254 Enumeration of Plants of the Rocky Mountains. 



remarkably dwarf and tufted, unpublished species, P. ccespitosus, Nutt,, 

 ■which Dr. Parry has detected the present season, and sent in a letter. 



266. Campanula Langsdorffiana, Fischer,; Trauttv, & Meyer, Fl. 

 Ochot., p. 60. C. heterodoxa, Bong. FI. Sitch., an Vest. ? Probably 

 also C. adscendcns, Vest, as it seems to be more allied, except in the 

 The c 

 / equalling t 

 i toothed. Additional specimens, needed to clear up 



i deeper blue than those of C. rotu7idifolia," far larger thai 



size of the flowers, to C unijlora than to C. rotundifolia. The calyx- 

 lobes are linear-subulate from a broad base, nearly eauallinar the corolla, 

 and more or less toothed. Additional speci 

 the species, it is hoped may be obtained this 



" 5 of Upper Clear Creek. 



a." far lararer than those 



of the B 



267. Campanula uniflora, L. 



268. Campanula rotundifolia, L. ; alpine form, like that of the White 

 Mountains of New Hampshire. 



269. Valeriana dioica, L. ( V. sylvatica, Richards., &c.) 



270. Galium boreale, L. ; a small form. 



271. Gilia spicata, Torr. & Gray, ined. Elaphocera spicata and ^. 

 affine, Nutt. in herb. " Growing, w'ith a deep tap-root, in the deep sandy 

 bottoms of Bijou Creek, east of Denver. Flowers light cream-color or 

 flesh-color; the whole plant exhaling a foetid smell, like bone-filings." ^^ 



272. Phacelia {Eutoca) sericea, Gray, Man. " A handsome subalpine. 



273. Cuscuta cuspidata, Engelm. 



274. Polemonium pulcherrimum, Hook.; with lobes of the corolla 

 rounder. A form of P. pulchellum. " A charming alpine plant, adorn- 

 ing the high slopes with its deep blue, nodding flowers ; whole plant 

 bese^ with resinous glands, exhaling a strong odor of musk." 



275. Polemonium cceruleum, L. "At lower stations." 



276. Polemonium pulchellum, Bunge ; nearly P. Bichardsonii, Hook. 

 & Am. " Growing in shade at the farthest limit of bushy tree growth. 

 Flowers delicate faded blue." The limits of species (if such they be) m 

 this genus are indeterminate. 



277. Jpomoea leptophylla, Torr. Sand hills of the Platte; a charac- 

 teristic plant of the plains. 



278. Entrichium aretioides, DC. Myosotis nana, Torr. in Ann. Lye- 

 N. Y., vix Vill. "Rooting in granitic sand at the highest elevations ot 

 the snowy range ; flowers of the richest cerulean blue." In flower, and 

 with a little of last year's fruit, which, if normal, will distinguish this 

 from the European E. nanum. The corolla is a little smaller. I «"?" 

 pose it to be E. aretioides of Arctic Russian America, &c., the fruit o 

 which is undescribed. This Dr. Hooker regards as an arctic state oi 

 E. villosum. But the mature nutlets of our plant are perfectly smooth, 

 „-j _.,_ J ., . ... liquely t 



Ann. Ly„. ^.„ 



ng to purple." An interesUng 

 ediseovery of one of James's plants. 



280. Collomia linearis, Nutt. 



281. Collomia gracilis, Dougl 



282. Gilia pinnatijida, Nutt. ined. The same as No. 655, Fendler. 



283. Giha {Ipomopsis) aggregata, Spreng. G. pulckella, Dougl- 



