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2. OF, PINNATIFIDA, Nutt. Stem decumbent at base 
and diffusely branched or subsimple and erect, 3 
to 12 inches high, conescently puberulent or sub-hir- 
sute, leaves oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 1 to 3 in. 
long, mostly deeply sinuate-pinnatifid or entire; calyx- 
tips not free, the throat naked; seeds oval, not angled, 
finely pitted. Campus Uni, N. M. Mesa generally. 
3. ALBICAULIS, Nutt. Stems erect 6 in. to 3 ft. or 
more high, white and often shreddy; glabrous or pu- 
berlent; leaves line ar to oblong-lanceolate, 1 to 3 in. 
long sessile or attenuate at base or abruptly petioled, 
entire or repand-denticulate, or  sinnate-pinnatifid 
towards the base; calyx tips free. Sandy field near 
Barelas bridge. 
4, oF. coronoPiIFOLiA, Torr and Gray. Stems erect, 
branched 6 to 18 in. high; canescently puberulent, of- 
ten more or less hispid; le aves narrowly oblanceolate, 
1 to 2 in. long, sinuately pinnatefid or more usually 
pectinate-pinnatifid, the linear segments as broad as 
the rhachis; calyx-tips short, free; seeds ovate, angled, 
tuberculate. Bear Canon. 
5. of. caEsprrosa, Nutt. (‘“Primrose.”) Capsule 
ribbed, often doubly crested on the angles; calyx-tube 
2 to 7 in. long; petals 3-4 to 1 3-4 in. long, white or 
rose-color. Common on the mesa in spring. 
3. GAURA, L. 
Herbs, with mostly sessile leaves, white or rose-col- 
ored flowers in spikes or racemes and obconical desidu- 
ous calyx-tube, much prolonged beyond the ovary and 
with 4 reflexed lobes, clawed petals, mostly 8 stamens 
with a small seale-like appendage before the base of 
each filament. 
G. PARVIFLORA, Dougl. (Small-flowered G. Tall G.) 
Soft villous and puberulent, 2 to 6 ft. tall; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, repand-denticulate, soft pubescent; 
spikes dense; fruit oblong-clavate, narrowed at both 
ends, 4-nerved, obtusely angled above, 1-4 to 1-3 in. 
long. In alkali soil along the valley. 
a. coccinEA, Nutt. Canescent, puberulent or glab- 
rate, very le afy, 6 to 12 in. high; leaves lanceolate, 
linear-oblong or linear, repand-denticulate or entire; 
flowers in simple spikes, rose-color, turning to scarlet; 
fruit terete below, 4-sided and broader above 1-6 to 1-4 
in. long. Common on the mesa especially in late spring 
and early summer. 
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