No. 480] ALPINE FLORA OF COLORADO 



865 



Rama^culusocreatus Qraena. (Colo. M. alpina [Torrey). (Colo, only.) 



only.) Chionophila jamesii Benth. (Colo. 



Smehivskia lincarilobaRy dh. (Colo. and So. Wyo.) 



only.) Chrysopsis alpicola Rydb. (Colo. 



Erysimum nivale (Greene). and Wyo.) 



Draha chrysantha S. Wats. (Colo. Antennaria sierrce-hlancce Rydb. 



and N. M. only.) (Colo, only.) 



D. streptocarpa grayana Rydb. Artemisia scopulorum A. Gray. 



(Colo, only.) A. monocephala (A. Gray). (Colo. 



D. decumbens Rydb. (Colo, only.) only.) 



Leptaseachrysa7itha A.Gray. (Colo. .4. saxicola Rydb. (Colo, and 



and N. M.) Wyo.) 

 Oreoxis humilis Raf. Senedo soldanella A. Gray. (Colo. 



Phlox condensata (A. Gray) . (Colo. only.) 



and N. M.) S. petrocallis Greene. (Colo, only.) 



Polemonium speciosum Rydb. S. porteri Greene. (Colo, only.) 



Eritrichium argenteum Wight. Carduus hesperius (E&stw.). (Colo. 



Mertensia bakeri Greene. (Colo. only.) 



only.) 



Of all these, certainly the most remarkable is the Chionophila. 

 The large number of endemic alpine species is especially note- 

 worthy. The earliest name for the dwarf alpine Erysimum is 

 K. asprnnn nainnn CkW., iXaturr Xotr.s, 1891, p. 15). Above 

 titiilxT line on tlic Tnicli;is I'caks of northern New Mexico is 

 anotlHM- <Mi(lcnii,- M(M-t("nsi;,, .1/. nr/rsfina Nels. & Ckll. 

 (/>) SjH>cic.s o-oiiifr below I 1 ,000 feet (78 species) :— 



Poa reflexa Y. & S. Saxi/raga debilis Engelni. 



P. Patterson a \'a.sey. (Colo., Ariz.) S. simulata Small. 



P. cpilis Scrlbn. Spatidarui vrcelandii Small. 



TrifoUum nanum Torrey. 

 r. dasyphyUum Torrey. (Down to 



only.) 7000.) 



Juncus parryi Engelin. T. parriji A. (iray. 

 Salix pseudolappon 

 ordy.) 



S. saximontana Rydb. Epilolii 



ClayUmia megarrhiza Parry. Oreoxis 



Alsine bakalensis C\)ville (to Asia?) Anui lin 



Clementsia rhodantha (A. Gray). S... V 



Rhodiola polygama Rydb. (Colo.. I'mn.h 



