brandegee. 
Var. CERVANTESH, Gr. (0. Cervantesii, Lag.) Bot. Mex. Bound. Surv., 
.174, Branches and inv qollenes viscid-pubescent or villous; leaves much 
; noma obtuse, and cordate or sub-cordate at base,—Caiion City, Bran- 
egee 
Var. OBLONGIFOLIUS,Gr. Bot. l. ¢., p. 174. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or 
oblong, “thick, not cordate at base, anes 2’ long; panicles terminal, laxly 
many-Hlowered, expanded ; stems 20-4° high. = Cherry Creel, near Den- 
ver, Dr. Smith. Cation City, Brandegee. 
: Piper nt HIRSUTUS, Sweet. DC. Prod., 13, 2, p. 433. Very densely 
pilose with long, spreading, articulated hairs ; leaves sessile, ovate, 
angalate, dentate or repand; involuere pubescent- ee nn 
n, Port Wet Mountain Valley, Brandegee. cob ge 
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; Sercasiecs ANGUSTIFOLIUS, wast: Stem alas ee 
Slender, 1°-6° high; leaves glabrous, linear, auras , elongated, 2/4’ 
long, thick, glaucous ; flowers loosely panic icled; pedun neles and involuere 
pu scent; pave og with 5 triangular, ovat e, acumi 
, becoming 5” long in fruit; perianth short, sub-campanula ulate 
rotate. funnel. at searcely exceeding the involucre, white or pial, the 
= limb 1 13” long; stamens exserte d; fruit h oary-pubescent, 24’ long.—Hall 
. + Harbour, 482. Denverfand Colorado Syrimes fo ton Caiton anys 
ndegee. ’ Dr. Smith ; Bo H. Smith. 
3 ! MIR. L. Involucre herbaceous, scarcely changed in fruit, calyx-like, of 
ag leaves, pee 1-2- al ered. Calyx t cheney er more or less broadly funnel- 
rowsted: termin inal pr oats gat 
ways 5, united within the persistent has of the calyx. 
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