SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 133 
SPIRANTHES ROMANZOFFIANA, Cham.—Hall & Harbour, 53 9; Canby; 
Hoopes. Wet Mountain Valley, te Meehan. Horse Shoe Moun- 
tain, at 11,000 feet altitude, Coulte. a 
LISTERA CORDATA, R. Br.—W ae of Denver, Grane: 
OREALI glprtecg —Hall & Harbour, 537. South Park ; Wet 
Mountain Valley, De 
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- CORALLORHIZA MULTIFLORA, Nutt.—Green Horn Mountains, Greene 
CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM, Salisb Wet Mountain Valley, Bran- 
degee. 
CYPRIPEDIUM pe crinag ie Willd.—Foot-hills near the Platte, west 
of Denver, Coulte 
AMARYLLIDACEX. 
HYPoxys JUNCEA, Smith. Sparingly hairy; leaves filiform; scapes 
1-3, filiform, 1-2 flo wered; bracts bristle-like, shorter than the — 
pedicels, divisions of the perianth oblong, the three exterior ones green 
ish and hairy without; partitions of the | capsule vanishing at maturity; 
seeds black, minutely pitted. Scape 4/-9/ long, at length procumbent, 
Flowers 9-12” wide.—Grape Creek, Brandeg wee. 
IRIDACEZ. 
wand TENAX, Doug].?—Dr. Smith; Brandegee; Hall & Harbour, 542. 
SISYRINCHIUM BERMUDIANA, L.—Colorado Springs, Porter. Bear 
Recck., Coulter. 
SMILACE. 
SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA, L.—Colorado Springs, Porter. 
LILIACEX. 
ZYGADENUS GLAUCUS, Nutt.—Hall & Harbour, 550; Canby; Porter 
Mount La east, at 11,000 feet altitude, and Mount Lincoln, at 13 000 
feet, Coulte 
ZYGADEN NUS NurraLu, Gr. (Amianthium Nuttallii, Gray. Var. a. 
Ann. N. Y. Lye., 4, 12s) Bulb tunicated; stem 8/-20’ high, slender, with 
the ea alakaaiet na rowly-linear bracteiform leaves, which are semi- 
mplexica ul ¢ or the eta slightly sheathing; lower leaves 2/4” wide, 
folded. carinate, usually shorter than the stem, rough on the margin; 
raceme si mple, usually very short, 1/~3’ long, rarely 10’; flow wers 
crowded, bracteate, on slender, elongated ag NE loan bracts usually 
foliaceous, the upper membranous; sepals “_3" long, ovate-ellipti- 
cal, very obtuse, abruptly narrowed, and slightly glandular 2 
ovary-cells 12-14 ovuled; capsule obloug-ovate, 6 6” long; seeds 24” long, 
oblong.— Hall d: Harbour, 5. Wet Mountain Valley, Brandegee. Clear 
Creek Caiion, Coulter 
~ otc AMPLEXIFOLIUS, DC.—Hall & Harbour, 543. Bear 
: Creek, Coulter “3 aa 
: } cosa, T var. AMPLEXICAULIS, Watson. King’s 
Sut actva rac "eneplé Nutt. Jour. Acad., Phil. 7, p. 58.) 
Style at least half as long as the ovary and equaling the stamens. 
tinguished at once from the Asia form by its less acuminate sessile 
_ leaves and longer style and Hlaments Wet Meantow Valley, Brandegee. 
Along the Platte, near Denver. 
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