W ATSON—Planis of Bernalillo County 
ing Heart’ of the gardens belong here. 
‘Corpauis, Vent. 
Ours have yellow flowers in racemes, corolla one- 
spurred atthe base. 
Spur of the corolla parety half the length of the 
body, - Cc. AUREA, 
i ail as ese as te ‘hid My the hota. 
- C, CURVISILIQUA. 
©. rene Will D. (Golden ©.) Slender with 
spreading pedicels, spur somewhat  secund, _ terete, 
twisted when dry. Ours belong to the Var occipEnt- 
ALs, Hngelm. Is more erect and stouter, with larger 
flowers, and the spur almost as long as the body, and 
commonly ascending; pods less twisted, mostly incurv- 
ed. Sandia Mts. 
C. Curvisitriqua, Hngeln. Like the preceding but 
flowers rather larger; pods quadrangular. Sandia Mts. 
48. BERBERIDEAE. (Barperry Famitry. 
Shrubs (ours), with sepals and petals usually in two 
rows of three each, alternate leaves. 
Brrperis, L. (Barberry). 
Wood and flowers yellow; 1 to 9 foliate leaves; flow- 
ers in drooping racemes; a pair of glands on the base of 
each of the 6 sepals; stamens will close up towards the 
pistol if touched ; fruit a berry with one or few seeds. 
Low, racemes rather open, - mi \ ial wc aaa 
3 to 6 ft, tall, racemes dense, - - B. FENDLERI. 
B. Nana. A low evergreen shrub, less than 1 ft. high; 
3to 7 leaflets, ovate acute, they look like those of a 
holly only larger. Common especially in the Spruce- 
Acer Soc. of the Sandia Mts. 
B. Frenpueri, Gray. (Tall Barberry.) Branches 
smooth and shinning “as if varnished.” Calyx with 
conspicuous red bracts. Bear Canon below the 7000 ft. 
level. Not as common as the last. 
49. RANUNCULACEAE. Crowroor Famity. 
Herbs, sometimes woody; with few or numerous se- 
pals, petals stamens and pistols (sometimes apetalous) 
all distinct and free, sepals often petal-like; fruit an 
akene, pod or berry; leaves simple or much compound- 
ed, petioles dilated at base. 
Petals broad and conspicuous, seed erect m_ the 
achenes, - - - - (1) RANUNCULUS. 
Petals none, small, or wrregular or spurred; seed hori- 
zontal. 
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