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SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 117 
CHENOPODIUM ee Watson. King’s Rep., vol. 5, p. 287. 
More or less farinose, 6/-3° hi igh, diffusely branched; leaves ablong, 
ovate or broadly ‘rlaneatan, mostly hastate, abruptly. attenuate into : 2 
slender petiole; pani icle loose and spreading, with short bractlets; 
Eeanchlets very slender; calyx-lobes carinate-cucullate; seed horizonta 1, 
smooth ands ane ado Springs, Porter. stagey ara Brandegee. 
CHENOPODIUM H t, L.—Hall & Harbour, ‘* Low mount- 
ains” Ute Pass, Porn, ae Denver, Dr. Smith. Ti in Lakes, Coulter 
i aula GLAUCUM, L.—Near Denver, Dr. Smith, C 
BLITUM CAPITATUM, L.—Near Denver, Dr. Smith: B. AH. Smith. "Col: 
ero § Springs Porter. Nghe Lakes Mount La Plata, and Oro City, 
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MONOLEPIS! CHENOPO q. DC. Prod., 13, 2d pt., p. 85. (Blitum 
Dtalticnuie, hk. & 8.) Glabr rous, or ie anced glaucous and fari rinose'; 
stems ascending or decumbent 3/12 high, bra anched ; leaves 3/-2/ long, 
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attenuate into t etiole and hastate at base, the lobes acute an 
tire or the middle one laciniate-toothed; flowers in rather dense clusters 
in the axils, often reddish, the sepals lance. elliptic, obtuse, sometimes 
abortive; seed rather ac ey margined, minutely tuber culate and not 
shining, $/ in dbisdeton—< Hil ite Harhow, 436. Colorado Springs, Porter. 
‘Near Denver and Twin Lakes, Coulter. j ER 
"iio PATULA, L.—Caiion City, Broapee. Pueblo, 1873, Greene. 
ORISPERMUM HYSSOPIFOLIUM, L.—Caiion City, Brandegee. Near 
Boenven Dr. Smith. Colorado Springs, Porter. 
OBIONE? ¢ ‘ANESCENS, Moq. DOC. Prod.,13,2d pt., p.112. Shrubby, 1°-5° 
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high, hoary-canescent and pulverulent, unarmed, branches usually erect 
and virgate ; leaves sessile, oblong or linear -oblong, narrowed at base, 
obtuse or a acutish, occasionally emarginate, entire, 1/-24/ long and 2-4” 
; Wide, (sometim mes smaller and ovate or obovate ;) flowers dicecious, the 
Staminate in dense clusters at the extremities of the branchlets, the pis- 
uit 2-3” lon ub 
tillate clusters less crowded, axillary; fruit 2-3” long, hoa scent, 
ssile or short-pedicelled, wingless or broadly w by the more or 
less dilated margins of the variously too bracts.—Hall & Harbour, 
. ecg br on £ Denver and Colorado Springs, Porter. 
ONE ARGENTEA, ) De. Prod., 13, 2d pt., p.115. Annual and 
Kirton 6 15 hi oh sraehing from the penne the branches ascending. 
densely inealy- esconant, especially when ng; leaves rather thie! 
and fleshy, §/-2/ long, usually hastate or deleosdea sometimes theiaboidal 
OF ovoid, ‘attenuate into the short petiole, obtuse or acutish, entire or 
_ Xarely nae toothed; flowers moneecious, in sessile meres clusters 
aches ; staminate clusters small; “aged somewhat 
se, dilated and herbaceous sole ei 
aida, vat sides aay one ak and Gani wise: saree! or less _ 
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Flowers polyigamons, is ene tless; calyx of a single scale-like 
intext: witout appendages. men I, inserted ey the “receptacle. Disk 
one. oom 2, itoim, s mewhat united at base, stigmatic on the 
i rongly compressed let a naked, rather aiick, ¢ subadherent to the 
Tooke crustaceous, ile. oannular, surrounding 
e infe for Anni oe, with alternate petioled 
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illate af boa steko ¢ datae and 2 bapa Pi bracts 
oom and hardened or corky; radicle superior; 
wi ca se ot or titioas | herbs or undessir with mostly 
te saline or sinuate-dentate leaves. Moguin in DC. Pro on 
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