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PuRSHiA tride^;tata, DC. Two to 5 (cxce])tioual]y 10) feet : Rocky Mouutain 

 region (and from Arizona to Southern Taliforuia): spreading, mucli- 

 branclied, Avitli gray or brown bark; youDg branches hairy ; leavoss/na?^, 

 crowded, wedge-shaped, 3- to 5-lobtd, w hite-wx^olly below; upper surface 

 of leaves with siickij (jJands; \vithx)U! gent, balsamic odor; fruit velvety. 



COLEOGYNE EAMOSissiMA, Torr. Southern Colorado (to Nevada and Arizona); 



spiny, spreading, much-branched, bark grayish; leaves leathery and wit-h 

 delicate hairs ; flowers yellow, conspicuous. 



Cliff Rose. Cowania Mexiccma, Don. One to 6 feet: New Mexico to Southern 

 Colorado (also in northern Mexico and norrhern Utah): much-branched; 

 bark whitish, stringy; flowers yellow; seed (akene) with tail 2 inches 

 long. 



Early Wild Rose. Eosa Manda, Ait. Ouo to 3 feet : Eastern Montana (and east- 

 w^ard through northern half of United States): with few delicate (or no) 

 prickles ; flowers pale rose-color. 



RjSA Say'i, Schwein. One to 2 feet: common from Colorado to Montatia (eastward 

 to northern Wisconsin) : thickly set w ith i)rickle.s ; flowers solitary. 



Rosa Arkansana, Porter. One to 6 feet: New Mexico to Montana (eastward to 

 the Upper Mississippi) : usually with closely-set prickles ; flowers clustered. 



Rosa Nutkana, Presl. One to 4 feet: northern Utah to Montana (westward to Ore- 

 gon and northward) : thick stems with-strong, straight to curve prickles ; 

 flowers siogle, 2 to 3 inches broad. 



Rosa Fendleri, Crepin. Four to 8 feet : New Mexico ( western Texas, Sierras, Cal- 

 ifornia, and northward beyond United States boundary) : with delicate 

 straight or curved prickles ; flowers small, single or clustered. 



Rosa Woodsii, Lindl. One-fourth to 3 feet : Colorado (to Missouri) and northward 

 through western Montana (and north of the United States boundary to the 

 Saskatchewan), plains and valley : with delicate or curved prickles; flowers 

 single or clustered, li to 2 inches broad. 



Rosa gymnocarra, Nutt. Three to 10 feet: northwestern Montana and Idaho (also 

 on the Pacific coast) : prickles straight, delicate ; flowers single or/cii». 



June Berry. Service Berry'. {Amelancluer aluifoUa, Nutt.) Three to 8 feet: 

 New Mexico to Montana westward to California; eastward to the Missis- 

 sippi): smooth or woolly; flowers white, in cylindrical clusters; fruit 

 ten-seeded, purple, edible. 



Perapiiy'llum ramosissimum, Nutt. Four to 6 feet: southwestern Colorado (Utah, 

 California, and Oregon) : exceedingly branched; bark gray ; flowers sin- 

 gle or two to three together; light rose ; fruit globe-like, edible. 



Saxifragace/E : Saxifrage Family. 



Mock Orange, Syringa. Pkilacleljyhus microph/llns, GTay. Southern Colorado and 

 southward: flowers single, or two to three together; white, conujiicuous. 



Jamesia Americana, Torr. & Gray. Two to 3 feet: New Mexico, Colorado (and 

 Utah) : spreading, slim-branched shrub ; branchlets hairy, as are the leaves 

 below, but ivldtish; flowers in loose clusters. 



Fendlera rupicola. Eng. & Gray. Southern Colorado and southward : erect, 

 smooth, or hairy; flowers single, or two to three together ; white. 



Wild Gooseberries: 



Bibes Leptanthum, Gray. One to 4 feet : Colorado, New Mexico (and in Sierras, 

 California): branches stiff ; thorns single or in threes, large; flowers yel- 

 low, one or two together; fruit smooth. 

 Bihes divericatum, Dough, var. irrigumn, Gray. Five to 12 feet : Colorado to Or- 

 egon : spreading ; thorns single or in threes; flowers white, on 2- to 4-flo,v^ 

 ered stems; fruit smooth, dark purple, pleasant. 



