W ATSON—Plants of Bernalillo County 
and also the corolla which is 5-lobed to the middle, 
filaments of the stames distinct, 3 to 5 stigmas each 
2-lobed, fruit smooth and fleshy with a hard rind. 
c. ForTIpissiMA. H. B. K. (C. Perenms gray) 
Root very large; leaves thick, triangular-cordate, rough 
and whitish; flowers 3to 4 in. long; fruit globose or 
obovate, 2-3 in. in diameter. ‘“‘colar and size of an 
orange when ripe.” Sparingly along the arroyos of 
the mesa, more abundant along the stream in Tijeras 
Canon and along the acequias of the valley. 
4. VALERIANEAE. (vaLerian FaMILy. ) 
Herbs with opposite leaves and no stipules; flowers 
in panicled or clustered cymes; coherent calyx-tube; 
tubular or funnel form, often irregular, mostly 5-lobed 
corolla. Slender style, 1-3 stigmas. 
VALARIANA. J'ourn. 
Calyx-limb of 5-15 setiform lobes, which are inrolled 
and inconspicuous until fruiting. Stamens 3, roots 
ef peculiar scent. Flowers white or rose-colored. 
v. ovaTa. Rydb. Leaves oval or upper lanceolate, 
usually with a small lobe at the base, 1 to 2 in. long. 
Amiong the rocks high up in the Aspen Soe. of the 
Sandia Mountains. 
5. CAPRIFOLIACEAE. (noneEysucKLr FAMILY. ) 
Shrubs with calyx tube coherent with the 2-5 celled 
ovary, fruit a 1-seeded or more (2 in ours) berry. In 
ours the corolla is tubular. 
syMPHoRICARPOS. Dill. (SNOWBERRY.) 
Low and branching upright shrubs with small short- 
petioled leaves which are downy underneath and entire 
or wavy toothed or lobed on young shoots; white or 
rosy-tinted flowers in axilarry clusters (in ours) short 
persistent calyx-teeth, bell-shaped regularly 4 or 5-lobed 
corolla, a 4-celled ovary but only two of the cells with 
a fertile ovule. 
Ss. ROTUNDIFOLIUs. Gray. Tomentulose, to glabrate 
leaves orbicular to oblong-elliptical, thickish, 1-2 to 3-4 
inches long, corolla elongate campanulate, 1-4 to 1-3 in. 
long, its tube pubescent within, below the stamens, and 
2 to 3 times the length of the broad and short lobes. 
Very common on Rim Rock where it is often the pre- 
dominant plant and quite common lower down. Fruit 
white. 
6. RUBIACEAE. (mapprEr FaMILy.) 
Ours are herbs, ovary 2-4 celled. 
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