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Petals less than i cm. long. 
Sepals tinged with purple; stem depressed. 5. C. beeringianum. 
Sepals light green ; plant not depressed. 6. C. pilosum. 
Leaves, except the uppermost, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute. 
Leaves of the inflorescence short, broadly ovate. 7. C. oreophilum. 
Leaves all linear or linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong. 
Stem villous with reflexed hairs. 8 . C. campestre. 
Stem finely glandular puberulent. 
Leaves thin and soft, all linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate; midrib not 
prominent. 9. C. scopulorum. 
Leaves thick and firm; midrib prominent. 10. C. occidentale. 
1. Cerastium brachypodium (Engelm.) Robbinson. In dry sandy soil from 
S. D. to Mont., Mo., Tex. and Ariz.; also Mex.—Alt. 4000-7500 ft.—Moun¬ 
tains, Larimer Co.; Pennock’s mountain ranch; gulch west of Pennock’s; 
Ft. Collins; gulch west of Soldier Canon; Horsetooth Gulch; Howe’s Gulch; 
Bijou Basin. 
2. Cerastium longipedunculatum Muhl. (C. nutans Ra.) In wet places 
from N. S. to B. C., N. C., Ariz. and Ore.—Alt. 4000-9000 ft.—Veta Pass; 
Iola; Veta Mountain. 
3. Cerastium pulchellum Rydb. On alpine peaks of Colo.—Alt. 13,000 ft.— 
Hayden Peak. 
4. Cerastium Earlei Rydb. In wet places among rocks in the mountains 
of Colorado.—Alt 9000-12,000 ft.—Near La Plata Post Office; Little Kate 
Basin; Mt. Robinson; Cumberland Basin; Horsetooth Gulch. 
5. Cerastium beeringianum C. & S. In alpine-arctic regions among rocks 
from Alb. to Alaska, Colo, and Ariz.—Alt. 9000-12,000 ft.—Gray’s Peak; Seven 
Lakes; Upper West Mancos Canon; Mt. Hesperus, at timber line; mountains 
of Estes Park; Bottomless Pit, near Pike’s Peak; West Spanish Peak; head¬ 
waters of Clear Creek; southeast of Cameron Pass. 
6. Cerastium pilosum Greene. In alpine places among rocks in Colo. — Alt. 
5000-12,000 ft.—Mountains above Ouray; Horsetooth Gulch. 
7. Cerastium oreophilum Greene. In wet places among the mountains from 
Colo, to Calif.—Alt. 5000-12,000 ft.—Seven Lakes; foot-hills, Larimer Co.; 
foot-hills west of Ft. Collins; Pass Creek; mountain near Veta Pass. 
8. Cerastium campestre Greene. On hills and mountain-sides from Alb. to 
Yukon, Wash, and Colo.—Alt. 5000-7000 ft.—Mt. Abram, Ouray; Pike’s Peak; 
foot-hills north of Ft. Collins; Berthoud Pass; Continental Divide; Muddy 
Pass; North Park; Soldier Canon; Horsetooth Gulch; Trapper’s Lake; Pen¬ 
nock’s; Como; Dixon Canon; Spring Canon, Howe’s Gulch; Coup Divide. 
9. Cerastium scopulorum Greene. In mountains from Colo, to Wyo. and 
N. M.—Alt. 9000-11,000 ft.—Near La Plata Post Office; Little Kate Basin, La 
Plata Mountains; vicinity of Como; Robinson; Veta Pass; Cameron Pass; 
Dixon Canon. 
10. Cerastium occidentale Greene. On dry hills from Mont, to Colo, and 
Utah.—Alt. 8000-12,000 ft.—Cripple Creek road; Seven Lakes; Cameron Pass; 
Veta Mountain; Clear Creek Station; Empire; Horsetooth Mountain; Horse¬ 
tooth Gulch; Bear Creek Canon; Spicer, Larimer Co.; Rabbit-Ear Range, 
Routt Co. 
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